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want to clarify that Dragon Systems Technical Support remains
dedicated to providing *Technical* Support for our products until
six months after we ship our last unit of a given product. As
DragonDictate for Windows version 3.02 continues to ship with
the Professional Edition of NaturallySpeaking 3.01, we will
continue to support both of these products.
If you are referring to the further development and/or marketing of
discrete products, I cannot comment in this direction but fully
understand the implications you're stating and will be sure to
add it to our customer feedback database which is reviewed at
the highest levels of our company.
Cheers,
--Ted Kempster
--Dragon Tech Support
(Dictated by NaturallySpeaking)
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From: gNAt <jjohnst@@tezcat.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 98 21:16:20 -0600
Subject: In defense of the discrete...
I am really sorry to hear that Dragon Systems is discontinuing
support of discrete speech. Although I realize it is outdated
technology, it certainly still has its uses.
First of all, are those people who just can't afford a system
capable of running continuous speech. I realize even discrete
speech can be expensive, but it can't really be compared to the
cost of a new system. Many school districts are certainly in this
category.
Also there are those of us with disabilities, also many many
times in the above category, who might even find discrete
speech more useful or find continuous speech something of an
overkill. The ability to speak continuously obviously depends
heavily on the ability to speak continuously in the first place. I am
not sure I would be unable to use continuous speech, but I am
definitely seeing a marked difference in my ability to find the
correct word in a reliable way. Since I have a learning disability
which affects my ability to find words when I need them, a little
pause never hurts!
Any comments anyone?
- --gNAt
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