I like putting my feet up. What this means is that whenever I’m sitting at the computer, which is pretty much most of the day, I usually have my feet up on my desk or on my chair or generally anywhere else except on the floor where they should be.
So when I found the Dragon NaturallySpeaking software and started using it as of today, I immediately hugged the box it came in. Well I didn’t actually hug the box but I would have if nobody was looking. What this means is that I can now put my feet up all the time as now I can just talk into my computer and it does everything I want it to.
Maybe I’m exaggerating a bit, as it doesn’t do everything and since I have only been using the software since this morning I still haven’t figured out everything it can do yet.
I am writing this blog post using my headset and nothing else. As I am speaking into the microphone the text automatically prints on my screen. I am typing this into Microsoft Word however you can also use it to talk directly into your favorite blog, e-mail account, or just about any other program.
It can actually get quite annoying at times when it doesn’t interpret your words correctly but I am working on it. You can train it to recognize your words and the more you do this the better it will get.
At the moment I’m having a bit of fun with it but it will be interesting to see if it becomes a major part of my computing life.
You can purchase a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking at Amazon
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I know this post is over a year old BUT I have recently found your blog and am going through some of the older posts (often find the gems there) and wanted to ask some questions about this software.
One year on – do you still use it? How do you find it? I’m an Aussie as well and wondered how it dealt with your accent. Would you still recommend it? Would you consider doing an update on your findings as a future -I’m sure others would be interested in finding out if this is worth adding to the blogging arsenal.
No I haven’t used it for a while but it’s funny because I found the disk the other day for it and thought that I should give it a go again.
I would definitely recommend it as it worked quite well. The only thing is that you have to spend time working on it to get it to recognize your voice. Once that is done you’ll find that it becomes easier and easier to use.
If I do get around to using it again, I will definitely write up a new post about it.