SlideShare uma empresa Scribd logo
1 de 3
Baixar para ler offline
the experience speaks for itself™


Case study

Landmark College Integrates                      Overview
Dragon® NaturallySpeaking®                       Landmark College is
to Help Students with                            a private, two-year
                                                 liberal arts institution
Learning Disabilities Achieve                    of higher learning in
Academic Success                                 Putney, Vermont, that
                                                 serves a population
CHALLeNge: HeLp StuDeNtS wHo LeArN               of approximately 485
DIffereNtLy SuCCeeD IN CoLLege AND tHe           students with dyslexia,
workforCe                                        attention deficit
Landmark College incorporates highly             hyperactivity disorder, and
accessible educational approaches to             other diagnosed learning disabilities. One of the only accredited colleges
empower learning disabled students to            in the u.s. designed exclusively for students with dyslexia, attention
master skills and strategies for success in      deficit hyperactivity disorder (ad/Hd), or other specific learning disabilities,
                                                 Landmark integrates principles of universal design and strategic learning
mainstream settings. To that end, the school
                                                 within a technology-rich, learning-centered environment. Landmark’s
strives to integrate assistive technology into
                                                 faculty and staff provide a high degree of individual attention to students
the learning process wherever possible.
                                                 as they develop self-understanding, self-advocacy, lifelong learning skills,
SoLutIoN: DrAgoN ® NAturALLySpeAkINg ®,          and the ability to function autonomously in mainstream settings.
tHe worLD’S beSt-SeLLINg SpeeCH
reCogNItIoN SoftwAre
                                                 Landmark’s highly accessible educational approaches empower students
                                                 who learn differently to master skills and strategies necessary for success
Dragon NaturallySpeaking enables students
                                                 in college and the workforce. By strategically integrating assistive
with physical disabilities who are unable to
                                                 technology into the learning process, Landmark’s educators are able to
write by hand or use a keyboard to produce
                                                 provide rich opportunities for student-centered learning. these powerful
papers and other assignments simply by           technology tools—which include text-to-speech and voice recognition
speaking. It also helps students with learning   software, note-taking devices and software, and concept mapping
disabilities to express themselves in writing    programs—support students as they work to overcome a variety of
more easily by eliminating reading and           learning challenges.
spelling concerns that impede their progress.
                                                 Putting voice recognition to work for students
tHe reSuLtS: greAter INDepeNDeNCe,
wrItINg eASe AND fLueNCy, remeDIAL
                                                 Recent advances in voice recognition software and the hardware it runs on
reADINg, wrItINg, AND SpeLLINg progreSS          have yielded significant increases in performance, accuracy and ease of
                                                 use. as voice recognition technology matured, Landmark saw its enormous
Using Dragon, Landmark College students
                                                 potential for helping students with learning disabilities. When it came time
have been able to achieve greater
                                                 to select a specific voice recognition software product for its students—
independence in their schoolwork; express
                                                 particularly those in its Language Intensive Curriculum track—Landmark
themselves in writing with enhanced ease
and fluency; and make marked progress in
spelling, reading and writing.
Case study DrAgoN NAturALLySpeAkINg – LANDmArk CoLLege


