At 10:57 21/07/97 GMT0BST, you wrote:
>Dear Steve,
>
>I have just had an enquiry from a member of staff who has severe
>arthritis in her wrists and wants a voice activated computer. I told
>her about Dragon Dictate and Kurzweil, and she told me she has
>already heard of these, but they won't give demos. They want her to
>buy, sight unseen.
>
>I mentioned that the Access Centre should have some equipment to
>demonstrate to her, and she said not.
>
>Do you know anywhere she can see a demonstration of a voice activated
>program before she buys it?
There is a dem version of VoicePad on the Web site of Talking Technology I
think, but it is 5MB!
Has she tried Computability in Warwick? We can offer training at our centre
as well but we have to charge 50 pounds for a half day. However, it takes
longer than a few hours trial to really know if a system is going to work
for you, more like a few weeks. It may be cheaper to buy Voice Pad or DD
solo. They are the same engines but only running Word processing. She
would at least know if it was possible.
David Colven
Technical Officer
The ACE Centre Advisory Trust
Waynflete Rd.
Headington
Oxford OX3 8DD
see us on http://www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/acecent/ or
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~ace-cent/
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Tel +44 (0)1865 763508 Fax +44 (0)1865 750188
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