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[figment]

I'm finally trying out Dragon dictate. Although it has some problems, I find I'm really liking it. It's certainly much easier to dictate than it is to type 1-handed!

Comments

[gunn.livejournal.com]

What's Dragon Dictate?

[talkswithwind]

A speech-recognition software. Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the Cadillac version of it, and IIRC David Webber uses it to write all of his novels.

[birdfigment.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what he said. It's really helpful for people who have disabilities were even people who are temporarily partially disabled, like yours truly.

[gunn.livejournal.com]

Right. Is it free or something you invested in?

[birdfigment.livejournal.com]

Alas, it costs money. I am trying it for free but it will cost me at least $100 in a few days when the trial runs out.

[katana-girl.livejournal.com]

You should talk to your IT department. They should have a few licenses floating around to deal with students who have carpal tunnel and such.

[birdfigment.livejournal.com]

I actually got the trial version from the Assistive Technology Specialist - and he told me about buying it - I guess AU can get a discount but doesn't have any licenses. It's okay. My department will buy it; it won't come out of my pocket.

[nicholay.livejournal.com]

Ok I'm a bad person. I immediately thought of other reasons why someone might want to type one-handed.

Naughty!

[princeaeneas.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll bite. What's Dragon dictate?

[princeaeneas.livejournal.com]

Nevermind. Why did it look like you had no comments on this one until I posted mine?

[ms-curmudge0n.livejournal.com]

I doubt I could have written my dissertation without Dragon - I think my wrists would have broken!

Two suggestions - if you like it and decide to buy, DO NOT buy it from Nuance directly (I was able to pick up a copy from buy.com for $50 or so, and Nuance has customer "service"); make sure you let the language optimizer thing run overnight fairly frequently. It takes a long time, but really does improve recognition.