College did its homework. the assistive technology team looked           take notes for them or to transcribe their papers as they dictate.
at several solutions and selected dragon Naturallyspeaking from          this approach not only fosters dependence, but it makes it difficult
Nuance Communications.                                                   for the student to have a sense of the writing flow without having a
                                                                         draft to re-read as each sentence develops.
dragon Naturallyspeaking gives users the power to create
documents and emails three times faster than most people type            Landmark has found voice recognition software to be a valuable
—with up to 99% accuracy—just by speaking. With dragon,                  tool for enabling greater levels of independence and success when
students can surf theWeb by voice or dictate and edit in Microsoft       it comes to all forms of student writing—from assignments and
Word, excel, PowerPoint, and most                                        papers to note taking and email. With dragon, students can talk to
other Windows-based applications. dragon also enables the student        their computers and watch their spoken words instantly
to use voice commands for formatting documents, navigating               appear in documents, presentations, email, and instant messages.
applications, and locating files on the computer.                        For greater convenience and mobility, they can also dictate into a
                                                                         Nuance-certified handheld recorder and dragon will automatically
taking the time to train dragon pays off in more accurate recognition
                                                                         transcribe the recording when they sync with their PC.
results. When a student creates a voice profile, dragon starts with
general models of how english is spoken in the us, and adapts to
                                                                         Freeing up cognitive space
how that individual speaks (acoustic model) and which words he
uses (vocabulary and associated language model). this approach           For some Landmark students, getting the first couple of sentences
accommodates users with varying accents and speech patterns              down on the page can be the most difficult part of the writing
and allows users to dictate using natural continuous speech. dragon      process. For example, dyslexic students often face reading and
regularly refines the user’s profile and employs it to accurately        spelling challenges, which present enormous hurdles to written
determine the words spoken and to choose between words that              expression. difficulties with working memory prevent other students
sound alike. every time the user corrects a “misrecognition” dragon      from managing more than one aspect of the writing task at a
updates his/her voice profile, enabling better recognition accuracy      time. as a result, completion of papers, reports, and other writing
over time.                                                               assignments can be a frustrating and extremely time-consuming
                                                                         endeavor.
“When the college was evaluating voice recognition software, dragon
Naturallyspeaking’s range of commands and the sensitivity of its         dragon Naturallyspeaking frees up cognitive space in the brain to
speech recognition engine set it apart from other products,” said        jumpstart the writing process, allowing these students to get their
Kathy Burris, assistive technology Coordinator and educator at           thoughts on the page without worrying about reading and spelling.
Landmark College. “Plus, the latest version of the software features     as students dictate their thoughts, dragon automatically turns
more advanced adaptation techniques and new acoustic models              speech into correctly spelled text. Furthermore, dragon’s playback
that allow for exceptional coverage of non-native and regional           function enables students to hear—rather than read—what they’ve
accents. this is important to us since our students come from            written, so they can make edits as needed. By listening to their
                                                                         writing, some students become more aware of issues like awkward
throughout the u.s. and across the globe.”
                                                                         phrasing or poor sentence structure that require revision.
Fostering student independence                                           “a student in our summer program was struggling with his writing—
Many Landmark students have disabilities that make it difficult for      rushing to get out his thoughts and skipping words he couldn’t
them to express themselves in writing. Many may face learning            spell—to the point where one of his teachers would have to fill
disabilities like dyslexia, which presents decoding and spelling         in every fifth word or so in his papers,” said Burris. “after training
challenges; dysgraphia, which causes a disconnect between an             on dragon for approximately one hour and fifteen minutes, this
individual’s thoughts and his ability to transform those thoughts into   student was able to go to the computer lab and complete a high
written words; or auditory, memory or processing disabilities that       quality, six-page paper on Helen Keller in a single evening. this
impede organization, outlining and written composition. traditionally,   accomplishment really boosted his self-confidence.”
such students have depended on parents, teachers, or peers to
Case study DrAgoN NAturALLySpeAkINg – LANDmArk CoLLege



Serving remedial as well as assistive                                         “We are always trying to make the students aware of dragon and

functions                                                                     what it can do for them,” added Burris. “although we hold demos
                                                                              at new student orientations, on family weekends, in the student
studies have shown that voice recognition promotes improved
                                                                              center and dorm lounges, and at meals in the dining halls, interest
spelling and word recognition as students watch the words they
                                                                              in dragon spreads via word-of-mouth more than anything else. as
speak get transcribed, word by word, on the computer screen.
                                                                              a result, there’s constant demand for individual, cohort, and class
Other research validates the technology’s usefulness in increasing
                                                                              training.”
writing ease and fluency. Having repeatedly witnessed dragon’s
effectiveness as a remedial tool, the educators at Landmark College           Having seen what students have been able to accomplish with the

can corroborate these findings.                                               help of dragon, Landmark educators are eager to spread the news
                                                                              to other professionals in the field of special education. Burris and
“When I asked one of my students—a proficient dragon user—to
                                                                              her associates demonstrate dragon on Professional Visit days;
do a dictation demo at an upcoming board meeting, she agreed
                                                                              during off-campus outreach visits at high schools, colleges, and
but asked for some review training,” stated Burris. “Noticing my
                                                                              educational conferences; and at summer workshops offered by
surprise, the student explained that she had stopped using dragon
                                                                              the Landmark College Institute for Research and training. through
for a while. she said that using dragon had actually helped her learn
                                                                              these demos, Landmark seeks to provide an opportunity for other
how to spell and put her thoughts together more easily, so she was
                                                                              educators to learn how dragon can be used to facilitate academic
no longer dependent on it for the bulk of her papers.”
                                                                              skill development and provide fuller access to educational programs.

