March 2008 NGTVoice

NGT at CSUN Conference
Revolabs X-Tag Wireless Microphon e
New Staff Member at NGT, Inc.
J-Say Pro 6.01
GN 9350 Wireless Microphone for Computer and Telephone
Ready Boost-Part of Windows Vista
NGT, Inc. Receives Nuance Communications Award

NGT at CSUN Conference

Next Generation Technologies, Inc. will be attending this year's Cal State University at Northridge Conference on Technologies and Persons with Disabilities (CSUN). We have several exciting events planned for this conference which will occur the week of March 10 in Los Angeles, California. On March 10 and 11 we will be holding our third annual J-Say Pro Training Class at the Renaissance Montura Hotel. This class is designed to provide a complete hands-on training program for both end-users and assistive technology professionals.

In addition, we will be hosting Booth 365 in the main Exhibit Hall at the Marriott Hotel LAX. The booth will be staffed by personnel from NGT, Inc. and T&T Consultancy. We will be demonstrating and discussing a broad range of assistive technologies including the full J-Ware product line from T&T Consultancy (including: J-Say Pro, J-Days, J-Vist, J-Tunes, and Say Magic-an exciting new technology providing interoperability between Nuance Communications Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional and Freedom Scientific Magic).

Finally, President and CEO Edward S. Rosenthal will be co-presenting with Sue Martin, 508 Analyst-Veterans Administration on Thursday, March 13 at 9:20 a.m. in the St. Louis room of the Marriott Hotel. The presentation entitled "Scripting J-Say for Expanded Access" will provide a basic and intermediate level presentation on writing new scripts/macros for Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional to provide expanded opportunities for people with disabilities using the J-Say Pro 6 technology.

Revolabs X-Tag Wireless Microphone

For years we have been hoping for a lapel or clip on microphone that would work well with the Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech input software (as well as other speech input and VoIP applications). A new technology from Revolabs (Burlington Massachusetts) called x-Tag has finally delivered on this promise. I have been using the x-Tag microphone as my main input device for speech input for approximately 1 month. While generally a headset microphone provides optimized accuracy, the form factor of the x-Tag microphone is quite compelling and, I have been wearing it around my neck on a lanyard which I find comparable and unobtrusive. It also provides an ear bud speaker that can be plugged in for private two-way broadcast. The base-station or receiver draws power from the USB port so there is no need for AC power. We're very pleased with this device which costs $249.00.

New Staff Member at NGT, Inc.

We are pleased to announce that NGT, Inc. has recently added to staff. Our new staff member, Dr. Jill E. Rosenthal, has extensive experience in the vocational rehabilitation field, is a licensed clinical psychologist, and has broad experience with assistive technologies as well.

J-Say Pro 6.01

T&T Consultancy recently released the latest in the J-Say Pro product line, version 6.01. This compatibility release provides functionality on the Windows Vista operating system and supports Office 2007. With a new installation process, expanded Configuration Wizard, and a number of other new features we believe that this is the best J-Say Pro yet. In addition to this compatibility version being released in February, it is expected that T&T Consultancy will release a 'Feature Pack' in May 2008 which will provide a broad range of new features and functionality. This Feature Pack will be free to all J-Say Pro 6.01 users and will be available by download. And you may contact our J-Ware product specialist, Pace Arko, if you have additional questions.

GN/Jabra 9350 Wireless Microphone for Computer and Telephone

Late last year, GN Jabra (formerly known as GN Netcom) introduced a new wireless microphone that provides seamless interoperability for use with telephone and computer applications. We have used this microphone for a number of clients wishing for combined access to the telephone when using Dragon NaturallySpeaking and other speech input software. They have all reported good success, and we've been very pleased with the general accuracy, ease-of-use, and fit and finish. In addition, with the optional handset lifter one can answer the phone remotely for improved productivity and mobility. This microphone works with most telephone systems and connects to the PC through a USB connection. The device has a list price of $349.00, but discounts are available.

Ready Boost Part of Windows Vista

Have you ever wished that your computer had additional RAM? Did you know that Windows Vista contains a feature called Ready Boost, which allows one to use a removable flash device to expand system RAM? This feature introduced in Windows Vista has been little reported, and therefore underused. Here's some general information from the Windows Vista help files:

Windows ReadyBoost can use storage space on some removable media devices, such as USB flash drives, to speed up your computer. When you insert a device with this capability, the AutoPlay dialog will offer you the option to speed up your system using Windows ReadyBoost. If you select this option, you can then choose how much memory to use for this purpose. However, there are some situations where you may not be able to use all of the memory on your storage device to speed up your computer.

Some universal serial bus (USB) storage devices contain both slow and fast flash memory, and Windows can only use fast flash memory to speed up your computer. So if your device contains both slow and fast memory, keep in mind that you can only use the fast memory portion for this purpose. The recommended amount of memory to use for ReadyBoost acceleration is one to three times the amount of random access memory (RAM) installed in your computer. For instance, if your computer has 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM and you plug in a 4 gigabyte (GB) USB flash drive, setting aside from 512MB to 1.5GB of that drive will offer the best performance boost.

NGT, Inc. Receives Nuance Communications Award

We are pleased to announce that Next Generation Technologies Inc. receive the Nuance Communications Strategic Partner of the Year-2007 award for the western United States region. This Award was presented to President and CEO Edward S. Rosenthal at the recent Partner Summit Held That the Nuance Communications Corporate Offices in Burlington, Massachusetts. We are gratified to be recognized for our years of service and dedication, and would be remiss if we did not take this opportunity to thank our many clients and customers for their continued support.

Without you this would not have been possible, and we will continue to provide the best in products and services moving forward.

– Ed. Rosenthal and the team at NGT.

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