Working with J-Dictate and J-Say Training Course.
Introduction.
For 17 years, J-Say has provided visually impaired people not only with the means to be able to dictate text to the computer, (receiving meaningful speech feedback), but also it has delivered a vehicle for people who have physical and cognitive difficulties to take control of it using the human voice alone. This means that individuals with such challenges can work with traditional computing applications, providing independence to enhance communication with others, social media interaction, working with websites and more.
The software has allowed people to prepare and publish books, write plays and serials for radio and television, carry out all manner of employment tasks or, at a more basic level, send an Email to a family member in another country.
Over the years, we have attempted a range of training techniques for providing tuition in the use of J-Say. By far our most popular and successful method is face-to-face tuition. However during 2019 we’ve conducted a range of remote training sessions with people in the United States using the telephone. Some of those programmes are still ongoing.
However, it is not always easy to find cost effective training overseas in this very specialist area of computer access and control. Our new training course, developed and being made available in a new way, will assist with this.
How is the Course Delivered?
This course is delivered using a series of file modules in MP3 format with a current running time of close to 9 hours.
- Creating a User Profile so Dragon can understand you.
- Dictation and the effectiveness of microphone control.
- Good practice when speaking to the computer.
- Launching applications.
- Text navigation.
- Closing down the computer in the proper manner.
- Backup of Voice Profiles and why this is critical.
- Correcting Text.
- The subtle differences between correction and erasure.
- The effectiveness of the My Words feature.
- Inserting and deleting text.
- Selecting text using the J-Say Selection facility and Dragon NaturallySpeaking’s internal utilities.
- Adjusting font styles, point size and text inconsistencies.
- Acronyms and spelling words and phrases.
- Working with Tables.
- J-Say Shortcuts, Text Notes and Contacts.
- Saving and opening documents.
- Working with more than one application.
- Proof Reading Strategies.
- Working with Email. x
- J-Clips.
- Using J-Say on the Internet, working with forms, navigating tables, J-Say Alerts and J-Say Bookmarks.
- J-Say Search.
- The J-Say Wizard and how to use it.
- Working with Facebook and Twitter. X
- Adding words to the JAWS Dictionary.
- Using non-supported applications. x
- Restoring Voice Profiles. x
Course Prerequisites.
It is important that you have:
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 13 or above;
- J-Say version 14 through to 19. Note the higher the J-Say version you have, the more likely it is you will receive the best experience, since the product is being updated usually every two to three months
If I Purchase the Course, What Will I Receive?
Currently there are 20 lessons available.
Files are distributed either through a secure area of our website or a Dropbox folder.
This latter method is especially helpful for J-Say users because it is then possible to browse to the folder and listen to each lesson as it arrives. There is nothing further to do other than learn.
Costing.
The cost is £200 ($260). This is exceptionally good value because you will receive hours of high quality training.
Special offer for a limited time: £100 ($125).
Alternatively, anyone can purchase the course by sending an Email to jaws@hartgen.org, whereupon a fully accessible electronic invoice will be sent to you which can be paid through PayPal or any major credit or debit card. Orders can also be placed by telephone:
Conclusion.
Whether you want to dictate your Emails and reports, or have full control of your computer by voice, this training course will give you the skills you need to work with this technology easily. Don’t say it; J-Say It!