Yes, that is Dragoning, not dragooning. This is a pretty cool video of what one guy’s been able to do using Dragon Naturally Speaking software. I think it might be time to update my version of this particular stuff…


And here’s all the details on how you can Type at 150 WPM for $99!

I just watched a great video by Owen the writer for http://www.u-g-h.com .
Owen is a great blogger from the Isle of Man who keeps a couple great
tech blogs and even builds plug-ins and widgets in his spare time from
what I understand. I’ve known Owen for over two years now through the
blogosphere.

I just finished watching the video Owen created after he agreed to
try out Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred. What is really amazing
here is that he created this video just a few minutes after he
installed the Dragon Naturally Speaking on his machine.

Many people remember the days when it would take hours if not days
or a week or more to train a voice recognition software program. Owen
was able to install the software and use it to very good effect as you
can see from the video above which has been embedded from YouTube.

Now he’s just getting used to the software and one of the things
that you will notice is that his speaking style is a little slow and
starts and stops a bit in between each sentence. He doesn’t have 2 talk
that slow nor does he have to start and stop after each sentence. He
could just keep talking in one continuous fluid verbal conversation
with his computer. Dragon NaturallySpeaking even has the ability to
automatically insert punctuation as you talk. The auto punctuation
feature is not perfect, but it is a lot better than you might expect.

Owen is actually using the manual punctuation function where he
specifically says each item of punctuation that he wants inserted into
his sentences and paragraphs.

Regardless, as you watch Owen’s video and many other videos out
there on Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, you can see just how fast it is
and just how useful it can be for anyone that wants to be able to type
on their computer and create text by using their voice and speaking to
their computer. It’s a very liberating experience and as I write this
right now I am using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, and I am pacing
around my kitchen about 20 feet from my computer using a wireless
headset microphone. I walk by my computer every few steps and glance at
the screen to see if my computer is capturing the text correctly, but I
probably don’t even need to do that because it is so very accurate.

That said, it is very important for new users to do a fairly good
grammar check on the documents that they create with Dragon
NaturallySpeaking. When you first get started, Dragon NaturallySpeaking
does learn what you’re trying to say and it improves over time. So you
will need to edit a little bit more when you first start, and it’s a
good habit to pick up as you go forward because your speaking style is
going to be much different than your normal writing style would be if
you were typing with your fingers. It’s a different area of the brain
and you will get a different result in your written documents when you
use Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

This article is approximately 540 words long(pre-edit), and I wrote
it in about three minutes. It also took me about two minutes to edit
because I was going back and forth into another room to help my kids
with their homework. Still, that’s approximately 108 words per minute
including editing time!

My name is Brett Bumeter and I’ve been writing about Dragon
NaturallySpeaking for almost 2 years now. I think this is a great
product, however I also recognize that people really have to see this
product in action in order to envision how I can truly help them in
their work and in their lives. So I am working to bring many more
videos of Dragon NaturallySpeaking to you since you can help figure out
if this great tool that costs about $99 could help you type in 150
words a minute. I think it can, and I definitely think it’s worth it.
You decide and you let me know what you think. 🙂

Best regards,

Brett

http://www.softduit.com