i support several users with special apps for handicaps.

Jaws (a text reader) reads info off the screen (for a total blind user.. it also can be used to read her keystrokes so she knows when she made a typo.

the app seems slow to me.. but she is one of the more product admin aides in organization..

we also have a user with a voice command software (sorry, i forget the name.. )

Rhu, you are right. it does get trained to one voice, but it is also a learning app, and learns to hear the difference between Aunt and ant after a while.

voice recognition still can either process a limited vocabulrary (One, Two ...Ten) from thousand of users, or a huge vocabulary from one user..

My dear Mr. Bingley, it does almost sound like a pinched nerve in you neck. My ex mother in law, who was a firm beleiver in MD., found when she had a pinched nerve in her neck that a chriropractor actually worked.. accupucture too, might be effective.

what ever you try, please do feel better soon.