[Athen] DNS assessment question

[nettiet at frontiernet.net]

Good day to all,

I am in the process of completing an assessment on speech-to-text and  
would love some input from persons who have more experience with  
speech-to-text and would be grateful for opinions.

Assessment Outcome: The client/student performs at a level that  
demonstrates that DNS as a viable option?

There are so many variables once the assessment process is complete  
-all which heavily rely on the training that the 'student' is willing  
to put in and the follow through on the equipment recommendations to  
support the software.

I have found that even if a student demonstrates the capability and  
functional baseline skills, if the student does not want to put in the  
time, and/or the equipment is less than recommended, the assessment  
pretty much loses its validity.

How do others addess this issue with regards to recommendations. Are  
there more specifice guidelines to help determine the true potential  
of S-2-Text?

If the assesment report denotes the equipment recommenations and  
training needs, there is still no guarantee that these recommendations  
will be followed.  I include a recommended trial period but, the cost  
factor may be the deterent for school districts; "why spend so much  
for just a trial?"  How do others address this issue?

Feel free to email me off list-serve at nettiet at gmail.com

Thank you,
Nettie