Dragon for W2K

[Guest dc]

Anyone have any experience with "Dragon Naturally Speaking" for W2K? My

brother is blind and I am trying to find out if this may help him to use a

computer.

 

tia,

dc

[Guest philo]

Re: Dragon for W2K

 

 

"dc" <short@will.now> wrote in message

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> Anyone have any experience with "Dragon Naturally Speaking" for W2K? My

> brother is blind and I am trying to find out if this may help him to use a

> computer.

>

> tia,

> dc

>

 

 

"Dragon" may of course to used to read text...

but may not be of much help for actually using the computer.

 

Although Win2k is a good operating system...

a newer OS such as XP or Vista probably have more "accessibility

options."..which would

help one actually use the computer itself

[Guest dc]

Re: Dragon for W2K

 

thank you philo,

I will look into maybe using XP home for this

 

dc

:)

 

 

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

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>

> "dc" <short@will.now> wrote in message

> news:47bcb54b$0$4030$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net...

> > Anyone have any experience with "Dragon Naturally Speaking" for W2K? My

> > brother is blind and I am trying to find out if this may help him to use

a

> > computer.

> >

> > tia,

> > dc

> >

>

>

> "Dragon" may of course to used to read text...

> but may not be of much help for actually using the computer.

>

> Although Win2k is a good operating system...

> a newer OS such as XP or Vista probably have more "accessibility

> options."..which would

> help one actually use the computer itself

>

>

[Guest philo]

Re: Dragon for W2K

 

 

"dc" <short@will.now> wrote in message

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> thank you philo,

> I will look into maybe using XP home for this

>

> dc

> :)

>

>

 

 

Have a look here...

Win2k might have sufficient options

 

 

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/guides/vision.aspx

 

 

 

 

> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

> news:OWNyRpBdIHA.4968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> >

> > "dc" <short@will.now> wrote in message

> > news:47bcb54b$0$4030$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net...

> > > Anyone have any experience with "Dragon Naturally Speaking" for W2K?

My

> > > brother is blind and I am trying to find out if this may help him to

use

> a

> > > computer.

> > >

> > > tia,

> > > dc

> > >

> >

> >

> > "Dragon" may of course to used to read text...

> > but may not be of much help for actually using the computer.

> >

> > Although Win2k is a good operating system...

> > a newer OS such as XP or Vista probably have more "accessibility

> > options."..which would

> > help one actually use the computer itself

> >

> >

>

[Guest Joseph O'Brien]

Re: Dragon for W2K

 

On Feb 20, 6:18 pm, "dc" <sh...@will.now> wrote:

> Anyone have any experience with "Dragon Naturally Speaking" for W2K? My

> brother is blind and I am trying to find out if this may help him to use a

> computer.

>

> tia,

> dc

 

Tia,

 

You should visit http://www.aph.org if you haven't already done so.

They publish a vast catalog of aids for the visually impaired,

including some software.

 

While I don't have any experience with Dragon, I know a few of the

software developers at APH who are blind: they use a screen reader

called Jaws, available at http://www.freedomscientific.com. I'm fairly

certain that all of them type rather than use a speach interpreter,

such as Dragon.

 

Good Luck.

Joseph

[Guest Roger Fink]

Re: Dragon for W2K

 

I have Dragon Naturally Speaking 8.0 installed on my W2K computer. It

installed with no problem and opens up with no problem, but I confess I

haven't put in the time to learn the program, which includes the program

sampling your voice. I don't see how there could be a perfromance difference

between W2K and XP. Processor and memory would be more of a factor, IMO

 

dc wrote:

> thank you philo,

> I will look into maybe using XP home for this

>

> dc

> :)

>

>

> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

> news:OWNyRpBdIHA.4968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>

>> "dc" <short@will.now> wrote in message

>> news:47bcb54b$0$4030$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net...

>>> Anyone have any experience with "Dragon Naturally Speaking" for

>>> W2K? My brother is blind and I am trying to find out if this may

>>> help him to use a computer.

>>>

>>> tia,

>>> dc

>>>

>>

>>

>> "Dragon" may of course to used to read text...

>> but may not be of much help for actually using the computer.

>>

>> Although Win2k is a good operating system...

>> a newer OS such as XP or Vista probably have more "accessibility

>> options."..which would

>> help one actually use the computer itself

[Guest philo]

Re: Dragon for W2K

 

 

"Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

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> I have Dragon Naturally Speaking 8.0 installed on my W2K computer. It

> installed with no problem and opens up with no problem, but I confess I

> haven't put in the time to learn the program, which includes the program

> sampling your voice. I don't see how there could be a perfromance

difference

> between W2K and XP. Processor and memory would be more of a factor, IMO

>

> dc wrote:

> > thank you philo,

> > I will look into maybe using XP home for this

> >

 

 

I only suggested the OP look at XP or Vista to see if they had better

"accessability options".

If they don't , then it would be best to stick with Win2k.

Since XP takes more resources than Win2k, Win2k may actually be the best

option

 

 

> > dc

> > :)

> >

> >

> > "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

> > news:OWNyRpBdIHA.4968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> >>

> >> "dc" <short@will.now> wrote in message

> >> news:47bcb54b$0$4030$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net...

> >>> Anyone have any experience with "Dragon Naturally Speaking" for

> >>> W2K? My brother is blind and I am trying to find out if this may

> >>> help him to use a computer.

> >>>

> >>> tia,

> >>> dc

> >>>

> >>

> >>

> >> "Dragon" may of course to used to read text...

> >> but may not be of much help for actually using the computer.

> >>

> >> Although Win2k is a good operating system...

> >> a newer OS such as XP or Vista probably have more "accessibility

> >> options."..which would

> >> help one actually use the computer itself

>

>

[Guest Roger Fink]

Re: Dragon for W2K

 

 

 

philo wrote:

> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

> news:eqT8uuPdIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> I have Dragon Naturally Speaking 8.0 installed on my W2K computer. It

>> installed with no problem and opens up with no problem, but I

>> confess I haven't put in the time to learn the program, which

>> includes the program sampling your voice. I don't see how there

>> could be a perfromance difference between W2K and XP. Processor and

>> memory would be more of a factor, IMO

>>

>> dc wrote:

>>> thank you philo,

>>> I will look into maybe using XP home for this

>>>

>

>

> I only suggested the OP look at XP or Vista to see if they had better

> "accessability options".

> If they don't , then it would be best to stick with Win2k.

> Since XP takes more resources than Win2k, Win2k may actually be the

> best option

>

 

Actually I didn't infer any reference to accessibility issues from OP's

original post. Perhaps I should have. Your reply was very insightful.