| Currently there are many FREE speech to text | | | | pages.You will have to determine what is best for |
| downloads that you can get off the Internet | | | | you. Even if you do not have sight challenges it is |
| from very reputable websites such as Microsoft | | | | still wonderful to have a web site read to you |
| Partners. These Free in downloads can certainly | | | | rather that you have to read it. I downloaded it |
| help those who are blind or partially sighted. The | | | | myself so I can do two things at once. |
| future of accessibility in personal computers is | | | | It increases my productivity and allows me to |
| upon us and these new technologies will help unite | | | | surf web sites while they read to me. I can be |
| the world and connect the unconnected. In fact it | | | | watching the weather channel, history channel, the |
| is now possible to go to a web site and have that | | | | news or working in a word processor program at |
| web site read to you. | | | | the same time. Technology is making our life |
| Of course what they really need is a double click | | | | easier but only if we know where to get it and |
| pause feature in case you are interrupted or the | | | | how to use it. Please consider this in 2006. |
| phone rings. It would be needed especially for | | | | **Update; as of 2007 Microsofts newest Vista |
| those who use VoIP !!! Vonage; "who-who, who, | | | | version has an all-in-one set of speech to text |
| who, who" and I tell you that those commercials | | | | systems, which come right on the Operation |
| are really getting to me with the Tag Line; stupid | | | | System. You might like to check this out if you |
| things people do! Here are the Download | | | | are currently running Vista. |