Helping more than just students                                               “Landmark College acknowledges but does not accept the societal
                                                                              practice of labeling and stigmatizing students who learn differently,”
Landmark students are not alone in their enthusiasm about dragon
                                                                              concluded Burris. “Instead, they strive to provide accessible
Naturallyspeaking. Many faculty and staff members have become
                                                                              approaches to learning that empower these individuals to exceed
avid dragon users, too. One instructor created a dragon voice
                                                                              their aspirations and achieve their full potential. It’s wonderful to
profile so she could record her lectures and make them available to
                                                                              see how integrating tools like dragon into the learning process is
students with disabilities that impede effective note-taking during
                                                                              changing the lives of students who have been marginalized for so
class. Other faculty and staff use dragon to increase the quality and
                                                                              long.”
efficiency of their work—from correspondence and email to reports
and assessments.
“I use dragon all the time,” stated Burris. “shortly after I started
                                                                              © 2009 Nuance Communications, Inc. all rights reserved. Nuance, the Nuance
working at Landmark, I was in an accident and lost complete use               logo, dragon and Naturallyspeaking are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of
                                                                              Nuance Communications, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries in the united states and/or other
of my left arm for seven months. Because I couldn’t type, I quickly
                                                                              countries. all other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
learned the ins and outs of dragon so I could take care of the
administrative aspects of my job. I’ve been a devoted dragon user
ever since.”

Breaking down barriers to success
today, dragon Naturallyspeaking is ubiquitous at Landmark
College. students enrolled in the Language Intensive Curriculum
track are required to purchase dragon and install it on their laptops.
Other students can choose to buy a personal copy of dragon or
they can use the software in the college’s computer lab or dictation
rooms.




  NuaNCE COMMuNiCatiONs, iNC.           ONE WaysidE ROad               781 565 5000
                                        BuRliNgtON, Ma 01803           NuaNCE.COM

Mais conteúdo relacionado

Mais procurados

Development Of Call Simplified
Development Of Call SimplifiedDevelopment Of Call Simplified
Development Of Call SimplifiedIzaham
 
Review of a DE technology.
Review of a DE technology.Review of a DE technology.
Review of a DE technology.guest7a3a151
 
Quantitative Journal 2
Quantitative Journal 2Quantitative Journal 2
Quantitative Journal 2amirahjuned
 
541ferdon reladvantages
541ferdon reladvantages541ferdon reladvantages
541ferdon reladvantagesSusan Ferdon
 
Arabic Call System Based On Pedagogically Indexed Text
Arabic Call System Based On Pedagogically Indexed TextArabic Call System Based On Pedagogically Indexed Text
Arabic Call System Based On Pedagogically Indexed TextBEN MOHAMED Mohamed Achraf
 
Working with Students with Special Needs
Working with Students with Special NeedsWorking with Students with Special Needs
Working with Students with Special Needsjurettat1019
 
At for thematic unit
At for thematic unitAt for thematic unit
At for thematic unitSusan Ferdon
 
Blended Learning Models: Scotch PL 27.04.2011
Blended Learning Models: Scotch PL 27.04.2011Blended Learning Models: Scotch PL 27.04.2011
Blended Learning Models: Scotch PL 27.04.2011digimuve
 
Action Research
Action ResearchAction Research
Action Researchsafoster
 
Brainchild Catalog 2012
Brainchild Catalog 2012Brainchild Catalog 2012
Brainchild Catalog 2012timk276
 
Analysing the forum discussion
Analysing the forum discussionAnalysing the forum discussion
Analysing the forum discussionthe0kiss
 
Classteacher's Classpad Educational Tablet Pc
Classteacher's Classpad Educational Tablet PcClassteacher's Classpad Educational Tablet Pc
Classteacher's Classpad Educational Tablet PcClasspad Classteacher
 
Summer Workshop (Yates)
Summer Workshop (Yates)Summer Workshop (Yates)
Summer Workshop (Yates)yatesm2
 

Mais procurados (18)

Development Of Call Simplified
Development Of Call SimplifiedDevelopment Of Call Simplified
Development Of Call Simplified
 
Review of a DE technology.
Review of a DE technology.Review of a DE technology.
Review of a DE technology.
 
Quantitative Journal 2
Quantitative Journal 2Quantitative Journal 2
Quantitative Journal 2
 
Untuk d pp
Untuk d ppUntuk d pp
Untuk d pp
 
Call and calt
Call and caltCall and calt
Call and calt
 
541ferdon reladvantages
541ferdon reladvantages541ferdon reladvantages
541ferdon reladvantages
 
Cheryle walker
Cheryle walkerCheryle walker
Cheryle walker
 
Arabic Call System Based On Pedagogically Indexed Text
Arabic Call System Based On Pedagogically Indexed TextArabic Call System Based On Pedagogically Indexed Text
Arabic Call System Based On Pedagogically Indexed Text
 
Working with Students with Special Needs
Working with Students with Special NeedsWorking with Students with Special Needs
Working with Students with Special Needs
 
