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From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Aug 6, 2010 1:45PM

We're just in the midst of producing such a video at the Department of Health and Human Services, though it'll probably be some months before it's done. I think I'll be in it, showing how I use speech recognition software to access IT.

A while back I saw some excellent YouTube videos on the use of speech recognition and word prediction software by a British university student with dyslexia and dyspraxia (?) - classic example of someone who was labeled as lazy, etc. and would have otherwise failed or slip through the cracks.
I'm pretty tainted and I'll admit that I was pretty inspired! And, since it's a Friday, as a miracle, I've just found the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doaJ-BE2Fow

Tim - good luck!

Gary M. Morin, Program Analyst
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