(NARRATOR) Claudia Tecglen, Student of Psychology at UNED
and president of Convives con Espasticidad.
-Hello, my name is Claudia and I study Psychology at UNED.
Well, I have cerebral palsy,
and that prevents or hinders my access
to new technologies.
But thanks to the devices and support products
currently available,
I can be just as productive as anyone else
when working or studying.
So I use a voice recognition system
to write and control the computer.
And also, well, this has been out for a few years,
but it didn't exist before,
and I used a special keyboard with large keys,
because I have no accuracy when typing,
and that allowed me to write, although more slowly.
(DESCRIPTION) -Claudia using a computer with her hands
and a hands-free microphone.
-I'll show you the voice recognition system I use,
Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
You have to buy this software,
install it like any other and once it's installed
the training will automatically start.
To improve recognition accuracy,
Dragon Speaking gives us the option to train it.
Now we will start the training.
Wisdom haunts me, but I'm faster.
Inscription on a table in a Spanish university.
(DESCRIPTION) -She reads out the sentences.
-...the real glory is to convince. Victor Hugo.
One of the most useful tools in the voice recognition system
is the help, especially at the beginning.
Once you install it,
you get a tour around Dragon Speaking
that lets you see all the different settings
and clears many doubts.
It is highly recommended that new users carefully read this.
Dragon lets you create different profiles,
so not only I can use this voice recognition system,
but also other people in my environment,
which can be much more productive.
(DESCRIPTION) -The program shows two user profiles.
-Now I will start the voice recognition system
to write a document.
So, I have opened the word processor and now I hit "Start".
Dear Margaret, comma...
(DESCRIPTION) -When pronounced, sentences appear in the document.
-...things are great. Start new line.
(DESCRIPTION) -The cursor moves to the next line.
"New line" appears on the screen.
-We are...
Undo.
With this command I delete the previous word.
Go to sleep.
With this command I have told the voice recognition system
to stop recognizing me,
so I can talk to my conversation partner.
When you want to write an acronym
or add a word that does not appear in the Spanish vocabulary,
we will use the spell command.
Spell out.
O.
N.
U.
(DESCRIPTION) -The program suggests completing
with words beginning with those same letters.
-I use this system only to write documents or emails,
but there are others who have far less mobility than me
who have to use it to open, close,
and manage their entire computer, even to surf the Internet.
We have a lot of choices in the market for mobile phones.
We can use the ones with a touch screen,
or those standard ones
with more or less spacious and large keys.
I prefer the latter
because of the dexterety difficulties I have mentioned,
but I also have the option of choosing
mobile phones with voice recognition system
like the one I use with the computer.
Now I'll make a call through my mobile
with the voice recognition system.
To do it, I have only to press a button on my hands-free.
(DESCRIPTION) -The phone displays the message "Speak now".
-Cecile.
(DESCRIPTION) -The phone displays "Cecile".
(PHONE) -Cecile.
-Hello, Cecile, how are you?
I'm here, testing the voice recognition system
on my new mobile phone.
With the speech recognition system,
I can also use the recorder on my mobile phone and other options.
I am now going to take notes.
Recorder.
(PHONE) -Recorder.
(DESCRIPTION) -The phone displays "Recorder".
-As you can see, there are many options on the market.
Thanks to these support products,
people with disabilities are able to access technology.
But beware, not everyone.
We must continue to explore and I invite you to be open-minded
to further advance in technology together,
so that no one is left out.