Strategy: Dragon NaturallySpeaking to get the ideas going

11 Keywords: Ideas, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Writing, Dictation, Essay, Dyslexia, Written Language, Vocabulary, Speech Recognition, Voice Recognition, Dyspraxia

headset"I would say Dragon was a good one [technology], just because my typing speed is the speed of a gnat! When I had my Educational Psych test, she said my processing speed and my type speed is slower than average. Just by using Dragon, (sometimes it wouldn't be comprehendible) but I'd write a lot more, read through it, and - I need to change that - but I got the gist down...

The one thing I do find is, that it starts glitching when I get tired. So when I don’t enunciate my words. When I am tired it comes up with just random words - thats OK its fine! And with tips for using that one I’d say - just get to grips with it, because the more you use it, the more competent you can actually write out, without editing or clicking into the document."

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Video link Dragon NaturallySpeakingHere is an interesting video by an author who was having problems blogging when she typed. Her speeds were so slow and she could not get her thoughts down quickly enough until she tried Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 10.

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"My brain works faster than my hand, so I’d be thinking of ideas and as I’m writing, I’d miss half a sentence out and was on to the next bit. By having Dragon it has helped me verbalise that – and get my ideas down, which is brilliant."

- Paul

Tip

Hints for successful speech recognition with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. But try not to strain your voice when using speech recognition! Healthy Computing.com have more helpful tips.

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