Helping the Differently-Abled With Transcription

Transcription is the service of converting speechmovement of hand and have difficulty writing
into an electronic or written format. Thesetheir assignments and examinations can use the
services are used mainly for legal, medical, andspeech recognition technology.
business purposes. The common practice in thisThis software helps the differently-abled students
business is to transcribe the speech into a file onin classroom study by helping them take notes,
computer to print as a text file document.prepare for tests and term papers and
The transcription service is used to help thecommunicate during the lecture.
differently-abled people especially students.The transcription service that caters to majorly
Differently-abled students count on technology toto the fields of medical, law, business and
assist them in improving their educational level.education help differently-abled people by providing
One such technology is the voice transcriptionthem to work from home. Working from home is
software. Earlier, these students had problems inthe most preferred form of work by people who
expressing their ideas, questions and thoughts inare differently-abled. Medical transcription is the
the class and had to be content with the notes ofmost preferred option in such cases.
their fellow classmates. Many differently-abledThis job has certain initial demands such as training
students had to skip some classes due to medicalfor the job, finding the job but once the person
limitations. The Natural Language Processinghas crossed the initial levels, the job of medical
advancement assists them to raise their classtranscription is pretty much of a comfort. The job
performance levels and live their dreams with therequires looks into certain factors but for a
help of the technology of speech recognition.differently-abled person, the factors just extend a
Through the Natural Language Processing (NLP),little more. Their ability to work, the impact of
human input is fed into a computer, which thentheir disability on their work performance and their
manipulates the program. NLP requires a largeability to work in minimum or no supervision are
database and it can serve information based onmatters of huge concern.
the commands either voiced or typed. TheMany differently-abled people require special
software can be customized to distinguish certainsoftware to carry out their jobs without any
texts and words in a desired indent.hindrance. Voice recognition software is a great
The voice transcription software makes use ofhelp here for those whose disability bars them
the technology of speech recognition to processfrom typing. The technology is getting more and
the fed speech or material. The differently-abledmore common these days, as the job requires a
students can make use of this software for twolot of training including getting oneself acquainted
major purposes. Firstly, the students can recordwith the medical terminology, transcription skills
the lecture in the classroom and use the recordingand format process. There are online training
later for assignments, homework and studyingprograms for the differently-abled to learn at their
and secondly, students who have restrictedown pace.