I have something really exciting to share. I like to do a lot of writing as you may have already guessed but I found over the years that typing and speaking are two different things. Often when I speak I\u2019m more creative than when I type, that things just come out better when I speak.<\/p>\n
Years ago I saw that Windows had a natural language recognition function. I tried that out with a lot of anticipation, hoping it would work. But it didn\u2019t. I spent more time correcting its mistakes than I would have if I just typed it. So it didn\u2019t take long for me to abandon it.<\/p>\n
But a couple of weeks ago in OfficeMax I saw this software that other people have said worked really well. The name of the software is Dragon Naturally Speaking. It\u2019s published by Nuance. I was going to buy it from the local OfficeMax. It was on sale. But they didn\u2019t have any in stock. They offered to order it for me but I said, \u201cNo, that\u2019s okay. It was an impulse buy anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
But last week over the Thanksgiving break we were in Fort Collins, Colorado with her daughter. And we needed to make an OfficeMax run to pick up a wireless router and ink for her printer. And while there I just checked to see if they had Dragon. They did. But they were selling it at the full retail price. I checked online and Nuance was selling it at a $50 discount. I asked the sales guy if he would give me the discount and he said he would. So I got it for $50 off.<\/p>\n
I had no idea how well it would work and it wasn\u2019t until I got home and installed it on my desktop computer that I was able to give it a try. In a word, it is \u201cextraordinary!\u201d This morning I tried it out for the first time. I dictated about three pages into Microsoft Word. I threw some pretty tough words had it and it handled them flawlessly. I\u2019m dictating now and watching what comes up and it hasn\u2019t made a mistake yet. So I\u2019m impressed.<\/p>\n
So, if you\u2019re like me and find it easier to talk than type, I wholeheartedly recommend Dragon. It is a phenomenal piece of software, better even than Siri.<\/p>\n
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