Speech Recognition

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Speech Recognition

• Is Speech Recognition a Curriculum Consideration
  for Business Educators?

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Background

• Manual typewriters to electric
• Memory typewriters to computers
• DragonNaturallySpeaking for people with
  disabilities
• New version of DNS is 140 wpm at 95 accuracy

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NBEA Policy Statement 73

• Business educators should ...take the lead in
  using, teaching, and integrating computer-input
  technologies into the curriculum.

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Introductory Voice Recognition Courses

• Mesa and Pueblo Community Colleges, Arizona
• Santa Rosa Junior College
• Chaffey Community College
• Linn-Benton Community College, Oregon

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Why Speech Recognition?

• A training explosion!
• Increased productivity!
• Consequences of inaction!
• Karl Barksdale of Google Corporation has
  provided many workshops and is considered a
  leading expert on VISTA Speech Recognition

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Key TakeAways from Karl

• Workshops take 3.5 hours
• Software performs smoothly and accurately
• Teachers learned quickly
• Teachers demonstrated a high level of accuracy
  from the start
• Correction techniques are easy to teach
• Teaching speech dictionaries is easy
• Core training materials includes 41 pages of
  practice exercises

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Software Available

• Microsoft VISTA contains Speech Recognition
  comparable to Dragon
• Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Preferred (est.
  165)
• Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard (est. 90)
  
• MacSpeech iListen 1.7 with Pro Xpress USB
  Headset/Microphone (est. 180)

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Recommendations

• Begin developing course outlines
• Be prepared for new computer labs with VISTA
  installed
• Be a leader in speech recognition

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Committee

• Bennett, Carole, Santa Rosa Junior College, Chair
  
• Barksdale, Karl, Google Corporation
• Clark, Lyn, Los Angeles Pierce College
• Foster, Judy, Diablo Valley Community College
• Groth, Christine, Modesto Community College
• Noe, Nancy, Linn-Benton Community College in
  Oregon
• O'Connor, Karen, Cerro Coso Community College
• Osgood, Joanne, Chaffey Community College
• Thompson, Jane, Solano Community College

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Sample Course Outlines

• BOT 73.30 Speech Recognition, Santa Rosa Junior
  College.
• BPC123 Introduction to Speech Recognition, Mesa
  Community College.
• CIS 107 Voice Recognition Dragon, Pueblo
  Community College.

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Sample Course Outlines

• Syllabus Voice Recognition,
  Linn-Benton Community College.
• CAOT66 Voice Recognition Software for Computer
  Input, Pearce Community College
• CAOT71 Voice Recognition Software with Document
  Applications, Pearce Community College

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Thanks!

• Thanks to the Business Education Statewide
  Advisory Committee for asking us to do this study!