More Details About Guide-Handsfree
What is Guide-Handsfree?
Guide-Handsfree is an all-in-one computer package for people who are blind or partially sighted which can be fully controlled by your voice. No keyboard or mouse required!
Guide-Handsfree: You talk, it types!
What differences are there between Guide and Guide-Handsfree?
Guide-Handsfree offers all the same great features as Guide and is just as easy to use. In addition it allows the user to fully control Guide and dictate letters, emails, etc with just their voice. Guide Handsfree can be used without a keyboard, although you can use one if you wish.
How does Guide-Handsfree Work?
Everything in Guide-Handsfree can be controlled with just your voice. If a menu displays, just say the name of the required menu option or the menu option number, and Guide will select that menu option for you.
If typing a letter, email or piece of text - your talk will be turned into text. If you make a mistake or the computer does not recognise what you said, then with a single voice command, you can delete the last sentence or words and try again. As the computer recognises what you say, the text is turned into speech and played back, so you can hear if the computer correctly understood what was said.
The computer learns about your voice as you make corrections. To further increase accuracy, a voice training option is included. Guide Handsfree asks you to speak out certain sentences, then analyses how you pronunce these sentences to learn more about your voice.
Will Guide-Handsfree recognise my voice?
Even if you have a very strong accent, Guide Handsfree can easily learn to recognise your voice - you may just need to spend a little more time training the system.
What do I need to use Guide Handsfree on my computer?
To run Guide Handsfree software effectively, you will need either a 1GHz Pentium PC or Laptop, with a minumum of 1GB Memory and 1GB free hard disk space, together with Windows 2000, Windows XP Home or XP Professional, or Windows Vista™ (32-bit), a Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording and a CD-ROM drive (required for installation). You will also need a headset microphone and Dragon Naturally Speaking software Version 9 or above. Both can be purchased from Software Express either separately or as a part of Guide Handsfree package.
We recommend at least a 1GHz PC, with 2GB RAM, and Dragon version 10.
What about Guide Handsfree installation?
The installation of Guide Handsfree is very quick and easy. The software will guide you through the installation process with easy-to-follow spoken instructions, and will automatically install Dragon Naturally Speaking in the process.
What do I get?
When you purchase Guide Handsfree, you will receive a Guide Handsfree Installation CD, installation instructions, a Large Print Getting Started Manual and an Audio CD Manual.
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