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From: Joy Relton
Date: Jan 18, 2017 6:30AM

Thanks. I need to work with NVDA more than I currently do. I've used JAWS
since version 4.0 and I am very accustomed to its logic and keystrokes. I'm
not quite syncing with NVDA yet.



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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
Of _mallory
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 8:19 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Dragon Naturally Speaking

Actually DictationBridge is looking to release its first public beta this
week. But, it is a Beta. Something to look into if you're interested, but
it's more oriented to work with NVDA currently.

cheers,
_mallory

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 03:16:12PM -0500, Joy Relton wrote:
> I also note that work is being done to allow the Windows speech
> recognition program to work with some screen readers as well as
> working to get Dragon and NVDA to work together. I cannot vouch for
> any of the work or functionality with the newer efforts
>
> Check this reference for starters.
>
> http://dictationbridge.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Michael Burks
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 2:18 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Dragon Naturally Speaking
>
> All,
> Last I checked Dragon works well with ZoomText. Since the screen
> reader that comes with ZoomText is not too smart this is a good way to
> test with two types of AT.
> Sincerely,
> Mike Burks
>
> From: Joy Relton < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 10:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Dragon Naturally Speaking
>
> Hi, That version of Dragon is fine but you need J-Say in order to use
> JAWS with Dragon. I.e. speech input and speech output working
> together. If your purpose for buying it is to confirm that speech
> recognition works and you do not need to use JAWS, then you should be
> fine. J-Say is available at http://www.hartgen.org/
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of JP Jamous
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 9:15 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> Subject: [WebAIM] Dragon Naturally Speaking
>
> Hi Folks,
>
>
>
> I need to buy DNS to manually test web pages and basic Windows
> applications as people with disabilities use it. Will this Premium
> version be ample for what I need?
>
> http://www.nuance.com/for-individuals/by-product/dragon-for-pc/premium
> -versi
> on/index.htm
>
>
>
> I don't need the Pro and pick legal or any other profession. I just
> want the one that those with limited keyboard or mouse access use to
> control their Windows environment and the Web.
>
>
>
> I also will be using DNS with JAWS 18. Do I have to do any
> preconfigurations or simply install DNS and I am good to go?
>
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