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    Naturally Speaking

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by TravisBean, Sep 6, 2008.

  1. TravisBean

    TravisBean Notebook Evangelist

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    Can anybody tell me if the latest version of Dragons Naturally Speaking works as advertised, I want to write the next Great American Novel, but my typing stinks, my spelling isn't much better and I'm just too darn lazy ?!
     
    TravisBean, Sep 6, 2008
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  2. Lencias

    Lencias Notebook Consultant

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    Looks like your grammars alright though :)
    Maybe writing wasn't meant for you? XP
    Just make sure you don't have a cold or anything when you first train it and you'll be fine - I did, and I had to retrain it multiple times :(
     
    Lencias, Sep 6, 2008
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  3. swarmer

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    If you have Vista, you may also want to try out the built-in speech recognition.
     
    swarmer, Sep 6, 2008
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    I've been using DNS for many years. I'm not lazy and I'm good at typing, but I was having wrist and back pain, I think it was carpal tunnel. Anyway, DNS is fantastic. I started with the 7th edition and now I'm about to get DNS 10. It's very accurate--much more than Widows speech-recognition. But still, it makes mistakes and you do need to check the text. For instance, if you say 'effect', DNS might understand 'affect'; but the cool thing is that DNS can "read" your files and adapt to them and to your words.

    Word of advice though, if you want to be a writer, you need to learn how to spell. Buy a dictionary first and then buy DNS.
     
    octavia, Sep 7, 2008
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