David Pogue, author of a computing column in The New York Times and
an amazingly prolific author of computer books, uses Dragon.  He
says he does a lot of his book writing using the software to
"take dictation."  Pogue is originally a Mac person and prefers
MacOS to Windows; he likes Dragon so much that it's the one
app he runs on Windows.

Pogue has a wrist condition that flares up if he types too much,
so he was a highly motivated user.  Here's a column on it:

http://www.abilities.com/news-articles.html

A recent mailing list posting by an early adopter of the Tablet PC
pointed out that Windows XP and Office XP have voice recognition
built in.  Even though the Tablet is touted with handwriting
recognition, this person pointed out that he was able to
make good use of voice recognition even in a fairly noisy
lab environment.

Even though voice recognition keeps improving, there are
always limitations.  To do it right still requires training
the software.  If you're thinking about doing this for
a fleet of machines, it's probably a good idea to test first.

/rich

(PS.  If you adopt voice recognition and it works, this would
be a very interesting talk to give to computer folks on campus.)


>  Hi, everyone
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>  I was wondering if any one can recommend any Voice Recongition Software to
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>  be use in our department FSHN
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>  I was checking Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred 6.0
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>   Thank you for your help.
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>
>
>  Amin Elrashid
>