Dragon is great but PRICEY especially if you want to get more than a few students going with this in separate locations.
We merely install the voice recognition tool from the Office 2003 Pro setup CD which adds voice capability across nearly all Office products, even on Office 2007. This thread online gives info on how we do this at District 207.... http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/microsoft-office-support/178459-solved-voice-recognition-office-2007-xp.html Totally free if you have access to Office 2003 still and works pretty well. Yes, you will have to have the SPED students do some voice training before it's 95% accurate. Dragon gets more accurate much faster but again it's costly. Best Regards, Derrick Wlodarz Technology Support Maine Township HS District 207 South [email protected] 847-692-8610 On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Michael Bendorf <[email protected]>wrote: > Dragon Naturally Speaking seems to be /the/ leader in the field and a > product that works as well as any other you will find. > --Michael T. Bendorf-- > Technology Administrator > A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 > 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 > DID #: 217.476.6019 > Cellular: 217.306.6824 > > "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during > your lectures so that I do not need you any more." > > A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for > others. > > "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the > enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers > using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." > > - Alan Kay > > > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:16 AM, JimHays <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is anyone using voice recognition software with special needs students? >> We have a high school student who has severe physical limitations - I think >> he has Muscular Dystrophy. He is taking a high school composition class >> where the students do a lot of writing. We are looking into the feasibility >> of getting him a laptop with voice recognition software and I was wondering >> if anyone has tried this. >> What works? What doesn't work? >> >> I am reading that the built-in voice recognition in Windows 7 is pretty >> good but I think that I would want a "little more" for a project like this - >> possibly Dragon Naturally Speaking. >> So does anyone do something like this? >> >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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