[gui-talk] [j-say list] Re: FW: wireless access

[Ankers, Dave (UK)]

Charles,

Please find comment below from someone who uses J-Say and a wireless
headset.
 
Dave

If you'd like to forward some of our comments to the list from which
this message originated I think that might be a good thing.

Here are my comments:

I've worked in the field of assistive technology for over ten years.
When I first entered this field the conventional wisdom was that speech
input was okay but only if you had absolutely no other choice.  I began
using Dragon Naturally Speaking when I started my current job at the VA
medical center in Birmingham.  We have plenty of veterans who are unable
to use their hands due to a variety of situations.  At this time the
J-Say interface is a effective and accurate method of using the
computer.  I have absolutely no problem using my hands.  However,
because of the work I've done with blind veterans who are also unable to
use the keyboard I have started using J-Say in my personal life.

I do this purely by choice, not necessity.  I do it because it's a
really effective way to use a computer and because I can work wherever I
like while using a wireless headset.  If I want to sit in front of the
fire and continue to listen to the movie, book, or TV show I've just
downloaded I can do that.  If the weather is nice and I want to lie in
the hammock on the front porch for a while and continue to listen to
whatever, or read the newspaper , or check my E-mail I can do that.  I
just get up and go, no strings, or wires, attachedAnd I do it because
I'ts fun..

The author of the message below is clearly speaking without possessing
the knowledge of that of which he speaks.





----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Oppermann" <chuckop at exchange.microsoft.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] wireless access


> Using your voice as the sole input mechanism when using speech output
is a 
> difficult task.  One of the problems is input accuracy.  As you speak,
the 
> system will mis-recognize occasionally, putting in words or phrases
you 
> didn't intend.  There is a correction user interface that is similar
in 
> concept to spell checkers.
>
> The keyboard is the most accurate input mechanism, and I would hazard
a 
> guess that is even true more so for blind and low-vision users.  It's
my 
> opinion that a screen reader user who can use a keyboard will find it
a 
> less frustrating.
>
> A major part of my work at Microsoft is on speech recognition (and
speech 
> output), so I would be interested in any of your own experiences.
>
> Charles Oppermann | Program Manager | Speech Components | Microsoft






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