4. Once the voice file has been set up, how does the
student learn to operate the system?
As the student tries new sentences and gradually assumes responsibility
for an increasing number of functions in the software, the trainer should
carefully introduce him or her to the latter sequence of steps in learning
to operate the system should. The following sequence is the one that we
use:
- dictation only
- dictation plus selection of words from the list
of alternatives
- dictation and selection plus spelling to train
new words or elicit them from the background dictionary
- dictation, selection, spelling plus error correction
- dictation, selection, spelling, error correction,
plus...(At this point, the sequence can be customized even more to the
individual student's needs. For example, does he or she need to use voice
to control the mouse or access the menus?)
