Member
Posts: 118 
January 6th, 2008, 01:52 PM
Wow, wonder if I could use it at work. Just had carpal tunnel surgery on my right hand and will eventually need it on the left, despite using an ergonomical keyboard for years. What applications can it be used for as we use programs at work that are specific to our industry.
Wow, wonder if I could use it at work. Just had carpal tunnel surgery on my right hand and will eventually need it on the left, despite using an ergonomical keyboard for years. What applications can it be used for as we use programs at work that are specific to our industry.
Chief Mogrifier
Posts: 8,475 
January 6th, 2008, 02:31 PM
This program can be used in virtually all word processor applications where you would normally type. So far I've used it in Word, Word Pad, and every e-mail system I have, as well as these forums. The basic training takes about thirty five minutes and there is a tutorial that teaches voice formatting that you can spend as long as you like at. One of the problems is that you can also use the keyboard for punctuation and formatting so it is easy to be lazy and not learn all of the voice system. I dictated this reply with the microphone.
This program can be used in virtually all word processor applications where you would normally type. So far I've used it in Word, Word Pad, and every e-mail system I have, as well as these forums. The basic training takes about thirty five minutes and there is a tutorial that teaches voice formatting that you can spend as long as you like at. One of the problems is that you can also use the keyboard for punctuation and formatting so it is easy to be lazy and not learn all of the voice system. I dictated this reply with the microphone.
Chief Mogrifier
Posts: 8,475
February 4th, 2008, 05:49 PM
well-I've had the system for a few weeks now and it is certainly faster than my normal typing. I think the main trick is to slow yourself down and try not to race the computer. At this point I have yet to fool the system or find a word that it couldn't spell. Earlier someone mentioned that I might feel silly sitting here talking to my computer I guess you just get used to it.
well-I've had the system for a few weeks now and it is certainly faster than my normal typing. I think the main trick is to slow yourself down and try not to race the computer. At this point I have yet to fool the system or find a word that it couldn't spell. Earlier someone mentioned that I might feel silly sitting here talking to my computer I guess you just get used to it.
Gobsmacked
Posts: 4,440
February 4th, 2008, 06:06 PM
I wonder if something like this would be useful in a work setting - I'm thinking it would, and I wouldn't feel at all silly talking 'to myself' at work - I seem to mutter under my breath constantly anyway...
Juan, you mention that it can be trained to punctuate - can it also format?
I wonder if something like this would be useful in a work setting - I'm thinking it would, and I wouldn't feel at all silly talking 'to myself' at work - I seem to mutter under my breath constantly anyway...
Juan, you mention that it can be trained to punctuate - can it also format?
Chief Mogrifier
Posts: 8,475
February 4th, 2008, 09:03 PM
Quoting Zan
There are a dozen or so formatting commands that I've seen so far. Capital letters at the start of a sentence are pretty well automatic, as are periods. For commas and quotation marks you just say comma or quotation mark when you want them. New paragraph, new sentence, or any other formatting are just simple instinctive commands that seem completely reasonable. One of the good things is that for "new paragraph", you can say next paragraph or another paragraph and it seems to know what you want. You can do everything without touching the keyboard. My favourite command so far is "scratch that" for erasing something I've said wrong. I have a a tendency to try to speak fast for some reason and sometimes the words come out sideways or something. Another few weeks and I should be quite comfortable with it.
I wonder if something like this would be useful in a work setting - I'm thinking it would, and I wouldn't feel at all silly talking 'to myself' at work - I seem to mutter under my breath constantly anyway...
Juan, you mention that it can be trained to punctuate - can it also format?
Juan, you mention that it can be trained to punctuate - can it also format?
