Hi Christine, Thank you very much for your offer but, I am in California. Could you please tell me what DNS is? Also, would you happen to know how much JSay runs? Again, thank you all very much for your input. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine Menges To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 3:16 PM Subject: Re: dragon naturally speaking question hi, You would have to train dns to understand your speech. I'm assuming it is your speech, if not you need to train it to understand the person who is speeking. This is done by reading passages into the microphone of the computer. I had my daughter train mine, since I'm too cheep to buy JSay. Her voice an intonation are simular to mine and it workes like a charm now. If you are doing class lectures, the speech will need to be fairly clear not with too much background noise. If you happen to live in the Denver co area I'd be happy to lend you my copy of dns to see if you like it. Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike & Barbara To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 3:17 PM Subject: Re: dragon naturally speaking question Hi Korin, Christine, & Cy, What I would like to do with this program is convert sound files that I have copied from my Olympus digital recorder to the computer into text files. Olympus tells me that Dragon Naturally Speaking is the program that will do the job. Have any of you done this and how hard would doing this task for someone who doesn't know the program. Your help and information will be greatly appreciated. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Cy Selfridge To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 1:42 PM Subject: RE: dragon naturally speaking question Hi, Yes it is accessible - with J-Say, an interface program. Chirping Bat can give you all the information you will ever need. (LOL) Cy, The Anasazi. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike & Barbara Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 2:22 PM To: jfw list Subject: dragon naturally speaking question Hi All, I am trying to find out if Dragon Naturally Speaking is accessible with Jaws . Is anyone currently using this program, or have used it in the past? Also, if there is more than 1 version, could someone please recommend the version that is most compatible with Jaws? All advice & information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much. Take care. Mike