Debilitated Friend Needs a Mac-Based Voice Activator- Know of Any? HELP!
A dear friend of mine is struggling through her husband’s illness that leaves him unable to use his hands or move much at all. His employer has been very understanding and allows him to work (as a software programmer) from home. NOW, the problem is that the software application that is voice activated (allowing him to work hands-free) is PC-based but the hardware he programs on is MAC-based.
If ANYONE knows of a mac-based voice activation program, please please let me know so I can pass the word along. Like I said, she’s a dear friend of mine and solving this problem on the checklist would ease their situation. HELP!
January 10th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
http://www.macspeech.com/
Not a mac user myself, so can’t say if it’s any good.
January 10th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Thanks, Athol- I’ll pass that along. Do you know of any alternatives in case that doesn’t fit their needs (for some reason?- I’m so not techie, I have no freakin’ clue)?
January 10th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Inoffensive answer: Sorry Lani, it’s a Mac, so I have no idea.
Offensive answer: Some sort of trained Reeses Monkey like Homer got on the Simpsons episode where he got super fat to become able to claim disablity.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
nice. I can always count on you, Athol
January 10th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Coach LeClair when he was at ECU fell to ALS.
They hooked him up with a computer where he could do emails, write blog posts and play golf on his computer which I think was a Mac as well. I am not sure what program they used, but the way his worked, he could somehow look at the screen and it would type. I know your friend doesn’t need this advanced type of equipment, but you might could find out who the distributor was by contacting either Gary Overton or Terry Holland over at East Carolina.
Just go to http://www.ecu.edu and click on the email search and they should be in there.
Both of those men are famous, Overton is the former baseball coach and Holland the former basketball coach at UVA during the year when UVA was #1 in the nation and got beat by Chamaeleon.
They usually respond so… it’s worth a try. If they do not know, maybe they can get you in touch with Lynn LeClair and she can help you find what you may need.
If they don’t know, look up the address for the Catfish Hunter ALS site and see if Helen Hunter is listed anywhere on there. Ms. Helen is like a second mom to me. She and her group were the ones who helped Coach LeClair get the stuff he needed, so I am sure they can point you in the right direction on where to find all that stuff.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Thanks, Derek!