Friday, August 15, 2008

Talking With Dragons

This is a quick one!

Two weeks ago I bought a voice-to-text software tool called Dragon-Naturally Speaking (v9). And in those two weeks I have become a walking talking advertisement for it. This is the smartest piece of software I have ever seen. Not only does it recognize what I am saying with amazing accuracy, it learns and corrects itself each time. The only real problem I have had so far is when Joe and I are working on the book in Starbucks, the background noise, chatter and music confuses it somewhat - so the editing gets a little hard. But at home, the Dragon is close to flawless. Best of all I got it at Staples for $50 after rebate! This is a writer's dream come true.

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