AEN use of Voice to Text, Text to Voice(Speak)

[Peter Barry]

Hi ,

We are Gsuite school and some of our students use Voice to text Text to Speak in google docs.

Leaving cert exam environment, as I understand it, require WIFI/Network off and use of Microsoft Word for return of any typed documents.

Can I ask what schools use to facilitate Voice to Text and Text to Speak in a Microsoft Word Client Environment. 

Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.

Regards

Peter Barry

St Josephs College Lucan

[Pauric O'Donnell]

Hi Peter, 

I'm not sure about Voice to Text but we are planing on using a simple offline text editor on our Chromebooks for the special centre word processing, we used it for the mocks and it worked well and didn't require any internet. Is it a requirement that Word is used?

Thanks,

[Carol Regan]

Hi Peter,

The accommodation from RACE, reasonable accommodations in certificate exams ( State Examinations Commission), states ‘word processor’, it doesn’t specify a particular technology. We have used Microsoft Word, with internet disabled. Depending on the category you apply under, you may need to also disable the spell check. 

For speech to text, it states ‘recording device’. We have used Dragon Speech Recognition Software, from Nuance. It’s expensive software, however our student qualified for funding from the NCSE funding scheme, you apply through your SENO( Special Education Needs Organisers). 

Thanks 

Carol 

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[Trevor Bo]

Hey there

For text to speech there are 2 commonly used:

Claro read

Text help read and write 

Unfortunately  texthelp recently Quired Clroread so interesting to see what becomes of Claro.

Text help read and wite may still have a 30 day free trial though

For speech to text Dragon is commonly used for exams.

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[Thomas.OShaughnessy]

Hi Peter

 

I agree with what Carol said, Dragon would be the ideal solution for this (however, it is expensive as she noted). It does not require internet access and works with most applications including Word.

 

We are in a similar position here (granted we’re higher ed) and our students normally use Dragon with WordPad in exams (due to Word 365 inbuilt features that may provide an advantage).

 

Happy to talk more offline if required.

 

Kind Regards,

Thomas O'Shaughnessy

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