Thank you for your kind help - and welcome! I'll try to do what you suggest
while on campus tomorrow, and look forward to finding out more...
Allison.
"Mrs E.A. Draffan" wrote:
> Welcome Alison...I have been on hols so may have missed the replies to your
> questions, but I would use the digest of this mailbase. Search on the
> items you have requested (when the 'search' is in working mode!) as there
> is a tremendous amount of information on the subject that has been
> discussed over the years. Often folk have found that it is hard to advise
> which is the best package to use and why, because it varies from student to
> student, the type of voice, stress, pitch, speed and particular type of
> dyslexia, the machine and microphone they try, not forgetting the setting,
> tiredness and many other attributes.
>
> You could go to http://www.dyslexic.com for info. along with looking at
> voice recognition newsgroups.
> Good luck.
>
> Best wishes
> E.A.
>
> Mrs E.A Draffan,
> Assistive Technology Centre,
> Health Centre Building,
> University of Sussex,
> Falmer, Brighton,
> BN1 9RW
>
> Tel: 01273 678497
> Fax: 01273 877241
> http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/ATC
>
> On Thursday, February 25, 1999 3:21 PM, Allison.Brown
> [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> > As a newbie to this forum, please forgive me if you've all
> > just had some discussion on the above recently.
> >
> > I'd like to find out several things about the above, namely:
> >
> > 1. Is there a recommended software package for dyslexic
> > students?
> >
> > 2. Has anyone used ViaVoice98 Executive in this capacity,
> > or had experience in helping to train a student in its use?
> >
> > In relation to ViaVoice98 Evecutive or other package:
> >
> > 3. Has anyone encountered problems, after having 'trained'
> > their computer, with the computer's interpretation of their
> > dictation?
> >
> > 4. Any problems in the setup of the software and
> > any problems with the microphone levels re-adjusting
> > automatically?
> >
> > Any help/experience to share would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Allison Brown, ITCS HelpDesk Adviser,
> > University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ
> >
> >
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