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Voice recognition software has empowered persons with disabilities to do many different things:
- Continue their professional careers
- Get a degree online
- Read books without having to hold them
- Maintain their social connections via e-mail and instant messaging
- Order groceries on the Internet
- Send photographs to friends and family
- Write letters
- Surf the Internet
- Use a computer for the first time
- Talk on the telephone without assistance
- Do most anything on a personal computer without using their hands
Here are descriptions of how some of our dedicated clients (with names and details changed) have put voice recognition software to work for them…
Tony
Tony was an accomplished producer of documentaries prior to a midlife accident which left him spinal cord-injured. About two months post-accident, while still in a rehab facility, Tony’s doctor recommended to his friends that they locate a trainer to show him voice recognition software. Advanced Speech Technologies ordered the software and equipment, set it up in his hospital room, and began lessons. Beginning so soon after his accident, the lessons gave Tony hope that he would be able to carve out a new kind of life for himself in future years. Now five years later, voice recognition is at the center of both his daily activities and his long-term plans. Tony spends most of the day at his PC, using the same microphone and boom originally set up in his hospital room. He keeps in touch with a wide network of friends, family, and business contacts via e-mail. He writes articles and continues studies for an advanced degree. He surfs the Internet, researches subjects of interest, orders merchandise, and does his own weekly grocery shopping online. Maintaining a lively interest in computers, he likes to upgrade his software and explore using voice recognition in many different ways.
Jim
Jim is unable to type because of multiple sclerosis, but he continues his career in public relations by using voice recognition software to write.
Dan
Dan manages an Internet-related business from his home using voice recognition software. He was already an experienced user of voice recognition when he first located Advanced Speech Technologies, which taught him advanced techniques and prepared voice recognition “macros” customized to suit his work. We also taught him the use of a head mouse, which he uses in conjunction with voice recognition software.
Nancy
Nancy graduated from an Ivy League school, began a career in financial management, and saw the early years of the personal computer revolution. But eventually, the effects of her illness made it impossible for her to do anything with her hands. Today, voice recognition has enabled her to read a book for the first time in 15 years, turning the pages by voice. She has an e-mail account for the first time, which she uses to keep in touch with friends and with her college-age son, who sends lively communications from his campus and as he travels. She wrote an autobiography, which she updates and revises from time to time. And she uses the Internet to watch the arts scene and pursue other subjects of interest.
Our trainers provide on-site/in-home training for individuals with disabilities in all parts of the United States. If you live or work in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, there is usually little to no waiting time to arrange your first training session. We look forward to hearing from you.
Click here for more information on how to get started on voice recognition software and training.
