Book writing with speech recognition software
George Hammond
THE
SCIENTIFIC
PROOF OF GOD
Today I saw a television ad offering DRAGON NATURALLY
SPEAKING 10, for half price. This is a speech recognition
typing program which usually sells for $100.
Has anybody here ever used this program to dictate a book?
Do you think I could dictate at least a rough draft, of my
book using speech recognition? For $50 it sounds like a
bargain since it is a very well known brand of up to date
hi-tech software.
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Zomby Woof
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I haven't used Dragon, but my laptop with Vista came with Windows Speech
Recognition which I used to write a screenplay.
It was incredible...not having to pause your brain to wait for your fingers
to catch up.
ZW
George Hammond
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>>I am a physicist writing a book entitled:
>>
>> THE
>> SCIENTIFIC
>> PROOF OF GOD
>>
>> Today I saw a television ad offering DRAGON NATURALLY
>> SPEAKING 10, for half price. This is a speech recognition
>> typing program which usually sells for $100.
>> Has anybody here ever used this program to dictate a book?
>> Do you think I could dictate at least a rough draft, of my
>> book using speech recognition? For $50 it sounds like a
>> bargain since it is a very well known brand of up to date
>> hi-tech software.
>
>I haven't used Dragon, but my laptop with Vista came with Windows Speech
>Recognition which I used to write a screenplay.
>
>It was incredible...not having to pause your brain to wait for your fingers
>to catch up.
[GH]
What happens if you talk too fast?
does it make a lot of errors?
I ordered Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 from Amazon and
waiting for it to arrive by mail.
By the way what make of processor is in your computer?
My computer has an AMD 3400+ processor.... which I think is
just barely big enough to run Dragon?
Do you think speech recognition is a magic cure for
"writer's fatigue"?
Zomby Woof
The program is fast...was never a problem. Cool to watch a sentence complete
itself after you've finished speaking. There's an introduction to go through
where it learns your voice. My kids can't use it. Not that I wouldn't want
them to, but I'm it's master. They speak, and it spews gobbledygook. Once it
starts to learn your style, it's like a 3rd arm. It knows what to do, such
as, uses the correct version of "their" ( or "there", or "they're"), where
necessary.
Will it beat fatigue? By eliminating having to go back and correct spelling
mistakes, and letting your brain concentrate on writing...as opposed to
typing...fer sure.
ZW
George Hammond
[Hammond]
Thanks for the info. My copy of Dragon N.S.-10 has been
shipped from Dover N.H. to me in MA via UPS, so I should get
it on Tuesday the 8th after Labor Day.
I'll let you know how I make out. I may have to add some
more memory... no big problem. I just hope the AMD 3400+
processor has enough muscle to tame the Dragon, and I hope I
don't keep the neighbors up talking to my computer all night
dictating a 300 page book!
enlightenedpsych2, sojournseeker, erica hidvegi, enlightenment-advisor
I have not heard of the program you are referring to but I have been
searching for one that would dictate my voice perfectly while I read
each of the 18 essays I wrote a few years back compiled in one e-
Book. I decided my bedroom, with curtains and/or drapes, a good
microphone on a digital camera that uploads an audio piece that is
able to be downloaded to your computer and converted to an MP# or MP4
which YouTube has the capacity to help you get a great product made---
it just takes lots of time. I have run some test pieces through my
site and hope for some feedback. We are using the iAmplify Video
Marketing System that is sure to deliver qualuty sound through the
customer receiving an MP3 that they can listen to and then buy--its
really cool and really free !
sharing the light,
miss erica hidvegi, the enlightenment advisor
http://www.enlightenment-psych.net