by Mike Cleaver » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:05 pm
I've been using this since it became available.
I've used some of the very expensive software programs.
Many were pretty awful.
I currently use the one built in to MS 8.1.
The better quality microphone you use, the better the programs work.
The more quiet the environment where you are working, the better the results.
The more you use the program, the better it learns to recognize what you are saying.
The more clearly you speak, the results improve markedly.
Until you learn to use it and the formatting commands, it will be frustrating.
As anything else, the learning curve can be steep but after you master it and use it more frequently, it is very efficient.
My keyboarding rate is in the high hundreds per minute.
I still keyboard for short notes and messages.
But for long texts, voice recognition software, after you master the intricacies, certainly can speed up what you are doing.
Many technical people, doctors, lawyers, etc. have been using this successfully for years.
Even smart phones now do a pretty good job of speech to text.
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