I use a CD-Burner and burn the entire folder that has their voice files in it.
In the "NATSPEAK" folder, you'll see a folder called "Users", in there will be the names of the people who are using Dragon on that computer. I find their folder and burn the entire thing.
The trick about copying it back is that when you copy the files BACK onto the hard drive, they are marked as "read only". You have to choose EACH file and each folder and remove the Read Only attribute. (You right click on the file, then click on "properties", then click on the check mark in the box beside "Read Only".)
Hope that helps!
Marlene McIntosh
>>> [log in to unmask] 07/09/01 16:36 PM >>>
Can you describe in more detail the process you use for saving the voice
files onto a CD?
MARLENE MCINTOSH wrote:
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> I work extensively with adults who have learning disabilities.
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> We often recommend Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred to students who can verbalize well but cannot read or write well.
>
> Not everyone likes this software, and this can be for a variety of reasons - lack of patience, don't like to talk to the computer, etc.
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> What we do here is help the student to train the software. The initial "15 minute" training session can actually take much longer if the person cannot read well. What I do is sit beside them and whisper words that they don't know so that they can repeat them.
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> After that, the student chooses something to read and we repeat this process for half hour sessions (reading aloud is quite tiring if you're not used to doing this) for about 5 days. So, after one week, we have appropriate words recorded in the voice file. Since your example involves someone in a autobody shop, then the vocabulary should be with a lot of terms that will hav to be used in the shop.
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> The voice files are then burned onto a CD so that the person can bring it home to use on their computer or as a backup in case the speech files are corrupted.
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> Now, the person can begin to dictate.
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> However, we do not stop there! We use another program - textHELP! Read and Write for the writing and editing process. It has an excellent spell check (a dyslexic spell checker) that has auditory feedback and also displays (and reads aloud) the meanings of the words to aid in the process of selecting the right word, word prediction to help to use words that the student doesn't know how to spell, an excellent thesaurus, and a great homonym checker as well.
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> I recommend the use of both of these programs because you mentioned that the person cannot read very well.
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> We also have a training uide for textHELP, if you're interested in that.
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> TextHELP! Read and Write is very simple, easy to use, and a tremendous help to almost everyone!
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> If you want more information, please feel free to contact me directly.
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> Hope it helps!
> Marlene McIntosh
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> >>> [log in to unmask] 07/09/01 11:47 AM >>>
> Greetings all:
>
> I am looking for your opinions on recommending voice recognition for learning disabled students. First I am looking for what you think of this tool overall for LD individuals. Does it work? What kind of success have you had with it? What kinds of LD individuals are using it? What are your success stories and what are your horror stories. I am not comfortable recommending it especially for those who cannot read or write. It seems like the wrong tool. I do understand the thinking that it is better toget something out of him than nothing. It may work at first, however, if they cannot read or spell well enough to correct the recognition errors, eventually, their voice profile is going to be worthless. Then, they will have to start over again. Is this productive? Will a state agency pay for retraining again on the same product? What does everyone think?
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> I do have a specific case where a 23-year old cannot read or write. He claims that he can recognize some words. He is very smart with automobiles. The employer likes him very much. The evaluator is recommending Naturally Speaking. The evaluator does not like voice recognition because they do not think it works well. I will probably end up doing the training. If this does not work, the person will probably lose the job that he has right now. I have not talked with the person yet myself. This is al that I know for the moment. The person's job requires him to write reports on what was fixed on the car that his team worked on. What are your thoughts?
>
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