I am looking for inexpensive appliances that will do speech to text. My father-in-law has had poor hearing, but was just diagnosed with a disease that should finish making him profoundly deaf soon. It is progressive with no real turning back.
I have played with the lame speech to text built into Vista recently. It is OK, but not good enough. My son mentioned applications for iPodTouch and iPhones. But I am trying to find more options that will make my father-in-law not feel isolated in a speaking world. My FIL is still pretty spry for 80+ but fine motor skills (like texting or to much typing) are not in his skill set. He has claimed that much of his hearing was lost working in Phillips Petroleum Research in the combustion lab where they ran test gasoline engines without mufflers (or much other sound safety equipment) for years. ... The lab has changed now, but it is 40+ years to late, plus we just determined that it may be partly genetic in his case. ... My hearing loss is mainly attributed to spending to much time in a computer center in College working between high speed printers with the covers up and running bursting and decollating machines at minimum/slave wages ($1.25/hr) Any links, leads, or information would be appreciated. ><> ... Jack -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en.
