Last month I had the opportunity to demonstrate Dragon NaturallySpeaking on QVC, the home shopping channel that broadcasts live on TV 24 hours a day. My airtime wasn't until 1 AM, so I had plenty of time before the show started to meet with other QVC guests who were struggling to stay awake at that hour.
One guest, who was on-site to demonstrate a cool new version of the Rubik's cube, was particularly interested as I practiced my demonstration. "I wish I had something like Dragon when I was in school!" she commented as my dictated words appeared on the screen. We started talking, and I learned that she was dyslexic and struggled throughout her school experience.
After speaking with her, I made a mental note to comment on air about the benefits of Dragon for students with certain learning disabilities. Unfortunately, I was so nervous about being on live TV that I forgot just about everything I planned to say on air. So I never had the chance to tell the QVC audience (and you would be surprised how many people are watching -- even at 1 AM!) about the benefits of Dragon for students. Luckily we have this blog, so I can share my comments here instead!
More and more middle and secondary schools are adopting speech recognition technology as part of their business education curriculum. This training is intended to help students boost productivity, prepare for tomorrow’s workforce, and prevent increasingly common repetitive stress injuries.
I provide details about the use of Dragon by students every month during one of the webinars that I present to Dragon customers and prospects. A replay of a webinar I gave about using Dragon to improve core reading and writing skills (particularly for ESL students) is available at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/341865153.
But this month, I added a new education webinar to my repertoire. This webinar focused not on the STUDENT’S use of Dragon, but on the benefits of Dragon for TEACHERS and administrators. Increasingly, schools and universities are beginning to leverage Dragon to improve their own productivity. During this webinar I illustrated how Dragon can be used to give more detailed feedback to student assignments in less time and speed the creation of lesson plans, research projects and other documents. In case you didn't catch the webinar live, a replay is available at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/956075912.
Posted
12-15-2009 10:45 AM
by
kwylie
