| Users always seem to really love or hate | | | | type of software isn't right for you. It's difficult to |
| voice-recognition dictation software. It is either an | | | | achieve 100% accuracy so you will also have to |
| item writers can't live without or it's a source of | | | | spend more time editing than you normally would. |
| frustration and laughter. You can often come up | | | | Sometimes you turn on the program and it |
| with some funny accidental phrases but it isn't | | | | seems to have forgotten everything that you |
| always practical for work. Here are a few tips on | | | | had told it to do. It's like it has never heard your |
| making voice-recognition dictation software more | | | | voice before. All of a sudden it seems to just be |
| effective as well as deciding whether it's right for | | | | typing gibberish. This can be very discouraging, |
| your situation. | | | | especially if you've been working with it for |
| Analyze your typing speed as well as your | | | | several weeks or even months. Remember to |
| accuracy. When you take typing tests you will | | | | have the program test the volume and placement |
| usually really speed up your typing. Instead, you | | | | of the microphone every time you use it. This |
| need to consider how you type when you are | | | | ensures that your voice clearly matches your |
| thinking or when you are really working. This will | | | | user profile. |
| give you a more accurate picture of how quickly | | | | The current state of voice recognition dictation |
| you type. You also need to consider how | | | | software is that you really can't expect it to |
| accurately you type. | | | | work right out of the box. It takes a lot of |
| Of course, voice-recognition dictation software will | | | | training. If you just give up on it after a few |
| make a few mistakes. However, you shouldn't | | | | hours then you'll never really reap all of the |
| get frustrated if you would also be making a lot | | | | benefits and rewards that it has available to you. |
| of mistakes in your writing. This will really put | | | | You might even have to buy a new microphone |
| things in perspective and allow you to have a little | | | | and find a quiet place to work to really make it |
| bit more patience while you train the software. If | | | | effective. It takes a lot of patience and a little bit |
| you already type fairly quickly and you can | | | | of investment, but it's definitely worth it in the |
| sustain that over several hours then maybe this | | | | end. |