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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dave et al<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>He may need some assistance but here’s some valuable (maybe!) advice: create a vocabulary list for these classes either by having him dictate the vocabulary a few words at a time and saving his vocabulary, or having someone type up a vocab list that he saves on his computer (can be a word document or in email format). These word lists can be scanned with OCR & saved as well. Dragon can mine his hard drive or flash drive for vocabulary. He can spend some prep time training the computer to recognize the words before he’s in class. Also, with someone from CIS helping, he could create some macros in advance so that certain repeated formulas or strings can be created in advance. Vocabulary is vocabulary, whether it’s Spanish, JAVA or C+. It’s a matter of having someone help him type in the “spell” window and having him “train” the program to recognize how he’s going to say that code line. Is it impossible? NO WAY!! Will it take some work to get it to do what he wants? Yes, and it won’t happen out of the box. I worked with some students who were fluent in Chinese (spoken) and in written English. They typed the English into the “spell” box and trained it by voicing the Chinese equivalent for the English word. And they were grad school engineers (figures)! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Let me know off-line if you need more help. Also there is someone on our list who knows a Dragon troubleshooter. Also, you might contact Nancilu McClellan of Math Talk for advice on how to train mathematical phrases with Dragon (Math Talk & Scientific Notebook). She may have advice on how to train complex vocabularies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hope this is helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Wink<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ms. Wink Harner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Disability Resources & Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mesa Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>1833 W. Southern Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='color:#1F497D'>Mesa AZ 85202<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='color:#1F497D'>480-461-7447<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='color:#1F497D'>Fax: 480-461-7907<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave M. Thomas<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 07, 2011 3:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Dragon Dictate & Programming<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good afternoon!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just met with a student who wants to explore using Dragon Dictate to compensate for partial paralysis. He is studying computer programming and gaming (video game creation). He told me that by and large the languages used are Mac MSP, Java, and C.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Will it be feasible to use Dragon Dictate to do such programming? Will it be so challenging that he will succumb to frustration? Does anybody know of individuals using Dragon Dictate for similar work?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you very much in advance for any thoughts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Happy holidays to one and all!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dave Thomas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Dave Thomas, Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>University of Denver<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 4th Floor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>1999 E. Evans Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Denver, CO 80208<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Phone: 303-871-2269<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Fax: 303-871-2248<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>E-mail: dave.m.thomas@du.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>