green eyed one
  • Name: Heather Reisig Windsor Alias: Grnidone
    What I do: SEM, Usability

·:[ May 7, 2008

Why is this post unusual? It is made with “Dictate”

Filed under: Mac — Heather @ 5:54 pm

This post does not look unusual. In fact, it looks pretty boring. But the cool thing about this post, is that I’m not touching the keyboard. I am using a really cool new software called Dictate by MacSpeech. And in order to show you how accurate it is, I’m not going to correcting the mistakes.

I was actually fairly impressed with iListen. IListen was the product before Dictate. But, I have to say, that dictate blows I listen out of the water. I think the most difficult thing when using a dictation software is not pausing in weird places. It’s not like a magic talking to anyone. The more natural and make my conversation with the software, the more accurate it is.

I started looking for a dictation software few years back when my wrists gave out. I had Cuba O’Connell syndrome in my arms so bad that I literally could not hold a glass without shaking. I could not type for longer than maybe two minutes. When your keyboard is your form of communication with the world, and your wrists get out, you’re pretty much screwed.

I think one of the most cool things about this software, is that it works with nearly any program. Right now, I’m dictating directly into my WordPress. Hey that’s pretty cool, even capitalized WordPress correctly. I can also use voice commands to go to the file system. Literally, I don’t have to touch the keyboard to do any of this. How cool is that?

Now I know that not everybody uses a Mac. But the software is made by the same people who make the Dragon NaturallySpeaking. So if you have a PC, you can get something similar.

I even like that can cuss at the software. Bitch. Dammit. Thought that. Okay, I guess I can’t say the word FTC K.

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