Ron.Rothenberg@f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Ron Rothenberg) (01/12/90)
Index Number: 6200 Dragon systems is offering a $1500 discount on their voice recognition system in Accent on Living Magazine. -rsr- ... It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick-D. Barry's Mom -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!101!460!Ron.Rothenberg Internet: Ron.Rothenberg@f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org
Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Whitney) (12/01/90)
Index Number: 12101 Sorry that I was wrong on the amount of RAM available. It should have been 460K rather than 471K. I hope that the information that I gave you helps Tom. Frank. -- Via Opus Msg Kit v1.11 -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!261!1000!Frank.Whitney Internet: Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org
Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Whitney) (12/05/90)
Index Number: 12217 >It turns out that Tom has an older version of QEMM. I tried using LOADHI on > DRAGON, but it didn't work: DRAGON complained about all sorts of invalid >option switches (none of which were on the command line). He has 128K of >available high memory, so we can't even try loading DICTATE there. You need to have QEMM installed so that the RAM option is loaded in your friends config.sys file where the device driver for QEMM is installed. You have plenty of memory available. You don't try to load the whole thing into high memory. You want to loadhi dragon30 into high memory and several other device drivers. What I'm going to do is to try and import my config.sys file to give you a better idea of what things should look like. It will be in another message since I have to change locations. What version of QEMM does your friend have? If it has the optimize function it should do everything automatically. Frank. -- Via Opus Msg Kit v1.11 -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!261!1000!Frank.Whitney Internet: Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org
Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Whitney) (12/05/90)
Index Number: 12218 >It turns out that Tom has an older version of QEMM. I tried using LOADHI on > DRAGON, but it didn't work: DRAGON complained about all sorts of invalid >option switches (none of which were on the command line). He has 128K of >available high memory, so we can't even try loading DICTATE there. This is my config.sys file. DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM.SYS RAM NT shell=c:\dos\command.com c:\dos /E:354 /p device=c:\qemm\loadhi.sys /r:3 dmdrvr.bin device=rambios.sys device=c:\qemm\loadhi.sys /r:1 c:\dos\ansi.sys DEVICE=c:\qemm\loadhi.sys /r:1 e:\DICTATE\DRAGON.SYS FILES=30 BUFFERS=1 stacks=0,0 break=on lastdrive=z This is my autoexec.bat file. @echo on c:\qemm\loadhi /r:1 c:\qemm\buffers=30 set comspec=c:\dos\command.com PATH=c:\;c:\qemm;C:\DOS;e:\dictate; set DRAGON=-i7 -h300 -pe:\DICTATE ^ ^^^^^^^^^^ interrupt location set DICTATE=e:\dictate CLS PROMPT $t$h$h$h$h$h$h$ $P$G rem load these high c:\qemm\loadhi /r:2 dragon30.exe ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this and the next should loadhi but check the manual for correct syntax c:\qemm\loadhi /r:2 dictate /v bold /s /h f12 frank ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ these are some of the different parameters that can be loaded. The notation might not be quite correct but it should be similar. If you read the QEMM manual it should look very similar where I have the loadhi notation. Frank. -- Via Opus Msg Kit v1.11 -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!261!1000!Frank.Whitney Internet: Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org
ljboyle@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Leah J. Boyle) (01/16/91)
Index Number: 12986 [Note from Bill McGarry: I'll leave this one for Frank Whitney.] Hello, Bill! I was recently asked a few questions concerning the Dragon Dictate that I was not qualified to answer. I am hoping you will either have the information or can refer me to someone who does! 1.) How many users can a Dragon system accommodate? 2.) Can the Dragon be installed/utilized via a mainframe/network with a site license? 3.) Are there Dragons currently being used in academic computer labs by disabled students? Ball State University is considering the purchase of a Dragon Dictate for use by the mobility impaired population. As a visually impaired computer user, I realize what an advantage access to computer technology can offer. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated! Thank you, Leah
CSMIDHC@UCLAMVS.BITNET (Danny Hilton-Chalfen) (01/23/91)
Index Number: 13088 ljboyle@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Leah J. Boyle) at Ball State asks: " 1.) How many users can a Dragon system accommodate? 2.) Can the Dragon be installed/utilized via a mainframe/network with a site license? 3.) Are there Dragons currently being used in academic computer labs by disabled students?" At UCLA we have the Dragon Dictate available in a public access setting. Students, faculty or staff with disabilities can use Dragon Dictate (or a range of other assistive technologies). It's a little early for us to tell how well Dragon will work out in the long run since we have not had long term users. But several people with orthopedic disability have used it to write letters and reports. Dragon can only by used by one person at a time, on a stand-alone microcomputer (must be a 386 MS-DOS machine with 6, preferably 8 megabytes of RAM). Each user loads his/her own voice file. Please contact me if you'd like more info. Danny Hilton-Chalfen UCLA Office of Academic Computing 213-206-7133 email: CSMIDHC@OAC.UCLA.EDU OR @UCLAMVS
Bob.Segalman@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Bob Segalman) (03/22/91)
Index Number: 14114 I tried Dragon Dictate. It cannot recognize an articulate whisper. Because of cerebral palsy which affects my voice strengt that is my limitation. Can you think of a way to use an amplifier in combination with Dragon Dictate? Any ideas? -Bob -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!203!11!Bob.Segalman Internet: Bob.Segalman@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org