Thumbs Up for Dictating Posts
I've got a trigger thumb. Here it is, well wrapped to keep it from bending much. I've had it for a few weeks and the medical advice is to keep it wrapped and to rest it. A couple of days ago, I pushed my limits as I was doing housework projects. Bad me, that should teach me to do housework because now it hurts. So I'm going to see about dictating as others here have recommended. This first paragraph is typed in my usual way, using the trigger thumb.
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This morning I tried several things on my Windows 8.1 laptop. I googled the topic of dictation to text and found a couple of apps to try but my microphones did not work. Well, finally I got one of them to at least be read by Windows, but I simply couldn't get anything to go into a Google doc which is supposed to be one of the easiest things.
So I messed around on my laptop for an hour or more.
When it was time for me to quit and go cook lunch, for some reason my old iPad occurred to me. When I say old, it's seven so in computer age that's very old. But I went and I found that on it I had a Dragon program which is even older than my iPad. I gave it a quick try before cooking lunch, and it worked much better than what I had tried on my laptop. Plus it's easy to carry my iPad anywhere in the house. Since I share an office with my husband, that the idea of dictating in the dining room, the greenhouse, the mudroom, or even outside is appealing.
After lunch and my obligatory short nap, I went back to my old iPad while still lying on the bed, because the cat was on my chest. I discovered that I can dictate nicely there even with a cat purring on my body. She does not seem to interrupt my train of thought.
So now I've got a nice dictation setup which does not require dangling cords or microphones. I think I will be using it a lot going forward.
Thumbs up for dictation! And just in case you're wondering about that trigger thumb, I got it when I mashed my thumb into my wilder dog while playing with her. Perhaps more interesting to most of you is the fact that my dictated post only had a few errors.
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Must try it. Had a Dragon Program years ago which was a nightmare. I guess things have improved with the passage of time.
This Dragon program is probably about as old, but since it's on iOS for my iPad, I think it's a simple version.
Well done on finding something that works for you.
I downloaded a dictation app onto my phone after hearing it praised. I had no idea how to get it to work so it was a waste of time.
Must try and fund some sort of app like that. A phone one would be ideal.
I'm only planning to dictate blog posts and book chapters, not things I work on when out. I keep a small notebook and pen handy in my purse for when I'm out.
I love it, especially the cat purring on your chest whilst doing it! What a great idea! Might have to dust the old Ipad off : )
One Word: “Enunciate”
I have had differing results with Dictation-to-Text.
I think “My” problem stems from a slight disconnect, between “Thinking”, and “Speaking”
........ (throw in “Chewing Gum” too, and I Am totally “Out for the count” .. LOL)
Regards
Joe
Yeah .. Something like that ... (except you left out the “Squirrel” and “Shiny Object” factor, which is Always a possible distracting influence too )
Regardless, We Will “Git-R-Done” somehow, Huh??
Joe
Anyone who can Blog with a cat on them is a hero in my book. My cat tracks me down at 4:30 pm and won't leave me be until I go downstairs and feed her. She is relentless.
Jay
Maybe it ebbs and flows but this is flavour of the month. It's at the forefront of my mind but unless I act soon, it will get swatted away by who knows what. I will buy a voice recorder first, then dictation.
Hi Rosana,
Indeed, thumbs up for dictating posts. Great that you were able to find a program to help you. Now you can give your thumb and the rest of your fingers a rest while you dictate your posts.
Much success to you!
Kind regards,
Nichola
There is a dictation with Google Chrome that is already there on your computer. Glad you have your tablet working well for you now.
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Hey, I do wish the dictation software like Dragon Speak could understand my voice. Or Siri. Siri does not understand my voice when I say, “Hey, Siri.” It kept saying “didn't get that, please try again.” I could not figure it out. I asked a friend of mine about this problem, she said, of course, it asked you to repeat because it doesn't understand your Deaf voice. Oh, duh, dumb me. I laughed at myself.
I asked her to speak in it for me while I was setting it up my new iPhone XR but it will only recognize her voice when she uses it. She has normal hearing, I don't. I do have voice mail that does translate from speech to text. I do have a dictation software on my iPhone that does speech to text only. Dragon software used to have Dragon Dictation app but that app in Apple store is nowhere to be found. That app did wonders for me when I was hospitalized. All the nurses could speak into the app and it will type out what they said. This app I have is “Dictate,” it is not the best. It spells peoples words wrong. Most certainly not effective for me. Im still on the hunt for a better app, for speech to text.