[Athen] installing AT on Surface Pro 3

[Robert Beach]

Good idea Dan.  My student is wanting to use speech recognition, so the USB mic is a point I’ll suggest.


Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
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Kansas City, KS  66112
913-288-7671
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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 11:15 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] installing AT on Surface Pro 3

Good stuff, Doug.

I too was able to install NatSpeak Pro on a Surface Pro. Rather than trying to deal with an external optical drive, I created a .ISO file from the install media on a different computer and then transferred that to the target machine, mounted it as a drive using Virtual CloneDrive, and installed from there. This approach works very well for a number of applications, and you'll find that it's a faster experience because you're not dealing with the limited speed of a mechanical device.

I also recommend using a USB microphone to overcome any limitations of the sound card on the Surface.

-*- Dan



On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Doug Mantle <atnews at outlook.com<mailto:atnews at outlook.com>> wrote:
That is funny. I am using Dragon NaturallySpeaking premium version 13 to dictate this reply on my Surface Pro 3 that has an I7, 8 GB of RAM, 256 hard drive.





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