This is especially for Glenn, and anyone else

burdened by lots of interviews to transcribe.



I went to the doctor recently and after his

exam, he pulled out a microphone and dictated

his report into the machine, gave me a copy

and one for my primary care doc..  He was

using Dragon Naturally Speaking 9.5 and it

only made one error!



I ran down to Fry's and bought one of the

Professional edition Dragons and started

reading up on what it can do.  I have been

back to Fry's to get a small Sony recording

device.



I think I am now set up to learn how to record

interviews, or transfer tapes to hard disk,

and print the transcript, to have this Dragon

transcribe my entire backlog.



It says it can do it.  I wonder if any one has

any ideas for setting this work up, whether

I will need any more equipment, etc.  I would

appreciate your help and will keep you posted

on my progress.

I'm using Naturally Speaking to transcribe

some interviews I had during my research trip

to Vermont.  You will be surprised (I think)

as to how easily it works, and its accuracy.



One interesting part is that you can intersperse

using your keyboard as often as you like.



Keyboard editing is easy or using commands after

you get aquainted with many of those.  Speaking

clearly is the clue when you first set it up.



Have fun !



Les



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From: "Laurence Holbrook"

<email@...>

(email at LaurenceHolbrook.com)



Great tip - thanks - on my way to get a copy -



By the way, a lot of cell phones will store

voice record notes/memos - Instead of 'one

button' for email or contacts, I set one button

to record - Push the button and I can make

notes when I'm driving if I see something

interesting or think of something needing

attention - Dragon Naturally Speaking ought

to be able to transcribe those notes as well -



Larry Holbrook



Email@...

(410) 802-3099



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In AAHistoryLovers@yahoogroups.com, "charley.bill"

<charley_b@...> wrote:

>

> This is especially for Glenn, and anyone else

> burdened by lots of interviews to transcribe.

>

> I went to the doctor recently and after his

> exam, he pulled out a microphone and dictated

> his report into the machine, gave me a copy

> and one for my primary care doc..  He was

> using Dragon Naturally Speaking 9.5 and it

> only made one error!

>

> I ran down to Fry's and bought one of the

> Professional edition Dragons and started

> reading up on what it can do.  I have been

> back to Fry's to get a small Sony recording

> device.

>

> I think I am now set up to learn how to record

> interviews, or transfer tapes to hard disk,

> and print the transcript, to have this Dragon

> transcribe my entire backlog.

>

> It says it can do it.  I wonder if any one has

> any ideas for setting this work up, whether

> I will need any more equipment, etc.  I would

> appreciate your help and will keep you posted

> on my progress.

>