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Article #201: Voice Recognition - Switch from Pounding the Keyboard to Speaking to the Computer.

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If you are publishing on the Internet, more time that you spend doing this, the
you must spend a considerable amount of better the accuracy of the translation.
time typing information into your On Windosws XP, when you click the Tools
computer. Why not talk to your computer option on the VR Toolbar, Training is one
and let it do the data entry for you? of the options. When you click on
Voice recognition has matured and may be Training, you will be given a list of 8
in your Windows system and you don't know selections from which to read. These
it. include Aesop's Fables, Bill Gates The
When you develop a website you must Road Ahead, excerpts from The War of the
transfer a considerable amount of Worlds, The Wizard of Oz, The Fall of the
information from the mental form to the House of Usher, among others. The text is
written form. Wouldn't it be nice if you displayed and as you read and the
could speak to your computer, and it software understands what you read, the
would type your words into your word background behind the text read turns
processor for you? blue so you know where you are. Allow 10
Well, if you are using Windows XP, voice minutes per training session.
recognition software (VR) is included in After reading several training sessions,
the operating system. If you are not go back and read the first one that you
using XP, there are several software read and see how much the accuracy of
packages that will do the job. From the your transcription has improved. VR is
reviews, it appears that Dragon Naturally not 100% accurate and you will have to
Speaking is a front runner. make your decision if it is faster to
The accuracy of the voice recognition enter the data using voice and edit the
software is very dependent on the document, or to enter the data using the
microphone and the sound card so consider keyboard.
this before you attempt to use voice The good news is that if you are using
recognition. An earphone/boom microphone Windows XP, the software is free and you
combo works well and one of good quality can experiment with it for the price of a
can be purchased for approximately $60 - quality microphone.
$80 plus shipping. Copyright 2006 John Howe, Inc.
When you first start, the system requires John V. W. Howe is an entrepreneur,
that you read from text that it displays author, inventor, patent holder, husband,
so that you train the system to father, and grandfather. He has been
understand your voice. This takes involved in entrepreneurial activities
approximately 10 minutes. for over 40 years. He founded and to
To make the VR software perform to its help Boomers (baby boomers) become
best efficiency, you must spend time entrepreneurs when they retire.
training it to understand your voice. The






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