At for thematic unit
At for thematic unitAt for thematic unit
At for thematic unit
 
The Development of CALL
The Development of CALLThe Development of CALL
The Development of CALL
 
Blended Learning Models: Scotch PL 27.04.2011
Blended Learning Models: Scotch PL 27.04.2011Blended Learning Models: Scotch PL 27.04.2011
Blended Learning Models: Scotch PL 27.04.2011
 
Action Research
Action ResearchAction Research
Action Research
 
Brainchild Catalog 2012
Brainchild Catalog 2012Brainchild Catalog 2012
Brainchild Catalog 2012
 
ict
ictict
ict
 
Analysing the forum discussion
Analysing the forum discussionAnalysing the forum discussion
Analysing the forum discussion
 
Classteacher's Classpad Educational Tablet Pc
Classteacher's Classpad Educational Tablet PcClassteacher's Classpad Educational Tablet Pc
Classteacher's Classpad Educational Tablet Pc
 
Summer Workshop (Yates)
Summer Workshop (Yates)Summer Workshop (Yates)
Summer Workshop (Yates)
 

Destaque

Speech and Language Impairments (SLI)
Speech and Language Impairments (SLI)Speech and Language Impairments (SLI)
Speech and Language Impairments (SLI)panteago
 
Speech Impairment (Ed443)
Speech Impairment (Ed443)Speech Impairment (Ed443)
Speech Impairment (Ed443)lealani
 
Speech Therapy in the Life Skills Classroom
Speech Therapy in the Life Skills ClassroomSpeech Therapy in the Life Skills Classroom
Speech Therapy in the Life Skills ClassroomBilinguistics
 
Social effects of speech disorders
Social effects of speech disordersSocial effects of speech disorders
Social effects of speech disordersPolina Zhokina
 

Destaque (6)

Speech and Language Impairments (SLI)
Speech and Language Impairments (SLI)Speech and Language Impairments (SLI)
Speech and Language Impairments (SLI)
 
Speech Impairment (Ed443)
Speech Impairment (Ed443)Speech Impairment (Ed443)
Speech Impairment (Ed443)
 
Speech Therapy in the Life Skills Classroom
Speech Therapy in the Life Skills ClassroomSpeech Therapy in the Life Skills Classroom
Speech Therapy in the Life Skills Classroom
 
Social effects of speech disorders
Social effects of speech disordersSocial effects of speech disorders
Social effects of speech disorders
 
Learning Disabilities
Learning DisabilitiesLearning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities
 
Learning Disabilities
Learning DisabilitiesLearning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities
 

Semelhante a Learning Disabilities Dragon Naturally Speaking Whitepaper

8-2010 Assistive Technology by Tonsetic
8-2010 Assistive Technology by Tonsetic8-2010 Assistive Technology by Tonsetic
8-2010 Assistive Technology by TonseticSally Garza
 
Team3 assistive technological_advances_re
Team3 assistive technological_advances_reTeam3 assistive technological_advances_re
Team3 assistive technological_advances_reSoushilove
 
Assistive technological advances
Assistive technological advancesAssistive technological advances
Assistive technological advancesJodiJames
 
Assistive technological advances
Assistive technological advancesAssistive technological advances
Assistive technological advancesJefield
 
Assistive technological advances
Assistive technological advancesAssistive technological advances
Assistive technological advancesazzina
 
Call as a method to develop study skills
Call as a method to develop study skillsCall as a method to develop study skills
Call as a method to develop study skillssarahannelazarus
 
Adaptive and Assistive Technology
Adaptive and Assistive TechnologyAdaptive and Assistive Technology
Adaptive and Assistive Technologyadam541
 
Assistive technology presentation 2010 final
Assistive technology presentation 2010 finalAssistive technology presentation 2010 final
Assistive technology presentation 2010 finalSally Garza
 
AssistiveTechnologyFINALDRAFT
AssistiveTechnologyFINALDRAFTAssistiveTechnologyFINALDRAFT
AssistiveTechnologyFINALDRAFTTim Kelley
 
Group C Ppt
Group C PptGroup C Ppt
Group C PptWIU
 
Using Technology As A Remedial Resource To Improve Student Learning
Using Technology As A Remedial Resource To Improve Student LearningUsing Technology As A Remedial Resource To Improve Student Learning
Using Technology As A Remedial Resource To Improve Student LearningJennifer Pena
 
More than Flash and Dash
More than Flash and DashMore than Flash and Dash
More than Flash and Dashefitzy
 
Team2visual impairment presentation_retouch
Team2visual impairment presentation_retouchTeam2visual impairment presentation_retouch
Team2visual impairment presentation_retouchSoushilove
 
