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Dear Claire, Your suspicions are correct - this would certainly not work! Voice dictation software requires that each user creates a profile or voice file for it to work properly. Attempting to use voice recognition in the type of environment you described would not work because the software would not 'recognise' the people speaking. In addition, voice dictation software works most effectively when there is little or no background noise and the person speaking is positioned reasonably close to the microphone. An Alphasmart keyboard or similar would be a better bet in this situation. I hope this helps... Yours sincerely, for Highlander Business Solutions, PAUL PROCTOR, Sales Director. -----Original Message----- From: Claire Dowling [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 27 October 1999 11:29 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: (Fwd) (Fwd) Laptop & voice recognition ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: Self <U0011168.MIS.UoT> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: (Fwd) Laptop & voice recognition Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 07:37:33 ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: Self <U0011168.MIS.UoT> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Laptop & voice recognition Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:41:33 I was hoping someone could shed some light on the following question. Has anyone heard of a student using a laptop in lectures with voice recognition software loaded on it as a method of recording information & turning it into note format ? The idea being that the voice will be turned into text, cutting out the need for note taking. One of our students is interested in using this as they say they know of someone at another institution who is doing this. However we have approached the manufactures and it appears that the software available still needs an individual voice file made for each voice that is recorded. I am concerned about progressing if it is not going to work, which is my suspicion. Does anyone know of a student using this set up ? or know if it is viable ? Any help greatly appreciated. Regards Claire Dowling Student Adviser %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%