JAWS users interested in voice recognition now have another option. See the
following link to information about J-Say, which is substantially less
expensive than JawBone.
http://www.tandt-consultancy.com/j-say.html
And yes, on the subject of Via Voice, there is confusion because Via Voice
is IBM's speech recognition product, but it includes a TTS component that
is also used in some other products such as IBM's Home Page Reader. I don't
know of any work that has been done to make Via Voice speech recognition
work seemlessly with a screen reader.
Matt King
Accessibility End User Advocate
IBM Business Transformation/CIO
Phone: (719) 520-3006, Tie line: 8-656-3006
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IBM Accessibility Resources: http://www.ibm.com/able
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Hi,
This is indeed a voice recognition program, meaning you have a microphone
attached to the computer to use the program, and yes, you speak to the
computer. Voice recognition programs are not for everyone, but some people
who need them and/or are really motivated to use them can do well. You
must "train" the computer to understand your voice. In some cases this is
relatively easy, in other cases it takes alot of time and patience, just
depending on the persons memory for learning new things, and how well the
program understands your particular voice or accent. You'd need to check
with
the manufacturer of your particular screenreader/screenmagnifier to see if
they have tested it with viavoice.
The last I knew, Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional, with Jaws and a
program called Jawbone(must have this to get the others to work together)
was
the best combo for people using full fledged screenreaders. It's an
expensive
combination of products but seems to be the best or in some cases only
option
for some people. It can however take quite a bit of tweaking to get it all
to
work properly together, but has been done successfully by some of our
students.
Patty Arnold, Rehabilitation Teacher
Quoting Jack and Seetbriar <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hi all.
> Does anyone have any experience with this proggy and how well, if it all,
> it works with screen readers, either jaws or window eyes?? Friend and I
> are
> thinking about getting this but so far we've been unable to find
> out much
> about how accessible it is. She uses JFW, I use window eyes, thus the
> duality of my query. for those who do not know, of that which I speak,
> tis a program, which, If I understand correctly, allows you control of
your
> computer with your voice. one talks and the words appear on
> your screen. As always thanks for any e
> input. Regards
>
>
> Jack :)
>
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