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Using voice dictation
This is an experiment to see whether I can use Dragon naturally speaking on Livejournal. It's still getting used to my voice at present, but it seems to be getting the basic idea. It's making a good guess at what I want to say, and it appears to get it correct most of the time. I'm using the auto punctuation feature which allows it to insert the commas and full stops for me. It appears to be a reasonably accurate at this, although I were writing a book I would do the punctuation myself.
Julia is now looking over my shoulder, and she is looking to see if the auto punctuation feature works correctly. I think it is. All these full stops and commas in this paragraph have been correctly inserted.
It appears to have got confused with the select feature although I'm not quite sure why. It appears to have missed the comma in the previous sentenceas there clearly should be a comma after the word feature.
This is going to take a little bit of getting used to. I am having to correct a few sentences manually, as I haven't yet got the hang of making corrections.
Over all, I believe it could be extremely useful. It's certainly easier than typing. Even when I have to make corrections. I need to consider how long I pause during speaking when I'm using the auto punctuation feature as it appears to want to start a new sentence, if I pause too long. However, it makes educated guesses regarding where, is ought to be, for instance it correctly placed one after, however, in the previous sentence. On the other hand, it failed to guess that I wanted a new sentence, beginning with 'for instance'.
This version of Dragon is significantly better than the version I had previously. It is much faster, it has a better vocabulary, and it seems a lot better at recognizing my voice. Not only that, but when it makes mistakes, it is much better at correcting them. Especially when I'm doing something reasonably conversational, such as chatting on LiveJournal, I suspect I will be able to use this without over-straining my voice.
Let me put it this way, if you have any kind of problems with typing, then I would seriously recommend looking at Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I've only been using this for half an hour, and I'm in love with it already. Wait and see what I can do when I've actually read all the instructions!
Julia is now looking over my shoulder, and she is looking to see if the auto punctuation feature works correctly. I think it is. All these full stops and commas in this paragraph have been correctly inserted.
It appears to have got confused with the select feature although I'm not quite sure why. It appears to have missed the comma in the previous sentenceas there clearly should be a comma after the word feature.
This is going to take a little bit of getting used to. I am having to correct a few sentences manually, as I haven't yet got the hang of making corrections.
Over all, I believe it could be extremely useful. It's certainly easier than typing. Even when I have to make corrections. I need to consider how long I pause during speaking when I'm using the auto punctuation feature as it appears to want to start a new sentence, if I pause too long. However, it makes educated guesses regarding where, is ought to be, for instance it correctly placed one after, however, in the previous sentence. On the other hand, it failed to guess that I wanted a new sentence, beginning with 'for instance'.
This version of Dragon is significantly better than the version I had previously. It is much faster, it has a better vocabulary, and it seems a lot better at recognizing my voice. Not only that, but when it makes mistakes, it is much better at correcting them. Especially when I'm doing something reasonably conversational, such as chatting on LiveJournal, I suspect I will be able to use this without over-straining my voice.
Let me put it this way, if you have any kind of problems with typing, then I would seriously recommend looking at Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I've only been using this for half an hour, and I'm in love with it already. Wait and see what I can do when I've actually read all the instructions!