Voice Recognition Software - suggestions? comments?

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by jesposito

Please excuse me for arriving late, But what is this about voice recording?
I use Home Gauge and after a visit to their site I read about voice recording. Does this mean you don't have to type anymore? Will I be able to speak into a ppc or laptop and have it converted to text even in Brooklyneeze. Help me out guys, I am kind of old school writing everything down and then doing the report at home. It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks....
Thanks,
John

Yep, that's what it means.

I've been using VRS for over four years now. That's how I get so much accomplished, and how I'm able to help so many people through my many posts that some people are so jealous of.

[David A. Andersen]

you can use voice recognition software with any reporting program that you have. If you have editing capabilities, just say "hello computer".

I just downloaded service pack one for Dragon. Any of you that have not updated yet you may want to check upgrades.They corrected a lot of problems with version 9 .
On the DragonBar and select check for updates.

[afrost]

Originally Posted by dedwards

I use DNS ver 9 Preferred.

doug - is there anything in dragon "prfrd" that you think is worth the extra $ over "stndrd"?

thanks?

andy

[afrost]

Originally Posted by rray

DNS V9 Standard.

I've been using DNS since V3, when there was only DNS. Now they have four or five versions, but the original/Standard has served me very well over the years.

r:
have you looked at "preferred" version? anything it might offer to make the extra $ worthwhile?

[Doug Edwards, CMI]

I do not. My first experience with DNS was version 8 Preferred so Ive never used Standard. I happen to fall into a good deal and got Preferred actually cheaper than Standard to I hopped on it. A year or so later I was offered to upgrade to version 9 Preferred for little money. I had some problems with the system hanging up on Version 8 that was supposed to be corrected in DNS 9. I bought the new version and the hanging up problem was gone. There was apparently some kind of file in MS that had issues with DNS that got corrected. I found out later how to correct version 8 myself by simply going in and changing the corrupted file. I am very happy with DNS period. I can do so much more, faster and the more I use it the better it gets. Most people try to use it too slow or do a lot of stopping to make hand corrections to their documents. The other thing is to learn the voice commands as well. This eliminates having to do things by hand. You can actually control your computer by voice command. It is very cool and fun to use. I also recommend getting a better microphone than the cheap one that comes with software.

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by dedwards

I had some problems with the system hanging up on Version 8

I think Kevn McMahan had that same problem. I did not. But I think he also bought the full version whereas I got the upgrade from V7.

[Michael Larson]

My understanding is that the Windows VISTA contains VRS.
Has anyone used it yet?

[jkormos]

Ok, so who has a good microphone to recommend and how about a wireless or blue tooth microphone too

[kmcmahon]

I have dragon 8 for sale. Make a good offer via PM

[gbeaumont]

Originally Posted by mlarson

My understanding is that the Windows VISTA contains VRS.
Has anyone used it yet?

Windows tablet XP also has it, but I use Dragon on my Fujitsu tablet. The MS VRS is terrible in comparison.

Regards

Gerry