Voice Recognition Software

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Voice Recognition Software

• Todd Whitlock Amy Graber

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Why use Voice?

• Over 80 of the people in most countries are
  limited in their participation with computers by
  the QWERTY keyboard and the mouse. A speech
  interface will open computers up to everyone . 1

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Voice Recognition should increase personal
productivity by doing the following

• Leveling the playing field 110-140 WPM 95 and
  better accuracy in under 12 hours
• Better than 3-4 semesters of keyboarding
  instruction (360 hours)
• Easier to maintain over time

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How to use voice recognition

• Train speech recognition
• Use a high-quality microphone/headset
• Eliminate background noise
• Speak in a consistent, level tone. Speaking too
  loud or soft makes it difficult for the computer
  to recognize.
• When dictating, speak without pausing between
  each word a phrase is easier for the computer to
  interpret than just a word.

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Improve Writing/Communication Skills

• Voice Recognition should improve writing and
  communication skills by putting less of a
  priority on keyboarding and more of an emphasis
  back on the use of language, simulations, and
  technical communication.2

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Carpal tunnel syndrome results in the highest
number of days lost among all work related
injuries. Almost half of the carpal tunnel cases
result in 31 days or more of work loss. 3
Keyboarding Injuries

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Are your children at risk? Millions are.
Currently 21 million Americans suffer from some
form of repetitive stress injury (RSI) including
carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). What is especially
troubling to health officials, however, is the
ever-increasing injuries among children and
teens. 4
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Dragon Naturally Speaking V. 6
vs.

• MicroSoft Office XP

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Dragon System Requirements

• Intel Pentium II/400 MHz processor (or equivalent
  AMD processor)
• 128 MB RAM
• Microsoft Windows XP, Millennium, 2000, 98, 95C,
  or Windows NT 4.0 (with SP-6 or greater)
• Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 or equivalent
  sound card supporting 16-bit recording
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or higher
• CD-Rom drive installation
• L H approved noise-canceling headset microphone
  (included)
• Speakers Required for playback of recorded
  speech and text-to-speech features

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Microsoft Office XP Requirements

• High-quality close talk (headset) microphone
• A universal serial bus (USB) microphone with gain
  adjustment support is recommended
• 400-MHz or faster computer
• 128 MB or more of RAM
• Microsoft Windows 98 or later or Microsoft
  Windows NT4.0 or later
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later

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Dragon Features

• Helps address Americans with Disabilities Act
  (ADA) and Section 508 requirements.
• Protects users from developing Repetitive Strain
  Injury (RSI) and helps employees with RSI return
  to work.

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My student using Dragon!
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MicroSoft Features

• Offers two modes
• Dictation-allows users to dictate memos,
  letters, and emails
• Voice-allows users to access menus and commands
  using voice input

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Problems w/students using

• Background Noise
• Enunciation of Words
• Not using hands
• Proper Microphone usage

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We all can help our students, colleagues, family,
and friends by joining the Wrist Rescue and
Recovery program by locating those people who are
at risk for carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive
stress injury and tell/teach them to use speech
recognition software. To help end the epidemic of
keyboard and mouse related injuries by adopting
these five goals.

• Reduce keystrokes and mouse clicks among healthy
  computer users by 50 in 5 years while improving
  their overall productivity.
• Reduce keystrokes and mouse clicks among RSI and
  CTS sufferers by 95 in 5 years while improving
  their productivity.
• Encourage continuous speech recognition (CSR)
  instruction into every K-12 school and college by
  2005.
• Assist corporate Human Resource departments as
  they implement much needed CSR training
  on-the-job.

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Sources

• Speech Recognition Instructors Methods Manual
  Training Course, Summer 2000
• National Center for Health Statistics
• MicroSoft.com
• www.lhsl.com