Way OT......Dragon naturally speaking software

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thurlow

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• Nov 9, 2011

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Anybody familiar with software which turns the spoken word into text? I do a lot of typing and am somewhat of a tech junkie; old version can be had for less than 30 bucks and I'm tempted.......

 

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ShepFL

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• Nov 9, 2011

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I have looked and heard good things. I like you just havent jumped yet. Let us know.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Nov 9, 2011

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I don't know about the newer stuff... but wife had something several years ago that you had to read to for several hours to get it programmed.... I couldn't keep a straight tome long enough without laughing to do it...

Honestly tho, how could something like that work with all the different accents, dialects, hairlips, and folks that just can't read?????
If typing is hard for you, that 30 bucks would be better spent on a keyboard with bigger keys.....

 

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Maxx

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• Nov 9, 2011

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Try over $100 for it.

 

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Bill(Wis)

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• Nov 9, 2011

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thurlow

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• Nov 9, 2011

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Typing is not hard; in 1961, when I 'took' typing in HS......'cause I had a free period and there were pretty girls in there.......I could consisently hit 90 wpm, on an old manual Remington; (there were 2 Remingtons in the room and the rest were Royals). Just took an on-line test for fun and without practice, it was 56 wpm.
type fast

 

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dgasper

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• Nov 9, 2011

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I had an older version a few years ago. Got so frustrated with it I gave it away. It's not worth the 30 bucks for sure. Likely the new version is more user friendly.

 

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thurlow

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• Nov 9, 2011

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Whatchee gonna do with all them "Fs" you're stockpiling?

 

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Mike (WA)

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• Nov 9, 2011

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I've heard its OK for normal conversational type stuff- but its pretty lame for anything with technical jargon, legal terms, big words or for folks with large vocabularies.

The "old" version is bound to be more frustrating than the newer versions- there's a reason that they're going for 30 bucks. . .

 

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PJH

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• Nov 9, 2011

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I can work morse code faster than I can type, and with fewer mistakes.

I need an "oiler" to watch the screen for me so I will know when I've accidentally hit the CAPS LOCK BUTTON. . .

 

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Mike M

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• Nov 9, 2011

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Funny thing is I can read and understand all you wrote.

I don't know why so many here are on a spelling and grammer high horse ?

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Nov 9, 2011

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I actually had it, (voice recognition technology) on a radio, in a rented truck, a while back. It was like a computer that recognized radio stations, all you had to do was say country music, you just said country music, or the radio station's call sign. It got so that that truck could tell what I wanted to do, and when. I had to get rid of it, though, it was getting smart with me. When somebody cut me off in traffic, one day, I yelled out stupid M-----F-----!, and the goldurned computer changed the station, to an external_link speech!

 

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Bill(Wis)

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• Nov 9, 2011

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you just wait

 

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Bill(Wis)

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• Nov 9, 2011

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When I went to High School, 9 weeks of typing was mandatory. We had old Remingtons. Miss Knudsen was the teacher. About 65 years old and wore her white hair up in a "bun" with big heavy shoes and a dress made out of a feedsack. She used an old wind up Victrola to play John Phillip Sousa records and demanded that we type in time to the music. Well, the old spring in that Victrola was getting pretty weak and it would start to run down when she was toward the back of the room supervising over us and tapping out the rhythm with her 18" ruler. She would suddenly realize that the tempo was way too slow and run headlong for the front of the room to get things cranked up again. Clump, clump, clump.

 

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nontypical

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• Nov 9, 2011

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If you have Windows 7 or Vista operating system, you may already have Window"s version of this program. To access this go to Start, Programs, Accessories, Ease of Access, and Window"s Speech Recognition. Give it a try, there is a learning curve.

 

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Mike (WA)

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• Nov 9, 2011

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We had Mrs. Murphy. Not a bad teacher, but had some mannerisms that were annoying. She blinked her eyes rapidly, like a toad in a hailstorm. The more excited she got, the faster she blinked.

I can still hear her. "All right, fingers on the home keys, (blink, blink) feet flat on the floor, eyes on copy, (blink, blink) ready, TYPE!"

 

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Abbeyfield

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• Nov 9, 2011

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Have used Dragon Naturally Speaking for years, now using DNS 10, but DNS 11 has been available for a year or more. Has many good features. Training takes 15 or 20 minutes, and you make a personal 'user profile' that works with your particular voice and speech patterns. Ability to use keyboard now and then is a plus. I do all my Internet browsing, email, records, general spreadsheets and so on. The various editions make some improvements on recognition, but (look at the ads) most upgrades have to do with medical vocabulary, formatting for college thesises and other customizing for specialty uses. Check the nuance.com website, but I think the company still offers support for DNS 9,10 and 11, but versions 8 and before are no longer supported.

 

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Cliff Nelson

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• Nov 9, 2011

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My daughter has 3 year old version and uses it all the time for college. She is very satisfied with it. I helped her install and if I remember didn't take very long. The newer versions should be better and I would watch out on older versions for compatibility with latest operating systems.

 

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BCnT

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• Nov 10, 2011

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i havent found a new or old version yet that speaks Texanese