So is it a six hundred pound job Steve. Tech Support at Dolphin told me that they knew nothing about it and Dolphin did not sell it!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 12:05 PMSubject: [access-uk] Re: Review: NovaTalk - Screen reader/magnifier and enhanced PC control by voice
Hi Kevin, It is purely a link between Dolphin Supernova and Dragon, that's why it is called Novatalk. If you have Jaws, you'd use J-Say. Window-Eyes and NVDA don't have a link as far as I know. All the best Steve -- Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk -----Original Message-----From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf OfKevin Cussick Sent: 20 September 2012 11:00 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Review: NovaTalk - Screen reader/magnifier and enhanced PC control by voice Hello, Dose this product have to be used strictly with the dolphin effort? or will it work with any other screen reader? I will take a look lastly how expensive is this program? On 20/09/2012 10:26, Hussein Patwa wrote:Hi all, I wanted to let you know about a new product, NovaTalk, which I have been using for the last few months and which has allowed me to use speech recognition more effectively as well as control my screen reader by voice. As some of you may know, I have had worsening Raynaud's phenomenon in my hands for some time and have been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking alone to reduce the need for typing. This worked OK, but correcting errors in the text was time-consuming and there was still the problem of having to use the keyboard a lot to control Dolphin SuperNova Access Suite (which I use for magnification, speech and Braille). More recently, it has proved extremely difficult to navigate documents and webpages through having to constantly use the tab, arrow keys, etc. Together with SuperNova's Virtual Focus (or Dolphin Cursor as it's now called). NovaTalk now allows me to perform many of SuperNova's actions through spoken commands. For example, I can read documents, spell out words, copy and paste text. I can increase and decrease magnification, toggle the colour changer and pan around the screen by voice thus no longer having to use the mouse. Most useful of all, I can now navigate webpages, e-mails using the Dolphin cursor, jump backwards and forwards through different elements including forms without touching the keyboard. I also have vast control over how text on screen is announced. For example, I can read back specific links, headings, paragraphs and controls with a few simple voice commands, meaning I don't have to remember many keyboard hotkeys to achieve the same results. This is especially useful as I use NovaTalk on both my desktop and laptop, yet these two systems have different keyboard layouts and thus different hotkeys. Using the same voice commands on any system completely resolves this problem. Apart from this, I now find dictation considerably easier than when using Dragon alone. Dictated text is echoed back to me immediately so I can correct errors as I go rather than having to go through the whole document at the end. Also, dictated text is automatically saved so it can be recovered via the Recall command should my computer crash. I can also recover previous dictations, which is great if I delete something and then change my mind. Voice training was always a hassle, as I required sighted assistance to know what text to read back to Dragon. Now the required text is read to me automatically for me to repeat and I also know when text has not been recognised and needs to be re-read. This has removed many frequent errors in dictation I experienced when using Dragon alone. It's honestly difficult to list how many things I am able to do with just one program. I can use Regular Items to call different applications, favourites in Internet Explorer, folders on my hard drive and even different folders within Microsoft Outlook simply by creating a voice command with a name I can remember. Also really useful is the ability to use Regular Shortcuts to add blocks of text I use frequently (such as my address or signature), similar to macros in Word but they can be used in any application including on the web. The program has a workbook in Word format and this is also split into sections with step-by-step instructions online. The technical support provided through the online ticket system on the ExtraSolutions website has been fantastic the few times I have had to use it but the program is also easy to learn and I have been able to guess many of the commands without reading the documentation. Before using NovaTalk there were many days when I was unable to work as it was just too painful to use the keyboard. NovaTalk has solved this problem and I also find that I now work faster and more effectively. I have also learnt about many functions of Dolphin SuperNova I didn't even know existed just by learning the commands to work them. I know speech recognition is not for everyone but I would strongly recommend this product to anyone. You can find more information on www.ExtraSolutions.co.uk and I am also happy to answer any questions from anyone now I've used the software for some time. Anyway, hope this helps someone and thanks for reading. 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