Pedagogical concerns
Pedagogical concernsPedagogical concerns
Pedagogical concernsESPE
 
D rape diffusion
D rape diffusionD rape diffusion
D rape diffusiondorothyrape
 
Word processors in the classroom
Word processors in the classroomWord processors in the classroom
Word processors in the classroomDavid Mendocoreas
 
Ghost Voices: Using-Text-to-Speech Technology to Improve the Quality of Learn...
Ghost Voices: Using-Text-to-Speech Technology to Improve the Quality of Learn...Ghost Voices: Using-Text-to-Speech Technology to Improve the Quality of Learn...
Ghost Voices: Using-Text-to-Speech Technology to Improve the Quality of Learn...D2L Barry
 

Semelhante a Learning Disabilities Dragon Naturally Speaking Whitepaper (20)

8-2010 Assistive Technology by Tonsetic
8-2010 Assistive Technology by Tonsetic8-2010 Assistive Technology by Tonsetic
8-2010 Assistive Technology by Tonsetic
 
Team3 assistive technological_advances_re
Team3 assistive technological_advances_reTeam3 assistive technological_advances_re
Team3 assistive technological_advances_re
 
Assistive technological advances
Assistive technological advancesAssistive technological advances
Assistive technological advances
 
Assistive technological advances
Assistive technological advancesAssistive technological advances
Assistive technological advances
 
Assistive technological advances
Assistive technological advancesAssistive technological advances
Assistive technological advances
 
Listen to learn
Listen to learnListen to learn
Listen to learn
 
Call as a method to develop study skills
Call as a method to develop study skillsCall as a method to develop study skills
Call as a method to develop study skills
 
Adaptive and Assistive Technology
Adaptive and Assistive TechnologyAdaptive and Assistive Technology
Adaptive and Assistive Technology
 
Assistive technology presentation 2010 final
Assistive technology presentation 2010 finalAssistive technology presentation 2010 final
Assistive technology presentation 2010 final
 
AssistiveTechnologyFINALDRAFT
AssistiveTechnologyFINALDRAFTAssistiveTechnologyFINALDRAFT
AssistiveTechnologyFINALDRAFT
 
Do mobiles devices assist learning?
Do mobiles devices assist learning?Do mobiles devices assist learning?
Do mobiles devices assist learning?
 
Skpb 1023 call as study skills
Skpb 1023 call as study skillsSkpb 1023 call as study skills
Skpb 1023 call as study skills
 
Group C Ppt
Group C PptGroup C Ppt
Group C Ppt
 
Using Technology As A Remedial Resource To Improve Student Learning
Using Technology As A Remedial Resource To Improve Student LearningUsing Technology As A Remedial Resource To Improve Student Learning
Using Technology As A Remedial Resource To Improve Student Learning
 
More than Flash and Dash
More than Flash and DashMore than Flash and Dash
More than Flash and Dash
 
Team2visual impairment presentation_retouch
Team2visual impairment presentation_retouchTeam2visual impairment presentation_retouch
Team2visual impairment presentation_retouch
 
Pedagogical concerns
Pedagogical concernsPedagogical concerns
Pedagogical concerns
 
D rape diffusion
D rape diffusionD rape diffusion
D rape diffusion
 
Word processors in the classroom
Word processors in the classroomWord processors in the classroom
Word processors in the classroom
 
Ghost Voices: Using-Text-to-Speech Technology to Improve the Quality of Learn...
Ghost Voices: Using-Text-to-Speech Technology to Improve the Quality of Learn...Ghost Voices: Using-Text-to-Speech Technology to Improve the Quality of Learn...
Ghost Voices: Using-Text-to-Speech Technology to Improve the Quality of Learn...
 

Mais de Voice Automated

What's New In Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2
What's New In Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2What's New In Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2
What's New In Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2Voice Automated
 
PowerMic II Product Brochure
PowerMic II Product BrochurePowerMic II Product Brochure
PowerMic II Product BrochureVoice Automated
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Vocabularies
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 VocabulariesDragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Vocabularies
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 VocabulariesVoice Automated
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Product Brochure
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Product BrochureDragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Product Brochure
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Product BrochureVoice Automated
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 1 and 2 Feature Comparison
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 1 and 2 Feature ComparisonDragon Medical Practice Edition 1 and 2 Feature Comparison
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 1 and 2 Feature ComparisonVoice Automated
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition FAQ's
Dragon Medical Practice Edition FAQ'sDragon Medical Practice Edition FAQ's
Dragon Medical Practice Edition FAQ'sVoice Automated
 
