[Athen] speech recognition

[Nusen, Michael]

We've had 3 students with significant intelligibility issues - one student acquired this due to 3rd degree facial burns.
Using the spelling/phonetic feature extensively, the student had the highest grade in the class.

The feature I'm referring to is available at: Words -> View/Edit -> Written Form* & Spoken Form**
* The student inputs the correct spelling of the word.
**  The student inputs the way they pronounce the word or the phonetic spelling of the word.
i.e. a student, due to their disability/articulation disorder might say something unintelligible like "fiter" for "fluster" but by placing the former word in the "Spoken Form" textbox & the latter correct spelling in the "Written Form" textbox, Dragon spells it correctly when they mispronounce it.

Years ago we did have one student who was post mva/tbi with CP-like symptoms that, despite speech therapy, just couldn't speak fast enough or project enough air in a steady manner for any speech recognition. What to him was shouting out words (but not loud) would wear him out after only a few minutes even with using an Andrea NC-7100 USB microphone. Perhaps with current technological advances a more sensitive microphone or one that could be placed on his throat would provide some access for him. Also, at the time of his recovery, he didn't have enough motor control anywhere to use standard or switch technologies.

Thank you,  
Michael Nusen
Coordinator, OASIS/CAC (Office of Accommodative Services and Instructional Support/Computer Access Center)
Pikes Peak Community College
michael.nusen at ppcc.edu
719-502-3022

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Roll,Marla
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:19 AM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] speech recognition

Hello Eileen,

I did have a student with CP in the past that used Dragon fairly successfully.  If the user is consistent in their speech errors, Dragon can learn and adapt... I found that the intelligibility was not as big of an issue as I thought it might be.  However, the user was highly motivated to use the product and was willing to take a large amount of extra time in training to improve its recognition of his speech patterns.

Hope that helps,

Marla


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Marla C. Roll, MS, OTR 
Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center 
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Occupational Therapy
304 Occupational Therapy Building 
Colorado State University 
Fort Collins, CO  80523 - 1586 
970-491-2016 
970-491-6290 (fax) 
mcroll at cahs.colostate.edu 

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of eileen berger
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 3:05 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] speech recogniotion

Hi,
I am working with a student with Cerebral Palsy whose speech is discreet 
and generally clear but slow and sometimes intelligibility is an issue. 
Does dragon or any other speech recognition software hold any promise for 
use for this student? We currently have version 9.
Typing is not an option for him.
Thanks for any assistance!
Eileen

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Eileen Connell Berger
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Access and Disability Services Administrator
Harvard University
Graduate School of Education
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