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Post by lynwlt on Mar 23, 2015 13:23:53 GMT
At least, I think that's what I mean..
I have a friend (really) who has some disabilities, including neuropathy in her hands, that make typing difficult.
Can anyone recommend a good voice recognition thing that might make life easier for her?
Value for money would be good...
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Post by Mrsmac on Mar 23, 2015 13:29:28 GMT
If I remember correctly, "Dragon Naturally Speaking" is ok, I used to use it for large documents at work. It can be pricey but usually you can get a fairly recent copy from eBay. After training it with your voice and regularly used words it is ok.
Hope that helps
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Post by lynwlt on Mar 23, 2015 13:39:53 GMT
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Post by Ripshod on Mar 23, 2015 13:46:20 GMT
Windows 7 has it built in. I think it was originally featured in Vista, can't speak for Win8/8.1 (that's vfm if it would work for her) Control Panel\Ease of Access\Speech Recognition Nothing wrong with Mrsmac's suggestion either. It's good for dictating but I'm not sure if it would interface directly with windows (for control and such). Good to have alternatives  |
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Post by OneDay on Mar 23, 2015 14:32:24 GMT
My BIL uses Dragon and finds it very useful
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Post by charliehorse on Mar 23, 2015 16:46:03 GMT
Windows 7 has it built in. I think it was originally featured in Vista, can't speak for Win8/8.1 (that's vfm if it would work for her) Control Panel\Ease of Access\Speech Recognition Nothing wrong with Mrsmac's suggestion either. It's good for dictating but I'm not sure if it would interface directly with windows (for control and such). Good to have alternatives Just checked on Win 8.1 and the option is there in the same place.  |
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Post by clairea on Mar 23, 2015 17:37:22 GMT
Windows voice is rubbish, or it used to be I use jaws but I got my copy free with access to work, but there are good ones out there ask the rnib for advice,
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Post by djs on Mar 23, 2015 17:39:06 GMT
I used the speech recognition included in Windows 7. You need to buy a microphone (I think?), so I got a "call centre" headset. It worked, I can confirm, and even dictated letters quite well.  |
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Post by decoy on Mar 23, 2015 20:20:28 GMT
dragon is about the only one i know of thats good
but make sure you use a decent mic/headset as that makes a diff as to how well it works,sennheiser can be had for around £30 and are well worth it
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