Ams Cardiology Case Study
Ams Cardiology Case StudyAms Cardiology Case Study
Ams Cardiology Case StudyVoice Automated
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Speciality & Subspecialty Vocabularies
Dragon Medical Practice Edition  Speciality & Subspecialty VocabulariesDragon Medical Practice Edition  Speciality & Subspecialty Vocabularies
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Speciality & Subspecialty VocabulariesVoice Automated
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Product Sheet
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Product SheetDragon Medical Practice Edition Product Sheet
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Product SheetVoice Automated
 
Michigan Cornea Consultants Significantly Reduces Costs And Improves Responsi...
Michigan Cornea Consultants Significantly Reduces Costs And Improves Responsi...Michigan Cornea Consultants Significantly Reduces Costs And Improves Responsi...
Michigan Cornea Consultants Significantly Reduces Costs And Improves Responsi...Voice Automated
 
Optimizing Clinical Productivity White Paper
Optimizing Clinical Productivity White PaperOptimizing Clinical Productivity White Paper
Optimizing Clinical Productivity White PaperVoice Automated
 
Orthopedics Northwest Case Study
Orthopedics Northwest Case StudyOrthopedics Northwest Case Study
Orthopedics Northwest Case StudyVoice Automated
 
Rheumatology Consultants Improve Efficiency And Responsiveness To Referring P...
Rheumatology Consultants Improve Efficiency And Responsiveness To Referring P...Rheumatology Consultants Improve Efficiency And Responsiveness To Referring P...
Rheumatology Consultants Improve Efficiency And Responsiveness To Referring P...Voice Automated
 
San Diego Heart & Vascular Associates Case Study
San Diego Heart & Vascular Associates Case StudySan Diego Heart & Vascular Associates Case Study
San Diego Heart & Vascular Associates Case StudyVoice Automated
 

Mais de Voice Automated (14)

What's New In Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2
What's New In Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2What's New In Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2
What's New In Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2
 
PowerMic II Product Brochure
PowerMic II Product BrochurePowerMic II Product Brochure
PowerMic II Product Brochure
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Vocabularies
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 VocabulariesDragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Vocabularies
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Vocabularies
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Product Brochure
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Product BrochureDragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Product Brochure
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Product Brochure
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 1 and 2 Feature Comparison
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 1 and 2 Feature ComparisonDragon Medical Practice Edition 1 and 2 Feature Comparison
Dragon Medical Practice Edition 1 and 2 Feature Comparison
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition FAQ's
Dragon Medical Practice Edition FAQ'sDragon Medical Practice Edition FAQ's
Dragon Medical Practice Edition FAQ's
 
Ams Cardiology Case Study
Ams Cardiology Case StudyAms Cardiology Case Study
Ams Cardiology Case Study
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Speciality & Subspecialty Vocabularies
Dragon Medical Practice Edition  Speciality & Subspecialty VocabulariesDragon Medical Practice Edition  Speciality & Subspecialty Vocabularies
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Speciality & Subspecialty Vocabularies
 
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Product Sheet
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Product SheetDragon Medical Practice Edition Product Sheet
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Product Sheet
 
Michigan Cornea Consultants Significantly Reduces Costs And Improves Responsi...
Michigan Cornea Consultants Significantly Reduces Costs And Improves Responsi...Michigan Cornea Consultants Significantly Reduces Costs And Improves Responsi...
Michigan Cornea Consultants Significantly Reduces Costs And Improves Responsi...
 
Optimizing Clinical Productivity White Paper
Optimizing Clinical Productivity White PaperOptimizing Clinical Productivity White Paper
Optimizing Clinical Productivity White Paper
 
Orthopedics Northwest Case Study
Orthopedics Northwest Case StudyOrthopedics Northwest Case Study
Orthopedics Northwest Case Study
 
Rheumatology Consultants Improve Efficiency And Responsiveness To Referring P...
Rheumatology Consultants Improve Efficiency And Responsiveness To Referring P...Rheumatology Consultants Improve Efficiency And Responsiveness To Referring P...
Rheumatology Consultants Improve Efficiency And Responsiveness To Referring P...
 
