[Athen] voice to text recorders

[Dick Banks]

There are really too many if's to make this practical, don't you think?

Dick

On 4/2/07, Phillip Goodman <goodman at eri-wi.org> wrote:

> 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

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> -----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

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> >

> > University of Memphis

> > 110 Wilder Tower

> > Memphis, TN  38152-3520

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> >

> >

> >

> > "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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