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From: Frank.Whitney@p0.f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Whitney)
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Subject: Voice to text
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Date: 17 Jun 91 16:01:51 GMT
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>Is there anyone out there who is using any voice and large print
>programmes?

I use a product called DragonDictate for voice input into the
computer.  It is a large vocabulary system with 30,000 words on line
at all times.  Of these 30,000 words 25,000 have a matching voice
print the remaining 5,000 are words that can be added to the
vocabulary with up to 1000 keystrokes.  This can be very useful for
repetitive types of entry.  It is speaker dependent but it adapts to
the user's voice very quickly.  It requires a 386 or better machine
with at least 8 megabytes of RAM.  In addition to the 30,000 words
there is also the Random House Dictionary consisting of 80,000 words
on line at all times.  If you are a terrible speller like I am this is
a great tool since I don't have to look up the word in the dictionary.
I have also seen a product called ZOOM TEXT that helps low vision
user's.  I hope that this helped.
Frank.

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