Hello, You might want to consider a convertible pen tablet. They are pretty great for navigating your computer and writing in words. The ergonomics tend to be a bit better then a mouse interface.
**************************** Greg Sonnenfeld “Two h's walk into a bar. The first one says, "What is this, a physics joke?” On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:10 AM, <sarah.dool...@mail.utexas.edu> wrote: > > > Greetings: > > I am interested in hearing about people's experiences with voice to text > software programs (Dragon). I have a recent diagnosis of arthritis and > realize that I need some kind of program like Dragon. Dragon has been > around the longest, and I hear that Google is using UN transcriptions + > audio files to build a similar program (but does not yet have a marketable > product). I need to be able to tell my computer to search the web, work in > excel, prezi or powerpoint, Word, write emails. > > Any insights would be greatly appreciated. I have 1.5 years before I go up > for tenure and need to maintain my current level of productivity! > > best > sarah > > > > > > > > Quoting Paul Paryski <ppary...@aol.com>: > >> Google Translate also works quite well. >> cheers, Paul >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> >> To: Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> >> Sent: Tue, May 29, 2012 10:32 am >> Subject: [FRIAM] SayHi Translate - Voice Translation App for iPhone or >> iPad for Business >> >> >> Kim Sorvig was over last night and we got to talking about speech-to-text >> programs. This reminded me that I had just gotten SayHi for my iPhone, but >> hadn't tried it yet: http://www.sayhitranslate.com/ >> >> >> Holy cow was it accurate and complete on our tests! This is a dream for >> travelers. Speak in english to your phone and you get a text and voice >> translation to any of 33 languages! >> >> >> Alas, its currently only for iDevices but hopefully it'll go Android soon >> (there may already be a similar app on Android thus the iDevice focus.). >> >> >> -- Owen >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> >> > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
