[Athen] voice to text recorders

Phillip Goodman goodman at eri-wi.org
Mon Apr 2 12:24:20 PDT 2007


Sorry
What I meant was that the student could ask the Instructor(s) if they would
be willing to read the training text into the recorder (it only takes about
5 minutes) and then make that person a user file in dragon. If during the
lecture the recorder could be placed close enough to; or worn by the
lecturer, the student might be able to get the lecture transposed to text
from the recording.

Phillip A. Goodman B.S. OTR
Assistive Technology Consultant
Employment Resources, Inc.
4126 Lien Rd.
Madison, WI 53704
608-246-3444 ext.234
fax 608-246-3445

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Stacy L. Smith
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 2:03 PM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] voice to text recorders

So just to clarify -

Students take digital recorders to class, take them home, and are able
to run the audio file through Dragon - without any training?

I've been fiddling with Dragon and recorded files, and it's my
understanding that you can't convert files unless you have a user
trained specifically for recorded files.

Is there another piece of software that comes with the recorder that
makes this work?

Thanks,
Stacy


Quoting Phillip Goodman <goodman at eri-wi.org>:


> It seems to me that any solution that comes close to being useable

> will

> involve Dragon. No other program comes close to the accuracy though I

> have

> heard the built in voice recognition in the new Windows Vista is

> pretty darn

> good, but that doesn't seem to apply here. Even the University here

> in

> Madison has taken to hiring transcribers that are aided by the use of

> Dragon

> for the increased speed.

>

>

>

>

>

> I have used Dragon for about 10 years due to injuries. I have tried

> using

> Dragon in my office in more of a conversational way with clients who

> were

> deaf. I don't sign and interpreters are sometimes hard to get when

> you want

> them. For some reason the accuracy just wasn't as good even though I

> was

> trying to be careful about how I was using my voice.

>

>

>

> In the past I have posited that a student may approach the

> professor(s) and

> ask if they would read the Dragon training (it is pretty short these

> days)

> in to a recorder. Then the recorder could be placed close to where

> the

> speaker is (wear it?) and you might get better results. I never have

> seen

> that tried though.

>

>

>

> I would be interested in hearing what you eventually go with and how

> it

> works..

>

>

>

> Phillip A. Goodman B.S. OTR

> Assistive Technology Consultant

> Employment Resources, Inc.

> 4126 Lien Rd.

> Madison, WI 53704

> 608-246-3444 ext.234

> fax 608-246-3445

>

> _____

>

> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org]

> On

> Behalf Of pminyard at memphis.edu

> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:11 AM

> To: athen at athenpro.org

> Subject: [Athen] voice to text recorders

>

>

>

> Where does one find a digital recorder that converts voice to text?

> I've

> never heard of one and would like to read the specs. The only method

> I've

> heard of is running the voice recording through voice recognition

> software,

> such as NaturallySpeaking.

>

>

>

> Phillip Minyard

> Disability Services Coordinator

> Student Disability Services

> http://www.people.memphis.edu/~sds/

>

> University of Memphis

> 110 Wilder Tower

> Memphis, TN 38152-3520

> Voice 678-2880 - fax 678-3070

>

>

>

> "Right is still right even if nobody's doing it.

> And wrong is still wrong even if everybody's doing it."

> Texas Ranger Credo

>

>

>

>



Stacy Smith
Adaptive Technology Specialist
Disability Support Services
202 Holton Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: 785-532-6441
FAX: 785-532-6457
Email: stacylee at ksu.edu

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