This week, we shine the spotlight on Al Bartko, our customer of the week! After struggling with Parkinson’s disease for years and the tremors that are associated with it, Al discovered Dragon. In his I Speak Dragon! story from this year’s contest, we hear how Dragon has “given him his life back” and even helped [...]
Posts Tagged ‘assistive technology’
Customer of the Week – Al Bartko!
Posted in Contest, Customer of the Week, Dragon Dictate, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, I Speak Dragon, tagged assistive technology, Contest, Customer of the week, Dragon, Dragon blog, Dragon Dictate, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, I Speak Dragon, productivity, speech recognition on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I Speak Dragon! Dr. Christopher Smit
Posted in Contest, Dragon Dictate, I Speak Dragon, tagged assistive technology, Contest, Dragon, Dragon blog, Dragon Dictate, I Speak Dragon, speech recognition on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As a writer, professor and musician, Dr. Christopher Smit knows how much words matter. In this winning video from last year’s I Speak Dragon! contest, he shares his story with us about how Dragon Dictate has given him a new voice since his muscular dystrophy created new physical challenges. Watch the video here:
Customer of the Week – Duane French!
Posted in Customer of the Week, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, tagged assistive technology, career, Customer of the week, Dragon, Dragon blog, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Dragon resources, productivity, professional, speech recognition on May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This week we shine the spotlight on Duane French, our customer of the week! After an accident in 1968 left him a quadriplegic, Duane turned to Dragon NaturallySpeaking to help him communicate, reach his professional goals, and even meet the love of his life. Years ago, Duane recalls that he still faced many challenges when [...]
Customer of the Week – Sandy Schlaudecker!
Posted in Customer of the Week, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, tagged assistive technology, Customer of the week, Dragon, Dragon blog, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, family history, genealogy, productivity, voice recognition, writing on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This week, we shine the spotlight on Sandy Schlaudecker, our customer of the week! With a long-held interest in her family history, Sandy has set out to preserve the stories of her great-great-great-grandfather by transcribing his letters from the Civil War with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Sandy initially started off by re-writing the hundreds of letters by [...]
Customer of the Week – Bruce Walz!
Posted in Customer of the Week, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, tagged assistive technology, Customer of the week, Dragon, Dragon blog, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, speech recognition on April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This week we shine the spotlight on Bruce Walz, our customer of the week! Bruce, who is paralyzed from the shoulders down since suffering a debilitating motorcycle accident, uses Dragon to navigate his computer. In his words, “Life is full of adventures; I’ve just had more than my share of them.” After his accident in [...]
Ask the Dictator – Kids Using Dragon
Posted in Ask the Dictator, tagged Ask the Dictator, assistive technology, Dragon blog, Dragon Dictate, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Education, Kids using Dragon, learning disabilities, speech recognition, voice recognition, writing on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This week on Ask the Dictator, Peter “The Dictator” Mahoney answers some common questions that people have about kids using Dragon. Check it out here: If you have a topic that you’d like to suggest for a future episode, let us know right here in the comments, or better yet, go to our Ask [...]
Customer of the Week – CJ!
Posted in Customer of the Week, tagged assistive technology, Customer of the week, Dragon blog, dyslexia, Education, speech recognition, voice recognition on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This week, we shine the spotlight on CJ Wallace, our Dragon customer of the week! CJ is a fifth grade student with dyslexia. Before he began using Dragon, it was difficult to keep up with his peers in class. Watch this video to hear CJ explain how Dragon made it easier to capture his thoughts [...]
Customer of the Week – Brandon!
Posted in Customer, Customer of the Week, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, tagged assistive technology, Customer of the week, Dragon, Dragon blog, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Education, speech recognition, voice recognition on November 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This week, we shine the spotlight on Brandon Snow, our customer of the week! Brandon is an Arizona State University senior who hasn’t let cerebral palsy impact his academic success. Snow and his father describe Dragon speech recognition as a dramatically life-changing assistive technology for students. “Dragon helps me dictate more concrete thoughts, and I’m [...]
Ask the Dictator: Episode 48 – Nuance Joins the Liberated Learning Consortium
Posted in Ask the Dictator, tagged Ask the Dictator, assistive technology, Dragon blog, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Education, learning disabilities, Nuance, speech recognition, voice recognition, voice writing on October 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In this week’s episode of “Ask the Dictator”, Peter discusses the recent news that Nuance has joined the Liberated Learning Consortium, (LLC), an international group of technology providers, colleges and universities working to advance information accessibility in higher education through the use of speech recognition technology. Nuance joins IBM as the second technology company to [...]
Changing Lives
Posted in Dragon Dictate, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, tagged assistive technology, Changing People's Lives Conference, Dragon, Dragon blog, Dragon Dictate, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, learning disabilities, speech recognition, universal design, voice recognition on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This last week, I had the opportunity to speak at a very special conference in Boston called Products & Technologies that Change People’s Lives (http://www.changepeopleslives.org/). The conference was hosted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Institute for Human Centered Design (http://www.adaptenv.org). The plenary session included Governor Deval Patrick, Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray, Secretary of [...]
