[senco-forum] Voice activated software

I had some involvement with this for a Year 7 boy. We were able to start and
stop the software from "listening" so that we could speak the sentences to
him and then he could repeat them to train the software. He had Kurtzveil
3000 (I think) to read the work back to him, rather than Dragon, which
simply replays what he said. This was to help him pick up when the software
has mis-typed his intended words. Unfortunately I left that school shortly
afterwards so I can't say how he got on with it long-term.
Mary

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[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Maggie Downie
Sent: 06 July 2007 18:53
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Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Voice activated software

I would like to know more about the 'steep learning curve' please!

We thought of trying Dragon software for a bright Y7 child who cannot read
(yet - but we're working on it...).  The biggest hurdles seem to be the
'training' passages, which have to be read - which he can't do, and a strong
local accent.  

Is it worth persisting with?  

Any help/advice would be much appreciated.

Maggie

Alex Hammerstein <aph at misnet.co.uk> wrote: Hi Caroline

The latest version of Dragon is supposedly very good, but as I am sure you
know, there is quite a steep learning curve to get the best out of it

Good Luck 
Alex

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In a message dated 05/07/2007 22:25:53 GMT Daylight Time,  
richard.heywood at ntlworld.com writes:

I'm  interested in purchasing some voice activated software for my daughter 
who  will be in year 6 in September. We have used dragon naturally speaking
at  
school in the past but it is a few years old. Is there anything new out
there 
 that anybody knows anything about?

Caroline

Get the latest Dragon (9 I think). Also have a look at the iansyst site 
_www.dyslexic.com_ (http://www.dyslexic.com) 

Martin

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