Yesterday I blogged about how I planned to experiment with my new text-to-speech program, Dragon Dictate. How did it go? Frustrating at times, but ultimately successful. I sent myself quite a task, getting a new chapter boos started. I wanted to take a picture book manuscript I had written several years ago and expand it [...]
In my last entry I blogged about becoming familiar with the Dragon Dictate program. I’ve been using it for the past week, mostly for writing e-mails and for answering letters from children. I’ve discovered that the program gets easier the more I use it. Now I think I’m ready for a bigger challenge. I sent [...]
Those of you who follow this blog are no doubt aware of how fascinated I am by how technology affects writing. (My wife says it’s just an excuse to spend money on gadgets and avoid writing!) She may be right. Even so, I can’t help but be amazed at how things I used to dream [...]
About a month ago my friend Jeff Kisseloff showed me something interesting. Jeff is a writer, too. However, he’s way ahead of me where technology is concerned. Jeff showed me a program he uses called Dragon Dictate. It converts speech into text. You talk into a microphone. The program converts your spoken words into written [...]
