Programmer, Writer, Mom
Posted in Tech, Writing/Reading on Mar 16th, 2010
My first thoughts on using Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 (preferred)
1) The Computer: Once trained, and configured, Dragon informed me that due to limited resources, they turned off some features, choosing speed over accuracy.
I need a faster computer with much more RAM. I’ve known this for a while but after the Nth software program complained [...]
Posted in Personal, Writing/Reading on Mar 14th, 2010
This could be a true story.
My two-year old son and I were getting on the bus for our return trip home from the mall. I asked him to sit right there in front, close behind the driver, then dug in my pocket for the quarters and put them in the slot. When I turned to [...]
Posted in For Writers, Tech on Mar 8th, 2010
Why Write With Speech Recognition
I’ve been interested in using speech recognition for writing the first draft of a chapter for a while. I thought this would allow me to focus on the image in my mind of the scene and not on the words as they appear on the screen. I could write a first [...]