Hi Joan, I'm sorry money is a factor ... My computer is a lifeline for so many things. Selling on ebay, spreadsheets for carers ages and tax, small amount webdesign, games... Lord of The Rings online.. awesome....etc....
I live in Holland-on-Sea, Essex. on the coast about 100 yrds from seafront. 70 miles from London. Had a lovely collie cross.. Polo.. (wife played waterpolo). who sadly passed away 5 years ago. All the best Regards, Mark Age 45 C3/4 Complete since 1986 http://www.markbb.co.uk On 9 Feb 2010, at 18:27, Joan Anglin wrote: > Hi Mark > Drawing is definitely a drawback using speech recognition, but I’m not into > that anyway. I have seen a demo and was very impressed, but the price is way > out of reach for me. My mouth stick cost $2.00 to build and I replaced the > tip every year or so for a dollar. When I was first injured-1990-I was > fitted for and used a Tongue Touch Controller, it was very cool and I could > use X-10 automation and control my computer with that. I even tried out the > wheelchair that was designed to be run by the Tongue Touch Controller. > However there was a problem with my unit, and we cannot afford to purchase > another one. I believe there’s a person on this quad list who still has one > of the controllers. > One of the big advantages with Tongue Touch Controller is that the tongue > muscle never gets tired-which is great for those of us who like to talk J. > Where do you live in the UK? I lived in the UK from 1966 until 1970 in > Cheshire and we showed dogs for those years. I had Alsatians-German shepherd > dogs-I was fortunate enough to show at Crufts, still enjoying watching the > show every year. > Joan C4 1990 > > From: Mark BB [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 9:40 AM > To: Joan Anglin > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] computer control > > It's just a headset or headmouse is SO MUCH MORE powerful. > > I can draw, edit photos, moving files folder etc is much easier. > > Have you ever seen one being used. Just a thought. > > Regards, Mark > > Age 45 > C3/4 Complete since 1986 in UK > > http://www.markbb.co.uk > > On 2 Feb 2010, at 20:11, Joan Anglin wrote: > > > I’ve always used just the mouthstick on my computer in the living room. It > is not a quiet environment so speech recognition does not work well. I do > have dragon installed on that machine, but very seldom use it as it is an > older version and I also need to use the mouthstick to control the computer. > Three years ago I got a laptop with Vista so I have been using that speech > recognition program. I just upgraded to a larger laptop-my Christmas > present, purchased our black Friday-and it has Windows 7 so I am using that > speech recognition now. I usually use the laptop in my bedroom. > One of the benefits of using a mouthstick is that it makes me exercise my > neck! I find that I have to consciously exercise my neck when I’m using > speech recognition-the mouthstick makes me exercise. J > Joan >
