(NARRATOR) Student of Psychology at UNED and
President of Living with Spasticity.
(CLAUDIA) Student of Psychology at UNED and President of Living with Spasticity.
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, although this has been out for a few years what I used before that was
a special keyboard with large keys, because I have no accuracy when typing,
and that allowed me to write although more slowly.
I'll show you the voice recognition system I use, Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
You have to buy this software, install it like any other software and once it's installed
the training will automatically start. To improve recognition accuracy,
Dragon speaking gives us the training option, now we will start the training.
Wisdom haunts me, but I'm faster - inscription on a table in a Spanish university.
No one stupid enough to win, 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 view
all the different settings and clear many doubts. It is highly recommended
that the initial users carefully read this. Dragon lets you create different profiles,
so that not only I can use this voice recognition system,
but also other people in my environment, which can be much more productive.
Now I will start the voice recognition system to write a document.
Then, I have opened the word processor and will start.
Dear Margaret coma things are great. Start new line.
We are
Undo. With this command I delete the previous word.
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
I use this system only to write documents or emails,
but there are others who have far less mobility than me,
they 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,
as the ones I use with the computer.
Now I'll make a call through my mobile with the voice recognition system,
for this I have only to press a button on my Handsfree
Cecile
(PHONE) Cecile
Hello Cecile, how are you ? I'm here, testing the voice recognition system 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.
As you can see, there are many options on the market, and thanks to these support products,
people with disabilities are able to access the 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.