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Has anyone tried voice recognition? is it any good?
Typing has become a real problem, with Parkinson's.
Try this:
Drink cup of water and hold it in your mouth.
Put on a pair of leather gloves so your fingers won't move much.
Start to type while shaking your hands 4 - 6 times per second and dribble the water over your keyboard at the same time.
You would see it's not alot of fun.
Voice typing might help.
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My husband tried the software a few years back, but didn't persevere with it. It takes so long to train the system up to recognise your voice. We did have several good laughs about what the computer thought hubby had wanted typing though!
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I have heard of people using it succesfully Roy. I was on an egroup of what I can best describe as "for old gits" and one of the members was a lecturer in PC programs such as the voice typing. I can't for the life of me remember what it was called but as per Linda's comments he did say it needed a lot of training to write the correct things. I would have thought it worth while having a look at it if your shake is affecting your keyboard use? What was it called now!!
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Thank you for your responses. An excellent reply from MjO, very helpful
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Hi there ishake, I was hoping by now I would have good news for you, as I managed to get a superb headset, unfortunately the Software isn't up to much! but when my colleague gets back from overseas I may have better news, with something you can check out before spending a substantial sum! If you have already got sorted out, please let me know, and I will put this on Ice!
Regards ...
MjO
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Thank you MjO and David. I'm still looking into it......
