Excellent, Peggy.
With kind regards
Dr Peter S Kelway
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Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:42 AM
>
> Bayle,
>
> >>The Ag folks have a saying
> that summarizes my opinion: "You don't fatten lambs by weighing them."
>
>
> Questions: Who are the Ag people? What does the above phrase mean? =
> and What does it have to do with DNS? I don't get it.
>
> Learning to use voice activated equipment is not easy - no one ever =
> said it or implied it. But the first time I saw it work was about 10 =
> years ago. A gentleman with CP. made it work perfectly for him. His =
> speech was quite involved and I had trouble understanding him but the =
> computer did not. This was a DOS platform as Windows did not have a =
> voice program yet. (did Windows exist then?) It was DragonDictate. I =
> knew then this would change the world for many kids and it does. We had
=
> a young man graduate from high school and the police academy using voice
=
> activation. He has a computer in his squad car and writes his reports =
> and such by voice. Anyone who wants to work this should be giving every
=
> opportunity. Getting kids through state tests is not the purpose of =
> education. =20
>
> But why the debate? Lets figure out how to make it work best. See DNS =
> 6 work with WYNN (a scan/read and write software program). It does look
=
> like star treck. What a good thing that is.
>
> Sincerely,
> Peggy B
>
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> DNS? I=20
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Learning to use voice activated =
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> But the=20
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> CP. made=20
> it work perfectly for him. His speech was quite involved and I had
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> trouble=20
> understanding him but the computer did not. This was a DOS =
> platform as=20
> Windows did not have a voice program yet. (did Windows
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> then?) It was DragonDictate. I knew then this would change =
> the world=20
> for many kids and it does. We had a young man graduate from high =
> school=20
> and the police academy using voice activation. He has a computer =
> in his=20
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> wants to=20
> work this should be giving every opportunity. Getting kids through
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> software program). It does look like star treck. What a good
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
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