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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