[Athen] speech recognition on iPad Pro

Doug Hayman dhayman at uw.edu
Tue Apr 12 10:54:50 PDT 2016


It is important to keep in my that the speech recognition on the iOS
devices relies upon a live Internet connection as the processing isn't
happening in the device, but being sent out to more powerful processors
then returned to the local device.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Robert Beach <rbeach at kckcc.edu> wrote:


> Awesome. I was told it didn’t exist any more. I’ll check it out.

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> Robert Lee Beach

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> Assistive Technology Specialist

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> Kansas City Kansas Community College

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> 7250 State Avenue

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> Kansas City, KS 66112

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> 913-288-7671

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> rbeach at kckcc.edu

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Giacoppe, Brianna

> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:40 PM

> *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] speech recognition on iPad Pro

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> Hi Robert,

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> I would have her try the Dragon Dictation app by Nuance. The app is free,

> and I’ve had many students have success with it.

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> Best,

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> Brianna

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu

> <athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu>] *On Behalf Of *Robert

> Beach

> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 12, 2016 1:28 PM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network (

> athen-list at u.washington.edu) <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* [Athen] speech recognition on iPad Pro

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> Hey all,

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> I have a student with some physical limitations. She has an iPad Pro and

> wants to be able to dictate documents, emails, messages, etc. without

> having to type everything.

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> I know there is dictation built in, but it doesn’t have enough features to

> be workable for her. For example, if the iPad doesn’t recognize her

> sentence, there is no way (that I know of) to correct without having to

> manually delete the existing text and trying again.

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> Does anybody have a recommendation for a good speech recognition app for

> IOS?

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> Thanks.

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> Robert Lee Beach

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> Assistive Technology Specialist

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> Kansas City Kansas Community College

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> 7250 State Avenue

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> Kansas City, KS 66112

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> 913-288-7671

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> rbeach at kckcc.edu

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Doug Hayman <dhayman at u.washington.edu>
Senior Computer Specialist
DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology)
UW Technology Services
Box 354842
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 221-4165
http://www.washington.edu/doit
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