Hello Ibrahim,
Not a problem at all. I do have some sight but rely more heavily on the
screen reader part of my access software than the magnifier.
From what I remember, Jaws may or may not have a 'virtual cursor' you can
use to navigate around the screen in areas where a traditional cursor is
not
present. I use this to navigate the Dragon Bar, and find that the menus
and
dialogs themselves are accessible without it.
The primary issue of course as you rightly mentioned is to be able to know
what the program is output to the screen in as near as real time as
possible. In this regard, I was able to achieve this by the simple
expedient of having the screen reader running at the same time as I was
dictating. As the webcam I use has noise cancelling and due to its
position, my voice was picked up over the screen reader, even though the
speaker from which the screen reader was sounding was directly below the
webcam's microphone. One could of course use headphones to ensure the
speech was not picked up by the microphone, but this defeats the purpose
of
working in comfort without wires.
I'm really happy with my setup. I get very good accuracy, know very
quickly
if an error has been made, and require minimal revision and spell
checking.
I therefore almost never need to use actual sight to operate the program.
HTH.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:24 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: speach to text software:
Hi Hussein.
Excuse me for asking, but do you have any sight? I used to use dragon
naturally speaking with jaws 10, but one of the problems I found was that
I
was unable to easily tell whether what I was saying was being accurately
recognized and therefore found rectifying any mistakes difficult. I can
appreciate that if you have some sight at least enough to use a computer,
this problem doesn't apply to you, but for totally blind people such as
myself, we need additional scripts such as JTools which is an inexpensive
suite including a basic interoperability with Dragon Preferred.
All the best, Ibrahim.
----- Original Message -----
From: Hussein Patwa
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 3:33 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: speach to text software:
Hi,
No, you don't need anything special to use the software. Just a
microphone.
I use my Logitech webcam which also has noise cancelling and this works
great. But you could even use the computer's built in microphone, for
example those on a laptop.
Another option is to use a headset, but I've found unless this is a
wireless
one you'll be tied to the computer. With the webcam I mentioned above,
the
quality is such that I can continue dictating even when moving around my
room so I don't have to be directly in front of the computer. It's a
godsend when working on my novels, when I don't want to feel as if I'm
working sitting in the same place all the time.
HTH.
_______________________________________
Have a pleasant day,
Kind Regards and Best Wishes,
Hussein.
I am participating in the 2009 National Novel Writing Month Challenge.
Follow my progress at http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/498747
Hussein Patwa
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Tel: +44 (0)122 4433 954 (SIP)
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
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Andrew Shipp
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 1:02 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: speach to text software:
Hi Hussein So if you use this do you need any thing else to go with it?
like I've been told some thing about a program for Jaws called JC to
use Dragone natural speaking software, If you don't then I'll be
looking at getting this program once more.
----- Original Message -----
From: Hussein Patwa
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 12:24 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: speach to text software:
Hi,
I'm not sure if you meant the subect as the actual title of the software
so
I'll speak from my own experience in general.
I've had great success with Dragon Naturally Speaking 10. Earlier this
year
both my hands were in splints for the best part of two months due to
suspected carpel tunnel syndrome. I used Dragon to dictate all my e-mails,
letters and some longer reports. The accuracy level is almost directly
proportional to the amount of training you do beforehand, as you have to
let
the software get used to your voice and speaking patterns. But it works
wonderfully even for me with my totally skewed accent (one of the curses
of
being a multi-linguist).
I believe you can get the basic edition for less than £100, although the
Preferred one is more expensive. I got mine cheaply when I was travelling
abroad, which also has multilanguage support, but if you don't need that
than things may well be cheaper.
There are undoubtedly other packages out there, but Dragon is one of the
better known.
HTH.
_______________________________________
Have a pleasant day,
Kind Regards and Best Wishes,
Hussein.
I am participating in the 2009 National Novel Writing Month Challenge.
Follow my progress at http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/498747
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
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jim o'brien
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:03 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] speach to text software:
hi listers, as the subject line said.
how good is the above software, how much is it to buy, and where can one
aquire itt?
jim o'brien skype jim.o.brien12
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