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<DIV><SPAN class=687435913-29112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi,
Ron. I don't have extensive experience with iListen, but I was able to
help a student a year or so ago get it working to the point of being happy with
it. The major points we discovered to be critical were, not surprisingly,
1) use of a very good-quality headset mic, properly positioned, and 2)
working in an environment with as little background noise as possible (much more
critical than with Dragon on a PC). It didn't matter if we tried to train
in the same environment (with background noise) as the student was going to
regularly use the program, it just kept "hearing" the bg as dictation. He
had to finally accept that he would always have to use the program in a quiet
setting. The student also had to learn not to get frustrated with the
program and allow the frustration to change his voice quality. Once we got
over those hurdles, the student was able to use the program successfully for his
purpose, which was to reduce long stretches of keyboarding for letters, papers,
etc. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=687435913-29112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hope
this helps,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687435913-29112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Teresa</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>+++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Teresa Wells Haven, Ph.D.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Assistant Director for Assistive
Technology</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Center for Students with
Disabilities</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>ARKU 104</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>University of Arkansas</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fayetteville, AR 72701</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>479-575-3104 (voice)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>479-575-7445 (fax)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>479-575-3646 (tdd)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:ada@uark.edu">ada@uark.edu</A></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>+++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Ron Stewart<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:06
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Access Technologists in Higher Education
Network'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Athen] Mac dictation system<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good afternoon,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have had a request from a student about help with
voice recognition on the Mac, they are currently using iListen. My
experiences with this are not positive, anyone have a good experience and
willingness to help a student with this issue?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron</FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>