| We've entered the land of the lazy. Today, people | | | | quality of your article? |
| don't want to have to type anymore. Now it's all | | | | When you type slowly, you actually give your |
| about speech recognition software. Just open up | | | | mind a chance to think about what it's going to |
| your mouth and start talking. Well, that's fine, but | | | | say simply because you can't keep up with your |
| there is a very big difference between writing an | | | | thoughts when typing. So it forces your mind to |
| article through typing and writing one through | | | | slow down. This in turn forces you to think slower |
| speech recognition software and most people | | | | and when you do that, you think more clearly. |
| don't realize what a drastic difference it is and | | | | How many times has something come out of |
| how it can seriously affect the quality of your | | | | your mouth and you wish you could take it back |
| article. This article, which I typed, is going to | | | | because your mouth actually works faster than |
| explain. | | | | your brain? |
| First of all, let me start off by saying that I do | | | | If you were to write the same article using |
| own speech recognition software, but I rarely use | | | | speech recognition software and then typing it |
| it. The reason is because of what I just said | | | | out, you would find that the article would be quite |
| above. There is a big difference. So okay, let me | | | | different in style, tone and delivery. If you're not |
| explain. | | | | a natural speaker, this can tur into a real |
| The biggest difference that is obvious is the | | | | nightmare for your transcribed written word. My |
| speed. With speech recognition software you can | | | | spoken articles are so-so at best. My written ones |
| speak at about 120 words a minute with normal | | | | are much better. |
| speech. Some people can speak even faster. With | | | | I'm not saying you can't become good with |
| typing, you're talking about 60 wpm if you're | | | | software, but it's not going to be an instant thing. |
| pretty good. I type at around 35 wpm, so I'm | | | | It will take time and you need to be aware that |
| pretty slow. But what exactly does typing slow | | | | there is a big difference between typing and |
| as opposed to speaking fast actually do to the | | | | speaking your articles. |