[Athen] Dragon in Place of CART?

[Ed. Rosenthal]

We've done some pilot work in this area, I've put some basic information at:
http://ngtvoice.com/services/assistive/transcription.htm
and presented on this topic at last year's CSUN conference.

Generally, I don't think that state-of-the-art speech recognition is ready
to replace CART; however, under certain circumstances I think it can be used
effectively. Probably the most significant finding from my work at North
Central Technical College in Wausau Wisconsin was that the approach of
having somebody remotely re-speak the instructors information which
simultaneously showed up on the students laptop computer was the best model,
and this allowed for capture of questions from other students, etc.

Hope that helps, you can contact me anytime off list at edward at ngtvoice.com
-ed.

Your sincerely,

Edward S. Rosenthal
President and CEO
Next Generation Technologies, Inc. (NGT, Inc.)
20006 Cedar Valley Rd. #101
Lynnwood, Wa.  98036
425-744-1100  ext.15
EM: edward at ngtvoice.com
URL: http://www.ngtvoice.com
Skype: ed.rosenthal7

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of James Bailey
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 2:55 PM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Dragon in Place of CART?

Please see forwarded post by Wink Harner - James

--- Forwarded Message ---
Subject: A favor
From: "Wink Harner" <winkharner at mesacc.edu>
To: "'James Bailey'" <jbailey at uoregon.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:06:52 -0700

Hi all ATHEN-ites,

A question for the masses...can Dragon be used in the classroom as a
substitute for CART services? When & how effective is it? Can it be used to
substitute for note takers? If so, what technical specs must be considered?
If it won't work, what other technology exists that could substitute for
CART?

Am asking on behalf of a colleague.

Thanks in advance for your wisdom, guidance and knowledge!

Wink



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