Fall back to other OS land... just for now, I hope

[NoOp]

On 06/04/2008 04:24 PM, Brian Lunergan wrote:
> Greetings all:
> 
> Found I had to return to the holdings of Lord William of Redmond for now. 
> There are disability issues behind that move that make extended keyboard 
> time difficult and sometimes downright painful. On this side of the pond it 
> tends to be labelled with the oversimplification of repetitive strain 
> injury. Any Brits on the list may have heard it referred to as 'work 
> related upper limb disorder."
> 
> I would like to try Ubuntu/Kubuntu again but I have some questions I need 
> answers to so conclusions can be drawn.
> 
> 1) When I did try this first time it appears text to speech is well 
> covered. That's not my problem. Heresy though it may be to want to use 
> Linux but not be in love with the CLI approach to doing things, I need 
> speech to text options for the time when mouse and microphone may be more 
> functional input devices than the keyboard. XP has software such as the 
> Dragon Naturally Speaking series. Is there anything similar for Linux in 
> general, and Ubuntu in particular?
> 
> 2) On the off-chance a mixed setup is more practical, is this Wubi 
> installer available in both Ubuntu and Kubuntu? Is it stable to use or 
> should I be thinking of a more conventional dual boot setup? Object being 
> to use XP with speech rec capability and the things XP does well, and Linux 
> for when keyboard (if speech rec is not available for Linux) is workable.
> 
> Regards...


https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/27614
[Speech to text converter in ubuntu]

In addition, you can install XP using VirtualBox and try using Dragon
Naturally Speaking.

<http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=24465&sid=aeada403cb3320dacaeaf0e2df676fc8>