[senit] Voice recognition

I've been asked about speech recognition as a means for a student to

In our experience Naturally Speaking words fine for many pupils, but as 
Dave says not in a classroom situation.  Also I would agree that the 
attitude of the student is one of the most important parameters.   They 
have to have a level of persistence and be willing to meet the technology 
half way.

It was thought of as a panacea (all those TV adverts) but I think people 
are more realistic now.  The eye gaze systems seem to be the latest 'cure 
all' for many people, sadly like VR its a lot more difficult than it sounds..

Some very small commercial interest Mick Donegan did a study of VR - 
Factors for Success when used in schools when it works and when it doesn't 
. This was  a few years ago,  but the conclusions and ideas are still valid 
and It's still in print and available from the ACE Centre (web site see below)

Has anyone tried version 9 yet?  They say that it is much improved in terms 
of accuracy and training.

At 08:35 13/09/06, you wrote:
>I've been asked about speech recognition as a means for a student to
>'write up their work at home'.
>..............................
>Any suggestions please folks, eother of research to read or first hand
>experience?

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