Dear Peter,
Excellent suggestions. I printed them for my students and families. Thank
you.
Sincerely,
Peggy B
----- Original Message -----
From: <spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org>
To: <spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: Speech recognition software
>
> Hi Peggy
>
> Some more tips for young users and those with special needs or people who
> like to take things one at a time ...
>
> I have found during training that take-up speed is increased dramatically
> and stress levels are reduced if the following are adopted:
>
> 1 Always carry out the audio check for the microphone before a
session.
> 2 Except for "Scratch That" and "Undo That", avoid introducing voice
> commands at the outset. Use hot keys for microphone control until the
user
> can cope with voice control.
> 3 If "Scratch That" often produces text in the document or is
> misrecognised, use "Scratch".
> 4 Try to end spoken phrases with "meaty" words, i.e. reasonably long
> ones
> with plenty of
> phonetic information. Short words such as "an", "in", "was" often tend to
> get misrecognised at the end of a phrase but less so within a phrase
> (because the DNS context checker works better then).
> 5 Avoid using "Scratch (That)" unless the user wants to replace what has
> been said with something completely different or several words have been
> misrecognised in the spoken phrase. Otherwise be firm about making
> corrections.
> 6 Use DragonPad rather than dictating direct to MS Word at the outset,
> until you know the user is getting good recognition rates. Recognition is
> always more accurate and faster (except on very fast and powerful
machines)
> in DragonPad. If recognition accuracy is poor with DragonPad, you know
you
> have a problem of some sort; this is not the case with Word as it may
> simply
> mean the computer lacks resources.
> 7 If recognition accuracy gradually seems to be reducing, save speech
> and
> document files and close DNS, then reload. In some cases, a full restart
of
> the computer may be required.
> 8 If you obtain odd results, report them on the list serve. DNS can
> produce some peculiar events and everyone can benefit from hearing about
> them, so that they know it is not a problem peculiar to themselves.
>
> With kind regards
>
> Dr Peter S Kelway
> Words Worldwide Limited
>
> e-mail: md@keyspell.com
> web: www.keyspell.com
> tel: 07980-177390
> fax: 01661-822777
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org>
> To: <spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:57 AM
> Subject: Re: Speech recognition software
>
>
> >
> > Hi Laure,
> >
> > Trust Peter. He has given me loads of good advice. I have been
working
> > with two nine years olds. Neither of which can read well. One is
about
> a
> > 2nd. grade level and the other 3rd. But both are working hard so that
> > Dragon (DNS) will be part of their future when they get to high school.
> > Both sets of parents bought the program and new high level computers.
It
> > is
> > hard work on every bodies part. One of the boys gets very frustrated
and
> > tries "yelling" at the computer, but neither I nor the computer respond
> to
> > "angry" voices. He is learning and we break the training up into 3 10"
> > segments at a time. I have him imitate my voice and when he does it
> works
> > well. But we limit it to 2 to 3 words said at a time for training and
> his
> > recognition is good.
> >
> > As far as the reading level goes there is the Screen Reader that Peter
> told
> > you about. Also, yesterday I was at an assistive technology training
and
> > we
> > were introduced to a product called WYNN. It is amazing. It does many
> > writing helps like "word prediction" (Write Out Loud). There are many
> > other
> > helps, and I was able to dictate using DNS 5 and also DNS 6 (on my
> laptop)
> > in the same window. It was flawless and just read my sentence or word
> > after
> > I dictated it so the non-reader can hear if DNS wrote the intended
word.
> >
> > That is a lot of information, so I hope it is clear. Go to
> > www.FreedomSientific.com (the caps are correct) and see for yourself.
I
> > have a 30 day CD trial version and you can get one too. Check on the
> > website.
> >
> > I know dysgraphic means a lot more than "handwriting" and I think this
> > additional tool will help. It also scans documents but I did not get
to
> > try
> > that yet.
> >
> > Best Wishes,
> > Peggy Bozyk (P.S.. I'm a curriculum resource consultant)
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org>
> > To: <spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 8:03 PM
> > Subject: Re Speech recognition software
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > I am looking for some information on voice activated software such as
> > > Dragon
> > > Magically speaking. I have an 8 yr old daughter who is disgraphic and
> we
> > > need
> > > to do something to assist or augment her writing. Does anyone have
any
> > > information regarding this piece of software andit's
> > appropriate/successful
> > >
> > > use in children this young? Any information that you may have is
> > > appreciated.
> > > Laure
>
>
>
>
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