[blindlaw] Using Dragon software

[Ben Fulton]

I would say that the Jsay is a must to integrate the two. I did that for a semester, but I did not find that dragon helped me write things any faster. In fact, I found going through and correcting the document was time consuming, and ultimately I can compose things faster with touch typing.

I would stick with JAWS.

All the best,
Ben


Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:29:05 -0700
From: Aser Tolentino <agtolentino at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Using Dragon software
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If you want to use Dragon, you may want to check out JDictate or JSAY from Hartgen Consultency. These are scripts that help integrate JAWS and Dragon functionality. JDictate is only for dictation and can use any version of Dragon while JSAY I believe requires a professional version and works with all of Dragon?s functionality including special Dragon commands to perform JAWS-related actions. These products aren?t cheap, but then again, neither are the higher tier versions of Dragon. The open source Dictation Bridge project is also something you might want to look into for basic dictation, but Dragon and the Hartgen products are probably what you?ll want for a professional workflow. Those are just my two cents. Good luck and have a great weekend.

Respectfully,
Aser Tolentino, Esq.

> On Sep 21, 2018, at 16:57, Roderick Thomas via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hey guys, I am a blind law school student in Orlando, Florida. I will be graduating in May; however, I am still trying to study smarter and become more productive. I have Windows on my Mac, and I use Jaws. I am looking to purchase the Dragon software to help me write my papers in law school faster. I have tried to use Dragon in the past, but it did not work that well with my PC. However, now that I am using Windows and Jaws on my Mac, I think it might work better. What do you think guys? Can anyone tell me if this is a good idea? Has anyone had any success in using the Dragon software with Jaw?
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