Hey Jim, We have used Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred with students before. Usually get the rights to install it for a single user on up to 3 machines. 2 at school plus 1 at home if desired. Muscular dystrophy can be a tough one. Lot's of times the voice / lung capacity is effected depending on their position and how tired they are so it can play havoc with the voice recognition accuracy. There is a group that we have had come in and they setup a test machine for one of our students. Might want to talk to the new SEA out there, Kim Gilliland. I can look into the organization that did the demo for you if you want. Our OT/PT department setup the eval/demo so don't remember off the top of my head who they were.
Jim James A. Robinson Technology Coordinator Macon-Piatt Special Education 335 E. Cerro Gordo Street, Decatur, IL 62523 (217) 423-0734 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JimHays Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [tech-geeks] Voice Recognition and Special Needs Students 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 | ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This transmission is intended and restricted for use by the above addressee only. It may contain confidential and/or privileged information exempt from disclosure under federal or state law. In the event some other person or entity receives this transmission, said recipient is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or duplication of this transmission or its contents is prohibited. If you should receive this transmission in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this e-mail or calling (217) 424-3000, delete the file from your system, and destroy any hard copies of this transmission. Thank you. Decatur Public School District 61, Decatur, Illinois. | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
