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2006

Blogging Without Typing Update
Type Pad, December 19, 2006
The software does a good job of recognising most words including some more complex words and abbreviations but I have found myself training the software on some common words. I'm putting this down to my accent and the fact that I speak fairly quietly when using the software. I still find it weird knowing that people could be listening to me speak to my computer.

Voice recognition made easy
Computer Active, November 27, 2006
Dictating text can also be much easier than entering it on a keyboard for anyone who is not the speediest typist; conversing in real time with other chatroom users or an instant messaging buddy, for example, can be stilted when typing with only one or two fingers.

Learning Services: valuable asset
The Etownian, October 2006
Kurzweil 3000 turns text into voice. "Inspiration" software turns mind-mapped ideas into outlines. "Dragon Naturally Speaking" turns voice to text.

The PDA Guerilla: the pocket laptop part 2
Computer World, September 12, 2006
I plan to record my interviews and even business meetings rather than typing notes, which will eliminate a lot of repetitive stress from my day. And I hope to run those files through Dragon to produce transcripts that I can use for notes.

Finally, computer understands its owner
Sign On San Diego, August 14, 2006
A computer that understands spoken words. Intergalactic travel. A robot that will bring me a beer while I watch football. This is the stuff of science fiction – and now one piece has come true.

Voice recognition is ready for prime time
PC Welt, 2006
Yes, I know the old joke: Useful speech recognition is just three years away -- and has been for two decades now. Even these days, I suspect, the technology will be slow to catch fire, mainly because people won't believe that it can work as well as it does. But two products have shown me that speech recognition (and I don't mean just the limited-vocabulary stuff that phone-mail-hell systems use) has become downright powerful.

Computer power gives physicians an edge
Business Edge, June 22, 2006
Charles Marriott of Talk 2 Me Technology, a Canadian distributor specializing in dictation and speech recognition technology, says Dragon NaturallySpeaking, by far the dominant player in North America, offers a medical version with specialist vocabularies for practices as varied as gynecology, oncology and mental health.

Hello Again, Speech Recognition
BusinessWeek, May 22, 2006
Speech recognition became more accurate as computer scientists found ways for software to grasp some of the meaning of language, so that it could put individual words in context.

NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCES DICTATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MOBILE DEVICES CONTINUOUS SPEECH DICTATION SYSTEM
Telephony World, April 17, 2006
Leveraging the award-winning Dragon™ NaturallySpeaking® technology within the mobile environment, Nuance’s Dragon Mobile Dictation gives mobile phone users a more natural way to enter SMS messages, up to five times faster than using a keypad or predictive text. With continuous speech technology, users aren’t required to pause between words when dictating text.

Capsticks Boost Client Service With WinScribe Digital Dictation Roll Out
PR Web, March 10, 2006
The WinScribe digital dictation system is now in use at over 2,300 sites worldwide. UK law firms who have recently rolled out the SRC WinScribe solution include Cobbetts, Foot Anstey, Forsters, Gorvins, Beachcroft Wansbroughs, CMS Cameron McKenna, Walker Morris and Lupton Fawcett.

Recognition vs. Transcription
Click Press, February 21, 2006
Neurology is all about ‘nuance’, no pun intended. But ‘nuance’ is really the best word to describe the health effects of a neurological problem. It has been a major focus of my practice.”

Investor Teaches the World about Real Estate Without Lifting a Finger... Literally
PR Web, January 16, 2006
Disabled real estate executive Jon Morrow has built a web site answering the most common questions people ask about real estate investing without lifting a finger... literally. Dictating through voice recognition software, he updates the site several times per week with answers to new questions that visitors submit.

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