Cy,
I think someone has already answered your question about starting
speech
recognition in Windows 7 by typing speech into the search box on the
Start Menu. I played around with the program a little last night and
was surprised at how well it worked. You need to have a microphone
connected to try it, preferably a headset-microphone combination. I
was
using a Logitech H330 USB Headset that was on sale at Amazon recently
for slightly over $20. Its only drawback is that it doesn't have a
volume control on the headset, and music quality isn't as good as other
headsets I've heard. It does work well for voice recognition though.
You will first get a wizard that will set up the microphone for you. I
repeated the 2 sentences displayed on the screen, and the level
apparently was adjusted correctly. On another screen you get the
chance
to choose whether you want speech recognition to load at startup and
whether you want to activate it with a voice command or manually. I
chose manually because of my bad experience with a certain
voice-operated clock. You can also activate a Help button to get a
list
of useful commands. You're invited to print these out to a reference
card, but virtualizing the window and copying them to the clipboard for
pasting into notepad or Word would probably be more useful. I was also
invited to take a tutorial, but I skipped it since I didn't know how
well it worked with JAWS.
I only had time to do a brief test, but I was surprised that I had no
speech recognition errors. Using some of the suggested commands, I was
able to open and close the Recycle Bin on the Desktop. I then opened
Word and dictated a couple of sentences. Next, I closed Word and said
"Don't Save" when the dialog appeared. That's it! I'll play a little
more when I have the time.
I have also worked with Dragon Dictate with J-Say and JAWS in the past.
The main difference using JAWS with Windows 7 Speech Recognition will
be
the lack of automatic feedback and the inability to give JAWS commands
with speech. Making corrections will probably be more difficult as
well.
Speech recognition should be a lot of fun to play with. What else does
an old retired rehab engineer have to do but play?
Gary King
w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cy Selfridge" <cyselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:35 AM
Subject: RE: Jaws&speech recognition?
Hi,
Unless I have missed something I have not seen either how to find the
speech
recognition in W7 or the key combination to get it going.
This really does sound like something I could use.
Cy, The Anasazi
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of Alan Dicey
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:29 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Jaws&speech recognition?
Hello Friends,
I have a XP-Home machine running JAWS 11 latest, and I would also like
to
know that myself!
I got the feature up and running accidentally and it startled me so
much I
closed it!
LOL!
But I would like to experiment with it!
So if some kind person can tell me how to bring the voice recognition
up in
XP, I would appreciate it!
With Best Regards,
Alan
Miami, Florida
Alan Dicey, President
United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA
"Yes, Blind and Visually Impaired People, Can, and Do, Play Chess!"
United States Braille Chess Association Home Page:
http://AmericanBlindChess.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Smart Eze" <smart.eze@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:10 PM
Subject: RE: Jaws&speech recognition?
Can you possibly let us know with which key combinations to get it on
XP
machines?
Thanks and regards.
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of Nickus de Vos
Sent: 27 January 2011 16:19
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Jaws&speech recognition?
Xp has this funktion but it doesn't work half as good as win7s, it
also
doesn't have the ablitty to learn like win7. -original message-
Subject: Re: Jaws&speech recognition?
From: "Alan Dicey" <adicey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 27/01/2011 14:58
Hello Friends,
I accidentally hit a key combination the other day, I am using
XP-Home
and
JAWS 11.
I swore, before I in panic, did an Alt F4 to shut it, it said
something
about Speech recognition.
Does XP or JAWS 11 have a similar program built in?
Never heard of it before, but, no I did hear it.
With Best Regards,
Alan
Miami, Florida
Alan Dicey, President
United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA
"Yes, Blind and Visually Impaired People, Can, and Do, Play Chess!"
United
States Braille Chess Association Home Page:
http://AmericanBlindChess.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <davidwhitehead1957@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "JFW-List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 7:26 AM
Subject: Jaws&speech recognition?
Hello there;
has anyone tried the speech recognition program built in windows 7?
I was playing with the program last night.
once I got my microphone setup,
I was able to,
1, speak to my computer, and issue voice commands, such as, go to
desktop, say such things as,
Microsoft word, then jaws would read the icon,
then I would say, enter, and yes?
word would open,
now, I can dictate text, and automatically the text would be on the
screen.
you can open, close save, with your voice.
very interesting.
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