[senit] Voice recognition

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David
We've got a mini review of one person's experience of Dragon V 9 at
http://www.dyslexic.com/dragon-9-review.

I was personally pretty impressed after 5 mins training on the 3 yr old
laptop that I use out of the office, but resolved that it would be worth
doubling the 500mb RAM, which I haven't done yet.

Regards
Ian Litterick
www.iansyst.co.uk
www.dyslexic.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk 
> [mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of David Colven
> Sent: 13 September 2006 12:45
> To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [senit] Voice recognition
> 
> 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?
> 
> .
> David Colven, Technical Advisor
> 
> The ACE Centre Advisory Trust
> 92 Windmill Road
> Headington
> Oxford      OX3 7DR
> 
> Web site at www.ace-centre.org.uk something new every week 
> Tel +44 (0)1865
> 759813 Fax +44 (0)1865 759810
> 
> 
> 
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