solifoundry.blogg.se - Dragon dictate for iphone review

DRAGON DICTATE FOR IPHONE REVIEW HOW TO
DRAGON DICTATE FOR IPHONE REVIEW INSTALL
DRAGON DICTATE FOR IPHONE REVIEW WINDOWS 10

DRAGON DICTATE FOR IPHONE REVIEW HOW TO

That assumes I can learn how to speak or create as fast by using my voice as I do when I am typing. That means if I’m speaking at 100 words per minute, I’m producing significantly more words per hour than if I were typing them. But I know 100 words is roughly one minute of a podcast. My personal sense of this is that I can type approximately 1000 words an hour of nonfiction. Or, the things I don’t know I don’t know yet.

I need to learn to know all the things I don’t know yet.

I’m told I should be able to achieve a 98% accuracy rate after training.

I need to learn the software commands so I can add it to the finish dictation and teach the software to be more efficient and accurate.

I needed to work out a workflow so I know what I will talk about.

There are a few things that I need to do in order to become productive:

Talking to a microphone instead of typing is an interesting change in work behavior.

DRAGON DICTATE FOR IPHONE REVIEW WINDOWS 10

With Parallels running Windows 10 I installed Dragon Naturally Speaking.

DRAGON DICTATE FOR IPHONE REVIEW INSTALL

While there are several options available, I went with software named Parallels.Īfter Parallels was installed, I then had to download and install Windows 10 to run the voice recognition software. To run the Windows version of Dragon Naturally Speaking, it was necessary to first install a virtual machine on my iMac. (I don’t want to enter any conversation about whether Mac or Windows is better but in this case Windows wins any contest.) The Technology I was satisfied this software had developed enough to make it useful, but I took it one step further.Įven though I work on a Mac system, the recommendations were to use the Windows version of this software because the Mac version isn’t as good.

This time around, I did a significant amount of research about the topic, read some author blogs, listened to a few podcasts, and I even purchased an e-book. The software was buggy, and after two weeks of trying to make it work, I gave up. I Have Past Experience With The Mac VersionĪ few years ago, I installed this software on my Mac and it was an unmitigated disaster. My main concern was whether using software such as Dragon Naturally Speaking would increase my word count or whether it would be “one more thing” to complicate my life. I am reading about more and more writers who are struggling with finger and wrist problems and I’d rather not be included in their number. How hard and how dangerous can typing be? Well, when you’re producing over a half-million words a year, the issue is one of repetitive stress injury. When it comes to producing words safely and easily, you may have questions. The main reason I added this software was to increase my word productivity. The Two Reasons I Started Voice Dictation This software allows me to dictate words to a text editor rather than type them using my hands. Before you raise your eyebrow at me, let me be clear I’m talking about Dragon Naturally Speaking the voice software recognition system. A year ago, I added a Dragon to my working repertoire.