[Trainer-talk] Dolphin guide verses CDesk

Tue Oct 1 17:42:04 UTC 2013

Yes, it was good a long time ago, then became very disappointing as internet
technology moved forward and it was left behind. But in version 8 they have
created their own browser instead of trying to use Internet Explorer in the
background.  

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matt diemert
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Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] Dolphin guide verses CDesk

Julie,
Thanks for your response. To this point, I've used guide with 5 clients, and
have never once walked away satusfyed! The north American tech support is
less than steller!
This client actually used guide 5 or 6 back in 2010, and further
conversation with him this morning leads me to believe he's not willing to
go that rout again!
Thanks again.

On 10/1/13, Julie Adkins <jadkins at mabnc.org> wrote:
> Major improvements have been made to Guide 8, especially to internet 
> navigation.  Dolphin (in the UK) gave me sort of private showing of 
> it.  I don't know when EVAS will be releasing it.  I would have 
> thought surely this month.  Also, to get a big mouse pointer, I have 
> been combining Guide with Zoomtext Express (which only costs $50).  
> Anyhow, I would recommend waiting until you can get a demo of Guide 8 
> to make your comparison.
>
> Julie Adkins
> Metrolina Association for the Blind
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> Good morning all,
> I have a consumer who needs something in the family of these two products.
> However, in the past I've not had the greatest success with guide nor 
> have I appreciated the support experience.  Does anyone have a feeling 
> one way or another regarding these two packages?  I note that the 
> CDesk with speech recognition is nearly 1000 dollars more than the 
> base package. Are they using dragon or some sort of software, or are 
> they using the recognition built in to windows 7 and 8?
>  Any help here would be appreciated greatly!
>
> On 9/9/13, Dr. Denise M Robinson <deniserob at gmail.com> wrote:
>> JSAY is the combo between jaws and dragon....married together and 
>> works incredibly well
>>
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>> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Bonnie Lucas <BLucas at alaskabvi.org>
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>>> Hello,
>>> What are some of the ways in which some of you have helped clients 
>>> to use the computer when they have brain damage and are not able to 
>>> remember a lot but would like to use dictation to use the computer?
>>> Right now, JAWS is on the computer but I'm not sure it's the best 
>>> thing and from what I understand, it is very difficult to use Dragon 
>>> with JAWS. Any suggestions or help that anyone can give will be 
>>> greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
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