I have worked with a C-2 quadriplegic for two years now. The most useful
interface for him would be if the Text Editor commands were single syllable
words that he could speak quickly.
Sid Schipper <sidinsd@ixpres.com>
spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org wrote:
> Dear Sir / Madam,
>
> I am a 4th year student of Computing at Imperial Collge, University of
> London. My final year project is to create a text editor for use by
> people who can only interact with computers via voice recognition (i.e.
> they have no means of using a mouse or keyboard). This means creating a
> new look interface rather than the standard Windows menus so that users
> can navigate quickly and easily with their voices.
>
> >From reading your website I assume that you have worked with people
> whose disabilities mean that they can only use their voices. Would it be
> possible for me to ask if they have ever expressed opinions on the
> software that they've used (e.g. Microsoft Word) such as 'I wish this
> menu looked more like this' or 'it would be helpful if...' or whether
> they find the exisiting interfaces easy to use without a mouse /
> keyboard.. I'm interested in creating a program that is as easy for
> people to use as possible and would love to know what problems people
> ecounter.
>
> I would be grateful for any information or help you could offer,
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> Lindsey Snell
> lscs <lscs@doc.ic.ac.uk>
>
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