| Not everyone likes to type, and some people | | | | sense of your vocabulary speech patterns. That |
| don't type very well. However, most people are | | | | will take awhile. |
| able to speak pretty well if they're by | | | | Next, it will put you through a series of vocal |
| themselves. Maybe what you need to help you | | | | tests to not only test the level of the |
| write anything you need to write is voice | | | | microphone, but to try to learn your voice |
| recognition software. One of the best programs | | | | patterns. You will read text, and it will follow you |
| on the market for this is Dragon 10. | | | | around, and you'll see things you've said highlighted. |
| The principle behind voice recognition software is | | | | When it thinks it has your voice down, it will put |
| that you speak into a headphone and everything | | | | up something else and you'll have to read again. |
| you say shows up in print on your computer. It | | | | The process for it learning your voice never |
| will work with almost every piece of writing | | | | stops, and it claims 99% accuracy. I've found, |
| software you have, including your email programs. | | | | however, that it's probably closer to being |
| All you have to do is train the software, which | | | | between 90% and 95% instead; maybe it just |
| means getting it used to your voice and vocal | | | | doesn't like my voice. |
| patterns, and then you're off to the races. | | | | At this point you're ready to test it out. There |
| Dragon is known as one of the best pieces of | | | | are many vocal commands it will teach you about |
| software for home and business use. The latest | | | | where you won't have to go to the keyboard to |
| version is number 10, and it wasn't all that much | | | | fix things, but sometimes you'll get tired of it and |
| of a step up from previous versions, only it was | | | | just want to fix it. When you're using the |
| created to work with Microsoft 64-bit computers. | | | | software, you need to speak steadily and not too |
| There are four different levels of the program, | | | | fast, because it will type up some of the funniest |
| but the only difference in each is the size of the | | | | statements you've ever seen, but they won't be |
| dictionary, and for almost everyone the standard | | | | what you said. |
| package is all you'll need. | | | | If you have lots of things to compose, getting |
| It comes with a headset with a microphone, in | | | | vocal recognition software could save you a lot of |
| case you don't have one. The first thing you do is | | | | time, and certainly ease the stress on your hands |
| install the software. Then it will ask if it can scan | | | | and fingers. Dragon is rated pretty high, so think |
| your computer for documents so it can get a | | | | about buying it as your first test. |