I began teaching speech-recognition 15 years ago. At that time, I was employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as a subject matter expert. Many veterans have multiple disabilities such as an inability to use their hands and blindness. They find speech-recognition is the most effective way to work with the computer.
In the case of veterans who are blind, they have to use an additional program called a screen reader. This program translates the text on the computer screen into speech. Speech-recognition software does the reverse by translating what the user speaks into text. You need bridging technology to use both technologies together. This is what DictationBridge does.
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