[Athen] Mac dictation system

[Teresa Wells Haven]

Hi, Ron.  I don't have extensive experience with iListen, but I was able
to help a student a year or so ago get it working to the point of being
happy with it.  The major points we discovered to be critical were, not
surprisingly, 1) use of a very good-quality headset mic, properly
positioned, and 2) working in an environment with as little background
noise as possible (much more critical than with Dragon on a PC).  It
didn't matter if we tried to train in the same environment (with
background noise) as the student was going to regularly use the program,
it just kept "hearing" the bg as dictation.  He had to finally accept
that he would always have to use the program in a quiet setting.  The
student also had to learn not to get frustrated with the program and
allow the frustration to change his voice quality.  Once we got over
those hurdles, the student was able to use the program successfully for
his purpose, which was to reduce long stretches of keyboarding for
letters, papers, etc.  
 
Hope this helps,
Teresa
 
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Teresa Wells Haven, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Assistive Technology
Center for Students with Disabilities
ARKU 104
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479-575-3104 (voice)
479-575-7445 (fax)
479-575-3646 (tdd)
ada at uark.edu
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-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:06 PM
To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
Subject: [Athen] Mac dictation system



Good afternoon, 

I have had a request from a student about help with voice recognition on
the Mac, they are currently using iListen.  My experiences with this are
not positive, anyone have a good experience and willingness to help a
student with this issue?

Ron 

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