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Hands Free Computer Operation for Quadriplegics?

Posted by Cliff on from the look-ma! dept.

Anonymous Coward asks: "Dragon Natural Speaking dropped hands free computer operation support back in version 3. My quadriplegic friend recently upgraded his computer and it came with Windows XP. His old Dragon Natural Speaking will not work on Windows XP. Does anyone know of any complete voice activated computer control for Windows XP or Linux?"

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  1. Re:Sorta off-topic, but I'd reaally like to know by gmhowell · · Score: 2, Insightful

    On the contrary: desired use of an application (or OS, in this case) is of paramount importance. The tech that would let the person play games is likely very different from that which would aid in word processing.

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  2. Obvious perhaps by elmegil · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is there any reason he cannot install his old OS on the new machine? I'm still running Win98 SE on my Windows box, and regardless of M$'s support status, it works just fine...for windows.

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