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Who else uses Dragon NaturallySpeaking to write?

by Chris Ramsey
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So this topic was brought up over at the copywriters board, and since this copywriting form is a bit more active I thought I would bring the question over here as well.

Does anyone here use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to read their copy, and if so how does it affect your thought process?
#dragon #naturallyspeaking #write
  • Profile picture of the author David Raybould
    I've used it to write copy, but I prefer
    not to.

    I like to keep things spontaneous when
    I write, and it doesn't work as well as
    a plain old keyboard for me.

    Having said that, I think it's something
    I could get along with if I persisted.

    At least for the first draft anyway. I
    think it's a little too clunky to use for
    the editing/rewriting phases.

    It's pretty killer for writing just about
    anything else though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Scott Murdaugh
    I've never used it for copy, but I have used it for articles, blog posts, emails, reports, etc.

    It really changes the way I approach writing... I don't know how to explain it, it's like David said, it's easier to be spontaneous with a keyboard.

    I also haven't taken the time to install it on my new machine... So it never made a drastic enough change in my productivity to warrant a new install.

    That being said, I type pretty fast. And it was somewhat helpful for me, I just prefer the keyboard.

    It's still a very cool and powerful program, and I can see it helping out a lot of people. I just personally prefer typing.

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  • Profile picture of the author colmodwyer
    I was about to buy it today, but bought a dictaphone instead.

    I'll get DNS after I've moved house, don't have the time for it yet. But, the preferred version sounds pretty sweet because you can have it read back to you.

    Colm
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    • Profile picture of the author Lawrh
      Colm,

      DNS can also transcribe your dictaphone notes.

      Lawrence
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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Pueppke
    I haven't used it for many years, but have in the past. I found that with training it became quite accurate. I was exposed to this first with my daughter's science fair project.
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  • Profile picture of the author colmodwyer
    Colm,

    DNS can also transcribe your dictaphone notes.

    Lawrence
    Yeah I saw that. I think you need a specific dictaphone type though? I went old school and got one that takes tapes. It lies by my bed for when I get banging ideas. I figured it would be better to then have to re-listen and write the recordings as it would commit the ideas to memory better...

    Just in case I don't need them right away, but when I do, I can re-call them in and instant.

    Colm
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  • Profile picture of the author j hogan
    I've used it for big projects, I find it quicker and my wrists don't get so sore. The latest version is much, much better than the previous one, it was quick to train and is accurate.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jon Steel
    I've used it to write copy - but I also prefer not to. I usually use it to write my ebooks with.

    js
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  • Profile picture of the author AnneE
    I wasn't that impressed with it's accuracy for me, even with training it on all the words it got wrong. I found it tiresome to go back and edit what had gotten written and stopped using it. But I've seen others have great results with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author countdevio
    maybe I have one of those inconsistent voice
    qualities ... I've bought version after version of
    this software and it's updates. I've trained it
    with the care I'd give a retarded dog that keeps
    crappin on the carpet ... and still .. the darn
    thing 'CHOOSES' what it believes is coming out
    of my mouth ....

    For Example... I's say into my microphone,
    "I was walking down a lonely New York Street."

    And the program would write,
    "I was looking down at a lowly treat."

    Well, not as exaggerated as that ...
    sometimes even worse.

    For those who get it to work properly,
    trained at all, I'd love to listen to a sample
    of your voice quality.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kim Davis
    I have used it and like it. I don't have too much trouble with the accuracy. I pause a lot while I am using it so I can think. I did see someone rattle off a whole article in a few minutes with it.
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