Windows 2000 Dragon for W2K

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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
 
"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
 
thank you philo,
I will look into maybe using XP home for this

dc
:)


"philo" . 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
>
>
 
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"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" . 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
> >
> >
>
 
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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
 
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" . 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
 
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"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" . 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
>
>
 
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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.
 
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