Like Having a Secretary in Your PC - New York Times

This app is what opens the universe for quadriplegics. Anything from blogging to making music becomes possible. Right now, the only thing keeping a quadriplegic from being 100% capable of doing photography without having an attendant enter the workflow would be wireless transfer. Once that happens, expect Flickr to be over-run with photos from quadriplegics.

Pogue also points out that:

NatSpeak 9 requires no training at all.

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Microsoft says that Windows Vista, when it makes its debut next year, will come with built-in dictation software.

Apparently, you can get the software for as little as $100 with upgrades for more features.

The "Professional" version, which is what quadriplegics need, costs $900. That seems like a lot, but it really does open up a new world for quadriplegics, so if you know one, take up a collection and buy them a computer capable of running this software and a broadband connection.

Like Having a Secretary in Your PC - New York Times
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