Voice recognition

Ah... you're just saying that because I talked you out of getting it a year
ago.

even be up for some kind of foot pedal that

Acad. R&D must be too expensive for the market

 

<<Let's not go in that direction. If the individual needs assistance I'm all for it. >>

Which direction is that?? Couldn't we all use some assistance?? BTW, using her interface, she's considerably more efficient than her competitors.


<<But for someone that just doesn't want to type it...comeon
Did ya' ever draw by hand?? Use an electric eraser? Come on, just because you didn't want to erase ?? Hasn't nearly every major advancement been to reduce effort?
Need a computer to draw a line, come on.
Pocket calculator to add numbers, come on.
Remote to change channels on the TV, come on.
Voice Recog. is just one more step.

Necessity has never been the mother of invention, lazy is. and productivity it's father.

 

I MYSELF AM DISABLED W/ M.D. & HERE IS MY STORY(PLEASE HELP!)

Does anyone use Voice Recognition with ADT? Can anyone give me an educated/experienced opinion on which software to use (if any)?

I'm a 36yr. old male w/ a phy. disability (Muscular Dystrophy) it progresses slowly but it is now starting to affect my drawing abilities. When I started a Technical College class 5yrs. ago I was told that voice recognition was compatible w/ Autodesk products so I would be able use assistive technology if needed. But now that I need this technology & I have had no luck finding it.

The bottom line is this: If can't find away to operate ADT w/out using (or w/ minimum usage) of keyboard &/or mouse then it looks as if I will be forced into Soc. Sec. Disability!

I "CAN'T" survive (physically nor mentally & certainly not financially) like that! I need to be active & architectural design is my PASSION & LOVE (Next to my wife & son that is!).

PLEASE I NEED HELP IN A MAJOR WAY!!...... I NEED SOMEONE'S HELP!!....ANY INSIGHT OR ADVICE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!

Douglas Whitted

 

Douglas,

I've used L&H Voice Express with some good success. Although the company is
out of business I believe the product was picked up by Dragon. You might be
able to pick up a copy of L&H on Ebay or by some other means. You might also
want to consider using a dual monitor set up with one of the NVidea cards,
their drivers and software provide some nice features and shortcuts. I 've
set my system to display AutoCAD on one screen with the Aerial View active
on the oppisite monitor. Combined with mouse over windows activation this
cuts down a lot on mouse clicks and button presses.

Good luck!

 

I don't know if this is any hepl, but I've looked at voice recognition a
little out of curiosity. As I understand it, the Dragon Naturally
Speaking *Professional* product has a programible environment.

Good Luck!

 

It might help also if you post a new topic. Some of the people here use new readers, so they don't see the older topics, or they see a reply message as the header and ignore it.

Tim

 

Thanks to "everyone" for all the info. so far. I'm researching & sifting through it all.

I may not be able to reply every week due to the fact that I work in the mechanical design field w/ a great company (IMTEC Inc.). I strive to dedicate 40hrs/wk there as well as run a small architectural design business from home.

But, I will continue to watch & monitor the replies as well as research them.

I am unable to use the keyboard for typing so I'm using WindowsXP's on-screen keyboard which allows me to get the job done but @ a very slow speed (36 min. typing so far). Maybe there is another post topic?