Speech Technologies and Online Article Authoring Advice

Sitting and typing thousands of online articles is nothe word files at a time. Then I turn on the
easy feat, it is hard work. In fact my firstDragon Speak and going from my prompts and
four-thousand articles were all by typing. Then Ithe title, I give a little speech into the computer.
tried out the voice software. My voice inflection isActually the faster I talk and the more fluid the
so animated that sometimes the voice softwarebetter it works.
made too many mistakes. I had IBM Voice TypeIf I just watch it while it types what I say, it
from doing my Company's Manuals aboutdoes not do as well. I can finish 10-articles this
10-years ago and never really worked quite rightway in about 20 minutes. Then I take a break
for me. Today however it is much better.and edit (editing takes about 10 minutes each) and
At 4,000 articles I bought the Dragon Voicepost them. If I write the articles simply from
Software and it worked a lot better. Then thistyping it takes a lot longer to write them, but
latest version is pretty killer, interesting however,editing is easy, sometimes only takes a 2-3
because now we are in the "Year of the Pig" andminutes. The other day I did 20 articles in 3-hours
the Dragon Year is long gone. I had studied up onby typing and 12 articles using Dragon. So that is
the latest version of the best voice softwaretypical for me, I guess.
companies and read SpeechTek Magazine where IThe funny thing is that my articles that I do using
read a very nice white paper on Nuance Corp. Ithe speaking software sound friendlier and
have been studying the uses of speechdifferent than how I normally write on easy
technologies for companies, eGovernmentsubjects and mellow stuff, like how to use make
Initiatives, eLearning, VR Simulation and AI Robotica food dish; for me this is merely relaxing from
Assistants of the future.heavy research or intensive writing. The more
It seems that there is a huge push for DHS,hard-core the subject gets the more intensive the
Military, Business, Space, Government, Educationspeech patterns. Sometimes I am the Dragon,
and Collaborative Networks Online, regardless ofsometimes the Dragon Slayer?
what language anyone is speaking. SpeechI think Dragon Speak (Dragon Naturally Speaking)
Software is the wave of the future. Do Iis a viable tool for the online article writer. Of
recommend using speech software to createcourse it takes a little getting use too and a little
online articles? Well, I find that a combinationextra editing. But it is amazing what you can do
works for me.with it. I recommend it. Sometimes, I write so
First I make titles of things I am thinking about ormany articles that other online article writers
while reading. What I do is that I leave about 40accuse me of being on pick-me-up drugs. I assure
Microsoft Word files open on top of each otheryou that I would never take drugs, I am a
cascaded and while I am reading a research paperhard-core athletic type from way back, eat right
for the Online Think Tank or a book, right nowand will not even take an Aspirin now, that's
reading; "Agroecology - The Science offunny.
Sustainable Agriculture" this is when invariably aBe careful if using voice activated software,
thought comes to mind so, I make that thoughtsomeone might accuse you of writing too many
my title and then write 4-5 sentences about thatarticles or being high? I certainly hope this article is
thought (typing it) and then hit save and keepof interest and that is has propelled thought. The
reading.goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the
By the end of a good book, research paper Ibest in 2007. I thank you for reading my many
might have considered 4-5 new original thoughts.articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.
So, when I am in production mode, I open 10 of