[JAWSLite] Re: Jaws Scripts for Dragon

Hi Mike,

I think your idea is spot-on.

In vista, there's free speech recognition built-in, which is reportedly
as accurate as that of Dragon, and MS has just released a beta of an
add-on product for the speech recognition which gives it macros
capability (the product is referred to as WSR macros, and it's
downloadable if you search for it).

I'm switching to window eyes, not intending to start any arguments here,
but I'm going to use it's scripting facility to interface it with the
speech recognition macros, to do just what you describe: a very
light-weight interface to give us a talking/listening computer.  I'm
sure anyone determined enough can do the same with the jaws scripting
facility.

It sounds like Dragon has an API of some sort, and I  know that some
versions (I think professional?) have scripting capabilities, so it
should be possible to have the same light-weight interface using Dragon
scripting.  

Maybe someone could even use the SayTools from Jamal Mazrui so that it's
screen-reader independent (if the dragon scripts can interface with
SayTools that is).

I think your quite right about where interfaces are going; and once you
consider this idea, have a look at the SmallTalk Ultra being sold by GW,
or it's generic counter-part from Oqo.  It's a fully functional laptop
computer (with a 120 gb hard drive or 64 gb solid-state drive), that
weighs around 1 pound and can clip to your belt.  It's got Bluetooth and
wifi built-in, and an optional ev-do card.  You could use a bluetooth
headset to talk to it and have it talk to you, wear it on your belt, and
go somewhere with your hands free and have your computer available to
you at any time.  Maybe even someone will develope some talking GPS
software for it????

FYI, if this interests you, it's been told to me that you can buy models
with faster processor and more money from Oqo, or an Oqo dealer, than
the Ultra being sold by GW Micro, but I haven't verified this for
certain.  Perhaps GW would order you the same enhanced models if you
want; their thing is that they only sell it with a copy of window eyes
installed.

I've seen it in use, with an omni-directional barcode scanner attached,
clipped to someone's belt, and using wifi and a free window eyes script
which let it lookup the scanned barcode on an internet database and give
you an instantaneous product description.  It was a very impressive demo
of what a computer without a keyboard can be used for.

Nice brain-storming with you; please let me know if you come up with
anything along these lines.

Chip






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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Bullis
> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 6:22 PM
> To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Jaws Scripts for Dragon
> 
> I'm sure this subject has come up many times and there is 
> probably some
> obvious reason for why the proposal I'm going to make hasn't 
> been done, but
> I'd sure like to know it.
>  
> I recently began some experimentation with jsay, the 
> commercial program that
> interfaces with Dragon Naturally Speaking.  Although the 
> program has some
> nice features, I'm not sure it doesn't do far more than it 
> needs to do and
> I'm troubled by the numerous times it seems to actually slow 
> down my ability
> to use dragon.
>  
> I've been a dragon user for a couple of years without jsay or any jaws
> scripts.  Yes, there are features I can't use as I would 
> like, but, I do use
> the program fairly effectively.  What I'd really like are simply a few
> scripts that allow access to the Dragon bar more easily and to the
> correction box.  Jaws sometimes loses focus and can't read specific
> information dragon is trying to convey.  But, I'm not sure creating an
> entire interface as jsay does is really the answer.  
> So, I'm wondering why somebody doesn't just create some jaws 
> scripts and
> sell them for a bit of cash.  I think that for the sighted as 
> well as the
> blind the era is coming when most of us talk to our 
> computers.  I don't
> think that the sighted public will type when there is an alternative.
> Dragon is much more user friendly than it has been in the 
> past and training
> that use to be time consuming is now very very quick and 
> easy.  Being able
> to put information on a page at 200 words a minute is really 
> liberating, and
> I say that as someone who is a pretty fast typist.  But, I 
> can't compete
> with Dragon.  Furthermore, there is never a mis-spelled word 
> with Dragon.
> Yes, there are wrong words, but not mis-spelled ones.  Even 
> this wrong word
> phenomena goes away once one learns how to tell Dragon what you meant.
>  
> So, are there some scripts out there that I just can't find?  
> Or, are there
> some reasons that I'm not considering as to why scripts haven't been
> developed?
> Mike Bullis
> Baltimore Maryland
>  
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