I would see if there is anyone who knows about J-Say and how nicely it
actually works these days.

I've worked with two blind colleagues who did have it set up on XP and Win
7 but both found it very system resource heavy and quite unstable. One
issue is that J-Say or JAWS or Dragon could crash and take the system down
with it and it would fail silently which is very difficult for a VI user.
Neither used it heavily partly because it was so buggy.

Maybe windows 8 and later versions of JAWS/Dragon play nicer but I
wouldn't want to assume that or at least I'd want the user to be aware of
this as an issue.

Maybe one of the specialist VI suppliers can say how well they know of it
working. I find the trainers at these places very helpful in general.

Natalya

> Thank you for the advice so far.
>
> The individual would prefer software that is voice-centred. So voice to
> text & vice versa. The software will have to be compatible with operating
> systems such as Windows, as well as packages within MS Office.
>
> Is that possible?  I followed Teresa's link & that looks good.
>
> Michael Lane
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> On 28 Jan 2015 11:19, "Barbara Denton" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Most VI students at our college know how to touch type and do not need
>> Dragon, although it does work well with ZoomText magnification software.
>> We
>> use ZoomText as our magnification software and JAWS (speech output, but
>> can
>> also drive Braille displays) for our totally blind students, but I would
>> always suggest the students uses the software they are familiar with if
>> possible – SuperNova is an alternative to ZoomText, but can be used by
>> totally blind students.
>>
>>
>>
>> Barbara
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Milligan, John
>> *Sent:* 28 January 2015 09:17
>> *To:* [log in to unmask]
>> *Subject:* Re: VI
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it for inputting our output
>>
>>
>>
>> Most VI users will have experience of software
>>
>>
>>
>> We use JAWS and Supernova
>>
>>
>>
>> Dragon is rarely used by VI users
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [
>> mailto:[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf
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>> *Michael Lane
>> *Sent:* 28 January 2015 06:37
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>> *Subject:* VI
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>>
>>
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> Could somebody recommend software for people with VI - eg, screen
>> reading
>> and software to transfer ideas into a WORD or other Microsoft package?
>> I
>> have heard about Dragon but there are mixed reviews.
>>
>> Any advice will be gratefully received.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
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