San Diego Heart & Vascular Associates Case Study
San Diego Heart & Vascular Associates Case StudySan Diego Heart & Vascular Associates Case Study
San Diego Heart & Vascular Associates Case Study
 

Learning Disabilities Dragon Naturally Speaking Whitepaper

  • 1. the experience speaks for itself™ Case study Landmark College Integrates Overview Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® Landmark College is to Help Students with a private, two-year liberal arts institution Learning Disabilities Achieve of higher learning in Academic Success Putney, Vermont, that serves a population CHALLeNge: HeLp StuDeNtS wHo LeArN of approximately 485 DIffereNtLy SuCCeeD IN CoLLege AND tHe students with dyslexia, workforCe attention deficit Landmark College incorporates highly hyperactivity disorder, and accessible educational approaches to other diagnosed learning disabilities. One of the only accredited colleges empower learning disabled students to in the u.s. designed exclusively for students with dyslexia, attention master skills and strategies for success in deficit hyperactivity disorder (ad/Hd), or other specific learning disabilities, Landmark integrates principles of universal design and strategic learning mainstream settings. To that end, the school within a technology-rich, learning-centered environment. Landmark’s strives to integrate assistive technology into faculty and staff provide a high degree of individual attention to students the learning process wherever possible. as they develop self-understanding, self-advocacy, lifelong learning skills, SoLutIoN: DrAgoN ® NAturALLySpeAkINg ®, and the ability to function autonomously in mainstream settings. tHe worLD’S beSt-SeLLINg SpeeCH reCogNItIoN SoftwAre Landmark’s highly accessible educational approaches empower students who learn differently to master skills and strategies necessary for success Dragon NaturallySpeaking enables students in college and the workforce. By strategically integrating assistive with physical disabilities who are unable to technology into the learning process, Landmark’s educators are able to write by hand or use a keyboard to produce provide rich opportunities for student-centered learning. these powerful papers and other assignments simply by technology tools—which include text-to-speech and voice recognition speaking. It also helps students with learning software, note-taking devices and software, and concept mapping disabilities to express themselves in writing programs—support students as they work to overcome a variety of more easily by eliminating reading and learning challenges. spelling concerns that impede their progress. Putting voice recognition to work for students tHe reSuLtS: greAter INDepeNDeNCe, wrItINg eASe AND fLueNCy, remeDIAL Recent advances in voice recognition software and the hardware it runs on reADINg, wrItINg, AND SpeLLINg progreSS have yielded significant increases in performance, accuracy and ease of use. as voice recognition technology matured, Landmark saw its enormous Using Dragon, Landmark College students potential for helping students with learning disabilities. When it came time have been able to achieve greater to select a specific voice recognition software product for its students— independence in their schoolwork; express particularly those in its Language Intensive Curriculum track—Landmark themselves in writing with enhanced ease and fluency; and make marked progress in spelling, reading and writing.
  • 2. Case study DrAgoN NAturALLySpeAkINg – LANDmArk CoLLege College did its homework. the assistive technology team looked take notes for them or to transcribe their papers as they dictate. at several solutions and selected dragon Naturallyspeaking from this approach not only fosters dependence, but it makes it difficult Nuance Communications. for the student to have a sense of the writing flow without having a draft to re-read as each sentence develops. dragon Naturallyspeaking gives users the power to create documents and emails three times faster than most people type Landmark has found voice recognition software to be a valuable —with up to 99% accuracy—just by speaking. With dragon, tool for enabling greater levels of independence and success when students can surf theWeb by voice or dictate and edit in Microsoft it comes to all forms of student writing—from assignments and Word, excel, PowerPoint, and most papers to note taking and email. With dragon, students can talk to other Windows-based applications. dragon also enables the student their computers and watch their spoken words instantly to use voice commands for formatting documents, navigating appear in documents, presentations, email, and instant messages. applications, and locating files on the computer. For greater convenience and mobility, they can also dictate into a Nuance-certified handheld recorder and dragon will automatically taking the time to train dragon pays off in more accurate recognition transcribe the recording when they sync with their PC. results. When a student creates a voice profile, dragon starts with general models of how english is spoken in the us, and adapts to Freeing up cognitive space how that individual speaks (acoustic model) and which words he uses (vocabulary and associated language model). this approach For some Landmark students, getting the first couple of sentences accommodates users with varying accents and speech patterns down on the page can be the most difficult part of the writing and allows users to dictate using natural continuous speech. dragon process. For example, dyslexic students often face reading and regularly refines the user’s profile and employs it to accurately spelling challenges, which present enormous hurdles to written determine the words spoken and to choose between words that expression. difficulties with working memory prevent other students sound alike. every time the user corrects a “misrecognition” dragon from managing more than one aspect of the writing task at a updates his/her voice profile, enabling better recognition accuracy time. as a result, completion of papers, reports, and other writing over time. assignments can be a frustrating and extremely time-consuming endeavor. “When the college