Another wonderful AT device is speech recognition software that turns
what you are saying into text on a word processor or a similar device. It can also be used for emails, texts, and
directly give commands to a computer for it to do something like save a document. It also can control items in the home like
house lights or a wheelchair. This is
helpful for students who have limited or no control over their hands to type or
for students whose fine motor skills are not sufficient for rapid typing. Though they would need to be able to speak clearly or consistently for the software to follow their requests.
One program that seems to be quite popular is Dragon
NaturallySpeaking. Here is a link to a
demo (just scroll down a little). http://www.nuance.com/dragon/index.htm
The demo shows how to write an email as well as
search for items on the web and send the email.
It's super cool! A student
version can be purchased for $99 and currently there is a $25 off coupon. This would be excellent to use for high
school students as they could speak rapidly and have the computer follow their
commands.
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