Using voice recognition software
I thought I’d diverge from employment law just a minute to promote one of my favorite technologies.
I’ve been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice recognition to do almost all my initial document preparation for quite a few years.
Never got to be a fast, all-fingers typist, and got tired of waiting for dictation to come back from a secretary.
The current state of the art is excellent, and I urge anyone thinking about trying it to do so. It’s not that expensive (basic edition only about $100).
Dragon is advertised as doing “up to 160 words-per-minute.” I have done an automated typing test with it and clocked about 125 (after deductions for mistakes–they do happen).
Just remember: there are two learning curves–you learning to speak properly to the machine, and the machine learning your vocabulary and speech and grammatical patterns.
While many of you may type as fast as you can think (I can’t), I imagine it still might be liberating to go hands-free. Any questions, I’d be glad to answer.
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