RE: jaws and dragon naturally speaking
- From: "Jeffrey Schwartz" <sidney.schwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:40:34 -0500
Pat,
What do you think about Naturally vs. Professionally Speaking. Vie seen a
couple of write ups on Naturally Speaking and it has so many features, I
can't understand why folks are directing me toward the more expensive
version. I work with Sue Martin, by phone, on some projects at the VA. She
is a spokesperson for T an T and did the podcast on Dragon, T&T and jaws.
She has advised the whole ten yards. It may be because I work in a medical
setting and use some jargon. If I can get the government to pay for it, it
would be a better investment than we made in Iraq.
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Pat L
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 3:16 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: jaws and dragon naturally speaking
Jeff,
This is a feature-rich app with a large array of voice commands, including
the ability to control Windows apps in addition to its dictation
capabilities. As Chris mentioned, controlling the MIC takes some getting
used to. A good headset is a must. There are also capabilities such as user
profiles, a user-defineable dictionary, etc. I can't comment on J-Say, but
it sounds to me as if Nuance is making a commitment to this product; I have
heard it advertised locally on the radio as a mechanism for controlling a
computer hands-free. As I said, it's an interesting program. You might try
it out at home first. BTW I did a quick test connecting to my workstation
over a remote desktop session and was able to do some simple dictation.
HTH,
Pat
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chris Jenkins
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 1:27 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: jaws and dragon naturally speaking
Hello Jeff.
Just a few of the things that you will have to get used to while dictating
or as follows. The biggest thing is keeping control of the microphone
meaning making sure that the microphone is asleep when you are not using it
for example when someone comes into your office or cubicle and wants to
carry on a conversation with you. I would say the next biggest thing is to
learn how to talk without using filler words such as o m, or and. If you are
going to be using speech recognition software while on the phone with
customers you will have a whole other set of problems to overcome. For
example where now you can type and speak to the customer at the same time of
course you will not be able to speak to dragon naturally speaking and the
customer at the same time. You should at least take all this into
consideration before making an investment into speech recognition software.
I will say for me Dragon naturally speaking along with J--Say is the best
purchase I ever made.
I hope this helps.
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jeffrey Schwartz
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 1:48 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: jaws and dragon naturally speaking
Thanks Pat,
If you didn't have to spend a great deal of time teaching it to recognize
your voice, where does the learning curve come in? This is for work where I
have XP. Do you think that it would be significantly different from Vista
with DNS?
Jeff
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Pat L
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:36 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: jaws and dragon naturally speaking
Jeffrey, <mailto:sidney.schwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I have experimented with DNS 10 and have been very favorably impressed. The
speech recognition out of the box without training was remarkably good. I
was able to dictate a few test e-mails with surprisingly good results.
However, there is a steep learning curve to master this feature rich
program. The program is cheap - I was able to buy it from Nuance on a
promotion for around $50. If you are willing to make the investment and
devote time to the learning process, it might work for you. As of now, I
can't afford the time to use it consistently, but that may not be true for
you.
HTH,
Pat
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Russell Solowoniuk
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:06 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: jaws and dragon naturally speaking
Hi Jeffrey,
I've never used DNS with Jaws, but I did have some success with the built in
speech recognition in Windows Vista, using System Access.
HTH
Russell
From: Jeffrey Schwartz <mailto:sidney.schwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 3:41 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: jaws and dragon naturally speaking
I'm in my early sixties and between contact sports when young and sighted
and decades of copious typing, I fear that I have developed arthritis in my
hands. I'd like to use Dragon. The party line from FS is that one can only
do it with Dragon Professional and the T and T consultancy intermediate
program. I believe that I have heard one or two on this list say that they
use Dragon Naturally Speaking directly with jaws. I'd be grateful for any
feedback on this issue
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