[Athen] SmartMic

[Ron Stewart]

Hi all, 

 

This is just another form of a Steno Mask.  RIT had a research project
looking at their use a few years back, maybe where the CaptionMic product
started out,  as a method of developing lecture transcripts and captioning
transcripts.  We looked at these quite a bit when we were first starting the
captioning program at Oregon State, and I even worked with one myself when I
was doing speech recognition research many moons back.  Bottom line is they
can work very well if the VR software has been properly trained but they are
very confining and claustrophobic.  I was good for about 10 minutes and then
wanted to throw the thing across the room.

 

You will sometimes see used in courts by court stenographers who are using
voice dictation system and very rarely these days by folks who are working
with DNS.  If the person is voluntarily willing to use one then they can be
very effective in doing voice recognition in a busy or loud environment.  As
Ken has mentioned they are very commonly used in transcription situations.

 

To make someone use one as a necessary part of a testing accommodation just
say no please.

 

Ron Stewart

 

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Ken Petri
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:19 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] SmartMic

 

Hi Carol,

I have only seen this or something like it used in an "echoing"
situation--where SR is being used for live transcription of an event and the
room has no means to accommodate a voice transcriber in an out of the way,
sound-proofed location. 

I really cannot imagine a student having to wear one in a public venue. My
own view is that such a requirement would go beyond being merely unsanitary
and might be construed as a violation of personal rights. (I am not a
lawyer, however.)

Best,
ken
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On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Carol Raymundo
<Carol.Raymundo at linnbenton.edu> wrote:

I am wondering if anyone has heard or used a product named SmartMic? 

http://www.speechtechnology.com/voicerecognition.cfm?URLID=SmartMic-Series

 

My supervisor has asked me to look into this mask-like microphone for
students to use with Dragon Naturally Speaking during proctored exams. We
currently have one private room for students and are looking into other
options.

 

I personally feel the mask is unsanitary to require students to use if the
private room is not available. Please let me know if you have any input on
this matter. If you've experienced using this product let me know what you
liked about it.....or didn't like about it.

 

 

 

 

 

Carol Raymundo

Instructional Specialist with Assistive Technology
Linn-Benton Community College

Office of Disability Services

Phone: 541-917-4832

Fax: 541-917-4328

 

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