Phil

I'm not at all surprised that it is working better, given the improvements in the computers. As I indicated, I was trying it out on a very slow computer with limited memory. As it happened, I was trying to use it for numeric input and the result was lousy.

Nat

-----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Philip Rack Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:17 AM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Somewhat OT: An unfortunate diagnosis

The product has changed a lot since those days Nat! I use it for dictation into Word, Outlook and Skype Chat. I've never used it with a program editor so I can't speak to that. The pricing is pretty reasonable IMO. Officemax has it on sale this week for $45 or so for the Home version.

Phil

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-----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Nat Wooding Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 8:55 AM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Somewhat OT: An unfortunate diagnosis

Jack

My one attempt at using Dragon software was using a 66mhz computer and the result was not good. However, since then, both the computers and the software has improved so much that it should be worth a try.

My internet connection is extremely slow this morning so I have not looked at Art's link.

As far as I know, the Dragon software will interface with some editors such as Word but I have no idea whether it would feed text and commands directly to the SAS editors. However, you might find some other editor that you could use with SAS.

Speaking further of Dragon, they offer several levels of software at various pricing levels. Some is intended for medical dictation and costs between $500 and $1000 if memory serves.

I just looked at the speech recognition software that was bundled with my XP Pro and went through the training in about 5 or 10 minutes. If you open Word and hunt through the options, you will find a Speech option. This appears to want another training session. After I closed word, and opened SAS, I still had a tool bar for the microphone but since I had not trained this tool bar, I could not tell whether it would work with SAS.

You might want to try playing with your native speech software. If you can get it to work with the SAS editor or with some other editor, then you will need to teach it the non-standard words such as Proc and GLM.

One other thought: Some 20 or so years ago, SAS developed a voice interface and I am told shipped a few copies. You might talk to tech support and see if anyone there has played with either the MS tool or one of the commercial ones and whether they have any advice.

Good luck.

Nat

-----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Arthur Tabachneck Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:43 PM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Somewhat OT: An unfortunate diagnosis

Jack,

If you believe our friend Bill you don't even have to pay for it. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-can-I-do-with-Speech- Recognition

or, in short form: http://tiny.cc/889wy

Art ------- On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 19:10:20 -0800, Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG> wrote:

>My arm started hurting last week, and has been slowly getting worse, so I called Kaiser this morning and got an appointment to see Urgent Care, and by noon I had a diagnosis: medial epicondylitis, also know as golfer's elbow. > >Recommended treatment: minimize typing. > >Not good for someone who basically types for a living. I can type a little, but shouldn't do extended bouts until the inflammation has gone down. > >The traditional name for this is golfer's elbow. It's on the opposite site of the elbow from tennis elbow, but is similar to both tennis elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome. > >I guess I'll have to have an ergonomic evaluation. I may even have to learn to touch type, which will be difficult at what Art would call my advanced age. > >What luck have any of you had with speech recognition software like Dragon Dictate? Does it work well for "typing" in programs?