[jaws-uk] R: JAWS and Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- From: "RMPortal" <robertmartin.portal@xxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:45:38 +0100
Dear Brian,
I had a lengthy and expensive experiment with dictating to the computer
about 7 or 8 years ago but found in the end I was unable to take
advantage of what would have been for me, its life-changing potential .
One problem was the fact that its use of resources, when combined with a
screen reader, meant it didn't take much to crash the computer when
using it and this only needs to happen a few times to negate the
convenience and speed of writing it offered. I know that computers have
become faster and more powerful since then but I suspect the intensive
processing required is still likely to be an issue to consider for all
but the best kept computers.
The problem which forced me to stop in the end however, was that of
homophones (words which sound the same but have different spelling and
meaning) - as you are no doubt aware, English is full of them. To give
one example, I wrote a lengthy letter to my sister thanking her for her
presents (with a t) which was understood by the dictating programme as
her presence (with "ce" at the end). I didn't realise the mistake until
she told me. That was amusing but since I live on my translation work
the risk of making serious mistakes of this kind was too great. I
should add that I have spoken to sighted colleagues about this and I
know some who have stopped dictating to the computer precisely because
of this risk even though it ought to be much easier to check for such
errors visually.
Has it been possible to find a solution for this problem either in
options available in Naturally speaking or in the scripts? Perhaps it is
an area where Jaws users could find themselves better off than sighted
colleagues. Some general ideas have occurred to me but I think the
danger of going off-topic has now become too great to go into detail
here.
Best wishes
Robert
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Per conto di Brian Hartgen
Inviato: venerdì 12 dicembre 2008 19.26
A: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oggetto: [jaws-uk] JAWS and Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Well Graham, to be frank, we tried selling a low cost speech recognition
interface twice and people were just not purchasing it.
As you say, we tried it with J-Say Standard and Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Preferred. Technically, there is no reason why a product cannot be
produced which interfaces directly between jaws and the lower cost
Dragon products.
Then we tried again with J-Vist, linking JAWS with Windows Vista speech
recognition. Again, the market was not interested. People clearly have
to purchase a product in order for us to put development time and high
quality documentation into producing and maintaining it, together with
offering a good level of support.
However, despite what you say about the price, people do want J-Say
Professional, which gives you the ability not only to dictate into and
control the computer, but also dictate into the Victor Reader Stream and
have that text transcribed into a document or Email message as we have
built a special interface for that.
In summary, the market dictates product development and clearly there is
no shortage of people wanting the Pro product.
Hope that clarifies the position.
Brian Hartgen
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