I use Dragon naturally speaking premium 11.5 is running on Windows 7 64 bit system, 4 GB of memory and a quad core processor by Intel. Windows 7 speech recognition is not worth anything and the more memory and processing power you give Dragon is always better! I'm in the process of building the new system with a six core processor and 8 GB of memory
________________________________ From: Jim Lubin <jlu...@eskimo.com> To: Richard Kratt <rkr...@sbcglobal.net>; 'Dave Krehbiel' <davekrehb...@earthlink.net> Cc: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 12:26 AM Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Computer Access I got the original Natural Point when it came out. I did not have enough head movement to control it. I could move it left but couldn't turn back to the right. Which version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking do quads use? Premium edition ($199) or Professional edition ($599)? How does Windows 7 speech recognition compare to Dragon NaturallySpeaking? At 10:38 AM 2/16/2012, Richard Kratt wrote: I have all of that plus the addition of Natural Point. This eliminates voice control of the mouse and with an onscreen keyboard for short notes, I can write while listening to music, etc. Look into it. I am a great believer! > >Richard > >'In God We Trust' >Will be on every e-mail I send out from now on, >Because I don't want to lose our right to say it! > >From: Dave Krehbiel [mailto:davekrehb...@earthlink.net] >Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 5:27 AM >To: 'Jim Lubin' >Cc: quad-list@eskimo.com >Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Computer Access > >Sorry to be late in responding. I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to compose e-mails and to control the computer. I also use Dragon NaturallySpeaking control the mouse. It is tedious, but it works. > >At first I used a headset. This was difficult because it would be uncomfortable if I was turned in bed. But the worst problem was: the headset kept me tethered to my computer. If I was in my room, sitting in my wheelchair, and our family had company, I was stuck where I was. > >About six months ago I got a "shotgun" microphone. This is a directional microphone and it allows me to pull up to my computer and operate it, without wearing a headset which is cabled to it. This works pretty well. If I were to buy it again, I would buy a gooseneck stand for the microphone so that I could position my mouth as close to the microphone as possible. > >My main problem relates to audio from the computer. For example, if I get to a YouTube site, the audio from the computer is picked up by the microphone and interferes with my control of the computer. Some websites start talking to you... and this creates problems as well. If I am planning on starting to any unknown sites, I try to remember to mute the microphone (using control panel). > >If you want any more information, let me know. > >Take care, > >Dave Krehbiel >C5/C6 4 yrs post > > >From: Jim Lubin [mailto:jlu...@makoa.org] On Behalf Of Jim Lubin >Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:09 PM >To: quad-list@eskimo.com >Subject: [QUAD-L] Computer Access > >I am a C2 vent dependent quad. No arm movement and barely any head movement. I have been using my current adaptive keyboard/mouse interface since 1994 and it works great for me, sip and puff morse code. > >I'm looking for an alternative as a backup to use for mouse input and keyboard input. I tried Jouse2 and a headmouse and neither worked for me. > >What does everyone else use? > >---- >Jim Lubin >http://makoa.org/jim >disAbility Resources: http://www.makoa.org > > > ---- Jim Lubin http://makoa.org/jim disAbility Resources: http://www.makoa.org
