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<div>Hi, Susan!</div>
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<div>One can transport their voice profile on a (large capacity) USB
drive, but as Nettie points out, the wrench in the works is needing to
have a Dragon NaturallySpeaking license on each computer that he would
use. We tried this at Stanford -- a two-year collaboration
between the Office of Accessible Education and the Academic Computing
department to integrate the AT in our accessible lab with all 400+
public student computers on campus (both Macs and PCs). We were
successful with virtually everything except for Dragon. Most AT
software either had network versions (e.g., JAWS, Kurzweil) or could
by "keyserved" (e.g., Inspiration) so that a limited number
of licenses could support several hundred workstations (only that
limited number can be in use at any one time). Though a
student's voice profile can be accessed on multiple machines from a
central server, Nuance requires that a full license of Dragon be
purchased for each machine, so we could only support the dozen or so
machines in our lab and elsewhere.</div>
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<div>The options as I see it:</div>
<div>- Install Dragon on whatever machines the student anticipates
using, and access the voice profile from a central server or from the
USB (the latter is extra work for the student, though, to keep the
profile current)</div>
<div>- Consider using the speech recognition capabilities built into
Windows and transport that voice profile on a USB drive (don't
actually know how feasible this is, but it's worth considering if he
doesn't need the extra benefits of Dragon)</div>
<div>- Loan the student a copy of Dragon for use on his personal
laptop. In today's nomadic computing environment where the vast
majority of students have their own laptop, this might make the most
sense overall.</div>
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<div>Hope this helps.</div>
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<div>- Shelley</div>
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<div>Shelley Haven ATP, RET</div>
<div>Assistive Technology Consultant</div>
<div>Sunnyvale, CA</div>
<div>408-737-2092</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Hi Susan,</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I think it is a great idea but not one
that will catch on for the following reasons (as
starters).</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Another thought on the feasiblity of this
option is that all computers at this time, require a voice profile be
established for the user which might require a lot of time - and, the
various gray noises are also consideratins for each systme as well as
hardware issues -<br>
Take into consideration the need to purchase a site license for each
'computer,' I think the cost factor in dollars as well as time
time might be cost prohibitive.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I think I would look at the operating
systems on the new little computers with Windows XP and see if they
have enough ram to support the software - that way, it can fit neatly
in a backpack and only require 1 program purchase, 1 microphone and
generally speaking, I voice and vocabulary profile. </blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Nettie's thoughts<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Kelmer,
Susan M. <<a href="mailto:SKelmer@stlcc.edu">SKelmer@stlcc.edu</a>>
wrote:</blockquote>
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<blockquote>Oh my great and powerful colleaguesI need to pick your
brains.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>I had a potential student stop by to ask about
accommodations, as he is thinking about signing up for classes.
His presenting difficulties are with writing, and he had done his
research, and asked about DNS and Inspiration. Good on him.
He asked if there was a portable version of DNS, one that could be
carried on a USB device that he could take to different places he
might need to be using a computer.<br>
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<blockquote>What a great idea. But preliminary research shows me
there is really nothing out there. Has anyone heard of anything
or have any amazing ideas how we might be able to make something work
for this guy?<br>
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<blockquote><i>Susan Kelmer</i><br>
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<blockquote><i>Adaptive Technology Specialist/</i><br>
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<blockquote><i>Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms</i><br>
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<blockquote><i>St. Louis Community College - Meramec</i><br>
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