[stylist] October Telephone gathering- Using Voice as a Writing Tool

Mon Oct 24 14:15:09 UTC 2011

wow,
have a great visit and I'm glad you're doing that.  kansas  could sure learn a lot from nebraska RE vr etc.
I'm still in a lot of pain each day, better than it was.  wife also in much pain and very limited physically.  thank you.
jc

At 05:42 AM 10/24/2011, you wrote:
>Jim
>
>Yes, though I didn't notice, it was a copy of the first notice about this
>opportunity- thinking of course --- the dial in scoop would come closer to
>the event. And I'm thinking now, that it would have "been time" to have put
>that in. Nice catch --- thank you.
>
>Hope you and your wife are doing well! 
>
>(I'm off to Carney, Nebraska for a week. I'll be a mentor to a new
>commission for the Blind VR Counselor.)
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6yr
>Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 11:13 PM
>To: newmanrl at cox.net; Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [stylist] October Telephone gathering- Using Voice as a Writing
>Tool
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>Robert,
>I note that you did not include the phone number or pin for participation in
>the teleconference.
>jc
>
>At 10:52 PM 10/23/2011, you wrote:
>>NEXT WEEK!
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>>
>>On Sunday October 30th, at 7:30 PM US Central- We will have a very 
>>interesting demonstration of how a person can use our voice to write. 
>>Over the years, I have gotten many inquiries about if this option was 
>>available and how good was it? We have a member who uses it and says 
>>that today, it works quite well. Pranav Lal, our member from India is 
>>going to demonstrate it, using JAWS and Dragon Naturally Speaking and a 
>>special program that bridges the two. Below, Pranav gives us a short 
>>write up of what he will show us:
>>
>> 
>>
>>Until very recently, speech-recognition technology could not play well 
>>with screen readers. You could use speech but it was the last resort. 
>>Things changed with bridging technology called J-Say which bridges jaws 
>>for windows and Dragon Naturally speaking. You can control the computer 
>>hands free including navigating the desktop and operate applications 
>>such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Excel and Firefox.
>>
>> 
>>
>>My focus will be on Microsoft Word since we are dealing with writers. 
>>You can proof read text, navigate by sentence, paragraph, word etc. It 
>>is even possible to navigate the ribbon interface via speech. Having 
>>said that, J-Say can mask significant portions of the user interface so 
>>the learning curve for new user is not that steep irrespective of the 
>>version of windows and office being used. Commands remain consistent 
>>across applications. There is plenty of context-sensitive help and the 
>>J-Say documentation is comprehensive.
>>
>> 
>>
>>There are other technology combinations such as System Access with 
>>windows speech recognition and the Dolphin Guide but as far as I know, 
>>Dragon Naturally Speak is the most evolved program out there and it is what
>I use.
>>
>> 
>>
>>J-Say is made by a British company called T&T Consultancy Limited. You 
>>can see their website at http://www.tandt-consultancy.com/ I have no 
>>affiliation with the company except being a  satisfied customer and beta
>tester.
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>>Pranav
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>>Robert Leslie Newman
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>>President, Omaha Chapter NFB
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>>President, NFB Writers' Division
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