Voice Recognition For The Visually Handicapped?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday January 21, 2003 @07:10AM from the better-interfaces-for-the-blind dept.

MrIcee asks: "I was recently contacted by an individual who is extremely visually impaired. He wishes to be able to user voice recognition in his PC to dictate letters and to control his web browser and other software. In examining the available software (such as Naturally Speaking, etc) all of them require a fairly involved training session. The problem with training is that they tend to display paragraphs for him to read - but he is unable to see the words clearly enough and fast enough for proper training (even though he can use JAWS for reading screen text). I have seen references to Kurzweil VOICE software, but it seems dated and there is no good indication that it will work as promised. Does anyone out there have experience in voice recognition software that requires minimal or no training?"

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Stick with Naturally Speaking by BranMan · 2003-01-21 08:15 · Score: 0, Troll

And just go over their house for an afternoon and help them get it trained. If they are too far from you, have them find someone closer. Reading paragraphs isn't rocket science - people are by and large happy to help out. All they need do is ask.