On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 21:49 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> [2004 Nov 29 21:03 -0600]: > > > Unfortunately, many specialized apps (voice recognition and child- > > rens popular edutainment games come immediately to mind) don't > > have adequate (or *any*) native corollaries. > > > > Broderbund-type home software (Calendar Creator, Greeting Card > > Creator) also come quickly to mind. > > Point taken, I've never tried anything exotic like voice recognition > abd children's programs aren't on my radar. :-) My uncle uses SR (speech recognition) when "writing". He speaks the paragraphs in while walking around (long cord on the mic :) or laying back thinking. Then he edits it in Word. As for edutainment s/w, we (me and wife) just don't talk about it to the kids, and they aren't terribly interested. My 6.75o son likes xnethack, though. It and wanting to be a spy was what interested him in really learning to read. I'm sure that his teachers wouldn't be impressed that he knows what "corpse", "slay", "thrust", "smite", "bash", etc mean. Oh, and it's also helped him with numbers (how many gold pieces do I have?), too. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives." Rita Rudner
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