Speech to text?

At the elementary level, we have several students who have difficulty writing and typing their thoughts. So, how do you get them to use what they know--speaking--and put that into written form? How about Microsoft's speech to text tool? Of course, there are lots of apps like Dragon that are free and do this same task. However, those only work on tablets/phones. What if you need a desktop solution? Most other solutions cost money. However, Microsoft's comes standard with Windows XP and above. It's not perfect, but it is a good solution.

Check it out!: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Set-up-Speech-Recognition