[Athen] Blind user needs to use Dragon...

[Wink Harner]

Hi all,

It does take some extreme editing efforts, but it is not impossible to do
this. First of all, Dragon offers the choice of recording what you "said" in
audio format so you can listen to what was dictated (and I highly recommend
deleting these files at the end of a transcription session as the audio
files eat up massive amounts of space on your drive) and compare it to
listening to what Dragon "heard" and typed. Even MSW would pick up the
example of "Ike antelope wither" as a fragment of a sentence which would be
a clue to do more editing. 

Becoming skilled at this is certainly not for the faint of heart, but then
neither is college. 

My thoughts on a Tues. Hope these are helpful.

Wink

Wink Harner
Mesa Community College
Mesa AZ



-----Original Message-----
From: Disabled Student Services in Higher Education
[mailto:DSSHE-L at LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU] On Behalf Of J. B-Vincent
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Blind user needs to use Dragon...

JawBone seems to be discontinued, but J-Say (considered to be a better
product anyway) is still around: http://www.ngtvoice.com/ is the website of
a U.S. distributor.


However, keep in mind that even under the best conditions use of speech
recognition by blind users will require extensive proofreading. Dragon only
puts up correctly spelled words, but they may not be the words the user
wants, and simple audio review may not reveal the differences between "I
can't elope with her" and "Ike antelope wither."


As an alternative, you might consider Lilly Walters' One Hand Typing manual,
which is available on CD in both PDF and Word formats. The learning curve
will still be high, but the advantage is that once learned, the student
would be able to use any standard computer that has JAWS installed. Plus
it's a much, much less expensive strategy. 

--Jane Vincent, Assistive Technology Lead, University of Michigan




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 From: Wink Harner <foreigntype at COX.NET>
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Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Athen] Blind user needs to use Dragon...
 
Susan et al ATHENites,



Isn't the website for JawBone still active? I found this link. Have you
checked there yet?



http://www.synapseadaptive.com/henter2/Jawbone/jawbone_software.htm



Wink



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Subject: [Athen] Blind user needs to use Dragon...



Years ago, there was this amazing software called Jawbone that allowed
Dragon Naturally Speaking and Jaws to work together.  I have a blind student
with an injury to her hand, and she is having a difficult time typing with
only one hand.  We would like her to be able to use Dragon, but there is
just no way for me to get them to interface together so she can even get
through the training.



Any suggestions?



Susan Kelmer

Alternate Format Coordinator

Disability Services

University of Colorado

303-735-4836




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