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Category: Voice Recognition Software

Dragon Naturally Speaking Gives Sore Hands a Break

Voice recognition programs, such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the PC and Dragon Dictate 2.0 for the Mac, can be heaven-sent if you’re struggling with repetitive stress injuries such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. This software is affordable (less than $100 for the PC version and less than $150 for the Mac version) enough for home use,…

Writing Fiction with Voice Recognition Software?

As I’ve written about numerous times, voice recognition software can be a great way to give your hands a break.  When you think of computer-related RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, you might imagine programmers and web designers as the primary victims, but we writers pound away at the keyboard a lot too.  While I’m a…

7 Signs It’s Time to Try Voice Recognition Software

It took me a while to get used to the idea of “typing” with voice recognition software.  When I ordered Dragon Naturally Speaking (the most popular Windows-based software), I didn’t have a lot of money to spare, so it wasn’t an easy decision.  Also, I was afraid I’d sound stupid talking to the computer (I…

Dragon Naturally Speaking Growing in Popularity as Productivity Tool

When I originally bought Dragon NaturallySpeaking (perhaps the most well known voice recognition software for the PC), I picked it up because I was having so much trouble with RSI (pain in my hands) that I couldn’t work at the computer for more than an hour or so without having to quit for the day. …

Microphones for Voice Recognition Software

Which microphones are best for dictation software?  Anyone who’s used voice recognition knows how important it is to have a quality mic for good results.  I’../2004/07/plantronics_dsp.html”>Plantronics DSP 500 that I bought and did a review on over a year ago.  If you are wondering what other people like, over at Applelinks, Charles Moore–a Mac user…

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Article

If you’re thinking about voice recognition software to give your hands a break, here’s a recent article on Dragon NaturallySpeaking (the program I use): “Innovations: This Dragon responds — with a little training”  It just covers the basics, but if you’re new to voice recognition, it’s a place to start. “Dragon NaturallySpeaking is an add-on…

Voice Recognition Software Reviews

I’ve been somewhat reluctant to do reviews on the voice recognition software systems I’ve used (IBM Via Voice and Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7.0), mostly because I’ve used this stuff long enough that it’s hard for me to give the prespective of someone trying to learn it from scratch.  I admit that even with experience I still…

SpeakToText, New Voice Recognition Software

A recent press release from CoolSoft LLC introduces SpeakToText v 2.0, its “flagship voice recognition software.”  From the description, it doesn’t sound different from anything that’s on the market: “SpeakToText 2.0 is a speech to text software solution that allows users to dictate text and copy it to almost any application, including most popular chat…

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 FAQ

In an article NatSpeak 8 FAQ’s, columnist David Pogue answers some frequently asked questions related to the newest version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Apparently, there’s also a NaturallySpeaking 8 review that he wrote online at the New York Times, but I make a habit of not subscribing to pages that require subscriptions. I got to the…

iListen: Voice Recognition for the Mac

I’m not a Mac user, but I’m sure there are those out there who are curious what sort of voice recognition software is available for the Mac. iListen, a recently updated Mac-only voice recognition software application, is available for between $100-$150. iListen looks like it’s basically the Mac version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It also has…

Voice Recognition Software, Improve Your Recognition

I’ve been using voice recognition software for about two years now. First IBM ViaVoice, then Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Now, I wouldn’t say my recognition is perfect (especially when writing fiction), but it has improved to the point where I can get a page’s worth of text down faster with Dragon than by typing (and I type…

Dragon NaturallySpeaking MS Word Tip

I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking for most of the writing and editing I do in MS Word. When I’m trying to jump to a specific word in the text, for example cat, I’ll say, “select cat”. Somehow, it seems that at least half the time there’s another instance of the word “cat” on the screen, and…

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