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Hey Y'all, Last time I was timed, I typed 3 words per minute. I'm not bragging, but I think I may be up to 3.5 by now.
Has anyone recently tried voice recognition software? Dragon Naturally Speaking seems to dominate the market. The newest version is 9. The preferred version allows you to attach other digital devices to your computer, and download the records you select. I have a pretty severe problem with Adult ADD. If any of you deal with ADD, you know your thoughts are fleeting, and the best idea you've ever had disappears within 2 seconds. I do my most creative, out of the box thinking, while I'm driving. More importantly, that's when I usually remember a customer's project that's lost in paper work. I have too much respect for human life to drive with a pen and notebook, trying to write down every thought I have. Regardless, I'm buying a digital voice recorder.
In 1974, I took two days of typing, and quickly realized I'd never need it. Everyone knew only secretaries typed. I'm still wiping the poo off my face. Here I am, making a living with a keyboard. Signs don't take that much time, but I find myself having to type more often. Today, my project is an answer to a divorce complaint. My wife has a very vivid imagination, but luckily, the complaint is still a little shorter than the Bible.
I'm sure there's good and bad experiences, but I need to find a solution. The average typist is 40wpm, but most people speak 120 wpm. I'm not around a calculator, but that's probably around 35X faster than I'm doing now. I'm going to edit, whether it's me or a software program.
Any experiences?
Thanks, Tim Borden
[ August 12, 2007, 10:47 AM: Message edited by: Tim Borden ]
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I just bought it last week. Haven't opened it yet, but plan to test it out in my posts here.
Next I want to start my book, an auto-biography of what a nothing-to-write-home-about life would look like if it was written about by an embellishing, self delusional story teller type.
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I spent a weekend playing around with the speech recognition that is included with Windows XP. I found it to work fairly well and the longer you use it the more accurate it becomes.
It is not activated by default, but a quick look in the Windows help file will explain how to activate and use it.
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Eight years ago I experimented for half a day with a similar program, and found I spent about as long editing it, than if I'd typed it to begin with- this was after spending time teaching it to work properly. Some of the things it invented were quite amusing!
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