[Moderator's note. Inspiration and other similar "planners" or graphic
organizers are also great to use in advance of dictation via speech
recognition. Bob]
Thank you so much for your response! Inspiration sounds like a great
program~
I'll definitely look into it!
Thanks,
Alison Geraci
Quoting spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org:
> I'm not sure if this is what you mean. But Inspiration is a graphic
> organizer software, that helps a student brainstorm ideas into a web and
> with a click puts the web in outline format. From there with another
> click
> it hyperlinks the outline into MS Word or Appleworks (MACs) or you can
> export the outline form into a PP document with every main heading
> becoming
> a separate slide. It has both a screen reader and a text reader. Go to
> http://inspiration.com/ to download a 30 day demo. The program is about 60
> dollars. It is the best money I ever spent for writing and organizing
> ideas. Try that.
>
> Best Wishes, Peg B
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org>
> To: <spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:11 PM
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:19:44 -0500
> > From: ageraci@purdue.edu
> > To: spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org
> > Subject: [EDC-spk2wrt] Prompting software
> >
> > [Moderator's note. Hi Allison. I've never heard of such a thing--it
> would
> > have to be pretty smart, I think. The closest thing I can think of is
> the
> > use of TTS readback to prompt the student with what's BEEN written
thus
> > far, possibly providing enough cuing to proceed. Anybody else? Bob]
> >
> > I am interested in finding out if there is any type of software
> available
> > for
> > students with mild disabilities that is able to generate writing
prompts
> > based
> > on what a student has written. I am familiar with programs like
> Co:Writer
> > 4000
> > etc. but haven't been able to find anything that actually is able to
do
> > this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alison
> >
> > Quoting spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org:
> >
> >> [Moderator's note. Yes, that was me and I recall finally meeting you,
> >> Nettie. Anyway, I think the product will be out soon, but it is now
out
> > of
> >> my hands. See my discussion in other messages today. As for the mic,
> >> Fraser was using it and had just purchased it the day before at
> > OfficeMax.
> >> I don't know what kind it was, but it WAS Bluetooth compatible. I am
> >> hopelessly old fashioned and am still attached. Maybe others know of
> > good
> >> wireless mics? Bob]
> >>
> >> Hi Bob,
> >>
> >> I saw the demonstration of Word for Word at CSUN last year. (I think
> >> that is the product you are referring to). Do you know when the
> >> projected availability date is scheduled? Is this the same software
> >> that was demoed. I think you were one of the co-presenters - am I
> >> correct? If I am correct, I have been trying to locate the wireless
> >> microphone that was used. Any information would be greatly
> >> appreciated. I have a Toshiba with blue tooth and the SD card that I
> >> was told was necessary to use this wireless mic option. I liked the
> >> fact that you microphone was small and appeared quite functional.
> >>
> >> I own a Jabra wireless mic that I purchased to use with my telephone
> but
> >> that does not seem to be working -- does not do the required synch
with
> >> the bluetooth SD card.
> >>
> >> If you are the same person who demonstrated the speech-to-text
software
> >> at CSUN and used the wireless mic, I would greatly appreciate your
help
> >> with this search. Thanks.
> >>
> >> Nettie Fischer, ATP
> >
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