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Post by Jack Teems on Aug 1, 2021 10:58:06 GMT -5
In my younger years I was a fast two-fingered typist. Now as I age, I find the fingers Get in the way. I have found a solution at onestopmouse.com. It accepts voice dictation at the rate of 400 words per minute in just about any application. It will also convert your voice dictation into just about any language that you can choose from a menu of 30 plus choices.
Accuracy is very good, about 98%. Cost is $49.95, but there are some discounts available on the website. Only downside I could see was the owners manual, which is very small, very microscopic reading. Didn't expect much more for a Chinese product. You'll figure out how to work it without relying on the manual, Just let it charge a while before operating.
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Post by kateblank on Aug 2, 2021 3:11:39 GMT -5
Hi -
This is great. Is it okay if I summarize & link on my site, which is tips & tricks for people over 60 who are trying to keep up with technology while staying ahead of cognitive and physical decline?
-Kate
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Post by Jack Teems on Aug 2, 2021 9:18:26 GMT -5
By all means, feel free to share. Just as I tried to share tips on Neat Net Tricks for 18 years. We're all in this together.
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Post by Jack Teems on Aug 2, 2021 15:33:05 GMT -5
So sorry, I was premature with this. The product has ceased to function and their support doesn't respond with authorization to return it. I'll have to dispute the credit card charge and remember: No cheap Chinese product.
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Post by drcard on Aug 4, 2021 7:29:15 GMT -5
Hi Jack,
Windows 10 comes with a speech recognition app. When it was introduced years ago it wasn't very good and so many users never look at it. Microsoft has made significant improvements to the app thru updates to Windows. It works quite well now and may meet your needs. Like all speech recognition apps it takes a while for the app to learn your speech patterns and for you to learn the controls. Enter Speech Recognition in the search box and select the app. The wizard will guide you thru the set up and includes a page of commands to print out for reference and video tutorials on how to use speech recognition. Microsoft has also made improvements in Narrator (the app that speaks the text on the screen to you).
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Post by Peter on Aug 18, 2021 11:45:13 GMT -5
In the days of the Neat Net Tricks Software Review Panel, we reviewed several products from Nuance, including Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It was interesting to use, but it did require putting aside time to teach the program one's own peculiar voice traits, accent and specialized words. It also required quite a lot of learning to get Dragon to know when you were dictating text to transcribe or giving commands to windows or your software program. For some reason, even though we were not universally complimentary about Nuance (particularly its support), they sent me a Dragon T-shirt -- which I still have. I feel Jack's pain. Instead of improving with age, my typing skills are deteriorating, and I spend an inordinate amount of time correcting my mistakes. (Here is a typical uncorreced phrasere.0) Dr Card mentions the Microsoft speech recognition app. There is also one in Win 7 (for those who have not yet made the switch). Before making this comment, I found this interesting bit of information about Nuance and Microsoft: The more things change the more they stay the same. Peter |
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Post by drcard on Aug 18, 2021 12:22:28 GMT -5
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the link. That explains why Windows Speech Recognition got better. Microsoft's way, if you can't beat them, buy them out.
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