[Athen] MSW 2007 inquiry

[Todd Schwanke]

Wink:

If it is installed, a quick way to get the Language bar to show up in Word 2003 is to go to Tools -> Speech and then <cancel> when the Speech Recognition wizard shows up.

If it appears that it is not installed, you can either install the language tools from the Office disk as Karen suggested or just go the route of a free text to speech add-on to Word 2003 such as NaturalReader.

You'll likely have difficulty testing the setup on your computer first because of the differences between Word 2003 and 2007, including the shift in the language tools.

-Todd



-----Original Message-----
From: Wink Harner [mailto:winkharner at mesacc.edu] 
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 1:06 PM
To: tschwanke at wisc.edu; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: RE: [Athen] MSW 2007 inquiry

I have office 7 on my computer with XP operating system and it doesn't work.
The room where the student will be using it is an XP operating system using
MSO 2003.

I wasn't clear! Sorry everyone.

Wink


-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Todd Schwanke
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:08 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] MSW 2007 inquiry

Wink:

Please clarify.  Your subject line indicates Word 2007, but your message
indicates Word 2003.  This is a critical variable for the answer, as the
built-in text to speech functionality of Word was in 2003, but dropped in
2007.

-Todd


-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Wink Harner
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 3:12 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] MSW 2007 inquiry

It IS what I'm looking for. This is a sighted individual who stutters and
wants to be able to use the computer to "speak" for him in front of the
class.

 

I think this would be the easiest solution, but I'm having a terrible time
finding the built-in software to do it.

 

Wink

 

 

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Karlen Communications
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 12:11 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] MSW 2007 inquiry

 

You have to install/launch the language bar for the TTS, handwriting
recognition  or speech recognition in Word 2003. This tool is primarily for
an XP based system. The Language bar tools were integrated into the
operating system with Vista and Win 7.

 

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/show-or-hide-the-language-bar-HP
003084326.aspx

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826851 The Language Bar is also the
interface for the handwriting on a tablet.

 

Note that the language bar is not usable by keyboard and is a mouse
dependent tool.

 

Is this what you were looking for?

 

I wrote something up on using the Language Bar and can try to find it if you
send me a post off list.

 

Cheers, Karen

 

 

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Wink Harner
Sent: February-03-11 1:23 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: [Athen] MSW 2007 inquiry

 

Hi all ATHEN Peeps,

 

We have a student who wants to use the speech output via accessibility
options to have MSW 2003 & a text version of his presentations be output via
a speaker hooked up to the classroom computer.

 

I've gone through everything on the control panel, on the office document
button & word options, and cannot for the life of me figure out how to turn
this on & off. I must be having a complete brain stall on this.

 

Can anyone give me a quick step process for this?

 

Thanks in advance, o wise peeps.

 

Wink

 


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