HOW DO YOU ASSIST A PERSON WITH DISABILITY OF THE HANDS, TYPE or INPUT TEXT or those with ARTICULATION AND PRONOUNCIATION ISSUES VERBALIZE THEIR THOUGHTS?
IT's VERY EASY WITH NUANCE DRAGON!!
WITH DRAGON SPEAK ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IS A HEADPHONES OR A MICROPHONE AS AN INPUT DEVICE,simply speak into the microphone and the words spoken are digitized. It can even be done the other way. Those with articulation and pronounciation problems can type the words they want vocalized and it is played via the computers audio. THIS SOFTWARE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR MOBILE DEVEICES SUCH AS IPHONE's. The future of software in education and use of technology in daily life for all is very bright!
HAVE PROBLEMS TYPING?
You talk, and it types. Tools such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking can help students quickly and easily transfer ideas from their minds onto paper – a basic task that is often painful, or even impossible, for some students. But when students can dictate their papers and examination responses to a computer, they’re more likely to exploit their full language capabilities. Students who have used speech recognition tools to independently produce typed essays can complete assignments with results that are indistinguishable from the work of their non-disabled peers.Dragon NaturallySpeaking also offers speech output capabilities so that students can have text read aloud to them.
EMPOWER STUDENTS
Speech recognition tools can generate a new excitement for writing and learning for students who were previously unable to write or produce written work due to problems with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or other challenges.
Students with language-based learning problems, such as dyslexia, can benefit from using voice recognition software to transfer their ideas into print. Since dyslexic students have trouble expressing their thoughts on paper, they often convey less sophisticated thoughts in their written work, use a simplified vocabulary, or avoid writing tasks altogether.
A GREAT TOOL FOR TEACHERS
Teachers can receive hundreds of essays, reports, exams or homework assignments from students every week. Each paper requires timely review and detailed feedback. With Dragon NaturallySpeaking, teachers can read and respond to students' essays quickly and easily. They can add more comments
and detailed notes because they’re not constrained by time-consuming hand-written feedback – not to mention poor penmanship!With a wireless headset, teachers reviewing assignments and providing dictated feedback are no longer tied so closely to the desk and computer. They can move around as they dictate notes to students or sit back and relax as they add comments to papers.
ADVANTAGES
Using speech recognition takes away the mechanical aspects of typing or handwriting and therefore removes many of the challenges many people face when trying to intelligently express their thoughts in writing. In addition, as speech recognition has improved over the years, more and more people with articulation and pronunciation problems can use the software to complete daily tasks.
IMAGINE THE POSIBILITIES FOR OUTPUT OF DIGITIZED WORDS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME!
