Comments on: Walking and Talking

By: Shane Lindsay

Shane Lindsay — Thu, 19 May 2005 15:29:48 +0000

The dragon and dictaphone solution might not work so great – dragon is pretty fussy with the quality of the audio source – if it is weak then recognition can drop considerably. I have a usb headset, which has a longish cord, which means I can stand up and walk around a little while dictating. Sometimes I even put the laptop in my rucksack, leaving it on, and walk around dictating into my headset.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 19 May 2005 14:40:53 +0000

Dragon v.8. is pretty good. I used Dragon v.7. for about a month because of a shoulder injury, then abandoned it. V.8. is good enough to use even if you don’t have to. If you’re willing to take the time to train it, it can even handle specialized technical vocabulary.

To avoid being distracted by words appearing on the monitor, I just turn my back.

By: Toivo Holopainen

Toivo Holopainen — Thu, 12 May 2005 06:31:22 +0000

There is very interesting tool for anti-CTS therapy, http://www.powerballs.com/carpal_tunnel_rsi.html

funny gadget, I like it.

By: Lee Hopkins

Lee Hopkins — Tue, 10 May 2005 00:37:53 +0000

I agree with the distraction of watching the words come up. But I also thought of recording via an old recording cassette player I have lying around (thus the creative flex), then running it through the pc and into dragon…

If I get an eval copy again one day I’ll give it another go.

Lee