was evaluating voice recognition software, dragon Naturallyspeaking’s range of commands and the sensitivity of its dragon Naturallyspeaking frees up cognitive space in the brain to speech recognition engine set it apart from other products,” said jumpstart the writing process, allowing these students to get their Kathy Burris, assistive technology Coordinator and educator at thoughts on the page without worrying about reading and spelling. Landmark College. “Plus, the latest version of the software features as students dictate their thoughts, dragon automatically turns more advanced adaptation techniques and new acoustic models speech into correctly spelled text. Furthermore, dragon’s playback that allow for exceptional coverage of non-native and regional function enables students to hear—rather than read—what they’ve accents. this is important to us since our students come from written, so they can make edits as needed. By listening to their writing, some students become more aware of issues like awkward throughout the u.s. and across the globe.” phrasing or poor sentence structure that require revision. Fostering student independence “a student in our summer program was struggling with his writing— Many Landmark students have disabilities that make it difficult for rushing to get out his thoughts and skipping words he couldn’t them to express themselves in writing. Many may face learning spell—to the point where one of his teachers would have to fill disabilities like dyslexia, which presents decoding and spelling in every fifth word or so in his papers,” said Burris. “after training challenges; dysgraphia, which causes a disconnect between an on dragon for approximately one hour and fifteen minutes, this individual’s thoughts and his ability to transform those thoughts into student was able to go to the computer lab and complete a high written words; or auditory, memory or processing disabilities that quality, six-page paper on Helen Keller in a single evening. this impede organization, outlining and written composition. traditionally, accomplishment really boosted his self-confidence.” such students have depended on parents, teachers, or peers to
  • 3. Case study DrAgoN NAturALLySpeAkINg – LANDmArk CoLLege Serving remedial as well as assistive “We are always trying to make the students aware of dragon and functions what it can do for them,” added Burris. “although we hold demos at new student orientations, on family weekends, in the student studies have shown that voice recognition promotes improved center and dorm lounges, and at meals in the dining halls, interest spelling and word recognition as students watch the words they in dragon spreads via word-of-mouth more than anything else. as speak get transcribed, word by word, on the computer screen. a result, there’s constant demand for individual, cohort, and class Other research validates the technology’s usefulness in increasing training.” writing ease and fluency. Having repeatedly witnessed dragon’s effectiveness as a remedial tool, the educators at Landmark College Having seen what students have been able to accomplish with the can corroborate these findings. help of dragon, Landmark educators are eager to spread the news to other professionals in the field of special education. Burris and “When I asked one of my students—a proficient dragon user—to her associates demonstrate dragon on Professional Visit days; do a dictation demo at an upcoming board meeting, she agreed during off-campus outreach visits at high schools, colleges, and but asked for some review training,” stated Burris. “Noticing my educational conferences; and at summer workshops offered by surprise, the student explained that she had stopped using dragon the Landmark College Institute for Research and training. through for a while. she said that using dragon had actually helped her learn these demos, Landmark seeks to provide an opportunity for other how to spell and put her thoughts together more easily, so she was educators to learn how dragon can be used to facilitate academic no longer dependent on it for the bulk of her papers.” skill development and provide fuller access to educational programs. Helping more than just students “Landmark College acknowledges but does not accept the societal practice of labeling and stigmatizing students who learn differently,” Landmark students are not alone in their enthusiasm about dragon concluded Burris. “Instead, they strive to provide accessible Naturallyspeaking. Many faculty and staff members have become approaches to learning that empower these individuals to exceed avid dragon users, too. One instructor created a dragon voice their aspirations and achieve their full potential. It’s wonderful to profile so she could record her lectures and make them available to see how integrating tools like dragon into the learning process is students with disabilities that impede effective note-taking during changing the lives of students who have been marginalized for so class. Other faculty and staff use dragon to increase the quality and long.” efficiency of their work—from correspondence and email to reports and assessments. “I use dragon all the time,” stated Burris. “shortly after I started © 2009 Nuance Communications, Inc. all rights reserved. Nuance, the Nuance working at Landmark, I was in an accident and lost complete use logo, dragon and Naturallyspeaking are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries in the united states and/or other of my left arm for seven months. Because I couldn’t type, I quickly countries. all other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. learned the ins and outs of dragon so I could take care of the administrative aspects of my job. I’ve been a devoted dragon user ever since.” Breaking down barriers to success today, dragon Naturallyspeaking is ubiquitous at Landmark College. students enrolled in the Language Intensive Curriculum track are required to purchase dragon and install it on their laptops. Other students can choose to buy a personal copy of dragon or they can use the software in the college’s computer lab or dictation rooms. NuaNCE COMMuNiCatiONs, iNC. ONE WaysidE ROad 781 565 5000 BuRliNgtON, Ma 01803 NuaNCE.COM