On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 12:53:33 GMT, Arthur Entlich
<e-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>Anyway, I'll have to try the new Dragon (which version is that, BTW) and
>dig up a good mike (I have some studio quality, somewhere) and try
>again. Could save me a heck of a lot of time and typing.
>
The version you want is Naturally Speaking Preferred. There is a Pro
version, but it's only really aimed at corporates.

As for the mike, I cannot emphasise enough that you need a headset
with a boom mike - freestanding mikes have a tendency to pick up
extraneous noise which really messes up your dictation or commands.
(How about turning the command "format the <pause>" into format C <g>)

Never happened as far as I know but you do get quite a few more
failures/corrections with a freestanding mike

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Hecate - The Real One
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Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

OK, I've got numerous Headsets with boom mike on them with pop filters,
can see if any work well or if I have to purchase a better one.

Thanks again,

Art

Hecate wrote:

> On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 12:53:33 GMT, Arthur Entlich
> <e-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Anyway, I'll have to try the new Dragon (which version is that, BTW) and
>>dig up a good mike (I have some studio quality, somewhere) and try
>>again. Could save me a heck of a lot of time and typing.
>>
>
> The version you want is Naturally Speaking Preferred. There is a Pro
> version, but it's only really aimed at corporates.
>
> As for the mike, I cannot emphasise enough that you need a headset
> with a boom mike - freestanding mikes have a tendency to pick up
> extraneous noise which really messes up your dictation or commands.
> (How about turning the command "format the <pause>" into format C <g>)
>
> Never happened as far as I know but you do get quite a few more
> failures/corrections with a freestanding mike
>
> --
>
> Hecate - The Real One
> (E-Mail Removed)
> Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
> you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

Sets with pop filters may not be enough, I have found you need a mike with
DSP, no doubt you will ask what is that, it is a digitally enhanced noise
cancelling microphone, other mikes will work buy you will get errors in
dictation to text, the amount will vary, another problem with non DSP is
while the program is waiting for speech other sound can be translated to
text, so with say a loud computer fan you might keep getting the word "the
or it " or some other word, which means you have to correct what it's
written and while doing that it will write the words again and again. A mike
with DSP reduces that happening. As I have said in my email to you I can get
up to 99% accuracy. Another small pain is using commands, if you want a
capital letter in the middle of a sentence you need to say Caps On and then
Caps off, but you soon get used to doing this. This reply had three
corrections to be made while dictating, no doubt some smart arse will say my
percentage is wrong, ah well in a perfect world eh. The version of preferred
is V8.

"Arthur Entlich" <e-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> OK, I've got numerous Headsets with boom mike on them with pop filters,
> can see if any work well or if I have to purchase a better one.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Art
>
> Hecate wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 12:53:33 GMT, Arthur Entlich
> > <e-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Anyway, I'll have to try the new Dragon (which version is that, BTW) and
> >>dig up a good mike (I have some studio quality, somewhere) and try
> >>again. Could save me a heck of a lot of time and typing.
> >>
> >
> > The version you want is Naturally Speaking Preferred. There is a Pro
> > version, but it's only really aimed at corporates.
> >
> > As for the mike, I cannot emphasise enough that you need a headset
> > with a boom mike - freestanding mikes have a tendency to pick up
> > extraneous noise which really messes up your dictation or commands.
> > (How about turning the command "format the <pause>" into format C <g>)
> >
> > Never happened as far as I know but you do get quite a few more
> > failures/corrections with a freestanding mike
> >
> > --
> >
> > Hecate - The Real One
> > (E-Mail Removed)
> > Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
> > you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

Sounds interesting to pursue at this point considering the amount of
typing I'm finding myself doing. I have a number of headsets here, and
I will see if any have digital noise canceling circuits. I have one
here that claims to be DNCT (Direct Noise Canceling Technology) from
Cyber Acoustics, but maybe DNCT is just a fancy term for "the piece of
foam we wrap the mike in" ;-) It claims to be certified by L&H, Dragon
and IBM VIA Voice..

It states "rated as compatible hardware with Dragon Systems software
under their certification #1"

Art

Shooter wrote:

> Sets with pop filters may not be enough, I have found you need a mike with
> DSP, no doubt you will ask what is that, it is a digitally enhanced noise
> cancelling microphone, other mikes will work buy you will get errors in
> dictation to text, the amount will vary, another problem with non DSP is
> while the program is waiting for speech other sound can be translated to
> text, so with say a loud computer fan you might keep getting the word "the
> or it " or some other word, which means you have to correct what it's
> written and while doing that it will write the words again and again. A mike
> with DSP reduces that happening. As I have said in my email to you I can get
> up to 99% accuracy. Another small pain is using commands, if you want a
> capital letter in the middle of a sentence you need to say Caps On and then
> Caps off, but you soon get used to doing this. This reply had three
> corrections to be made while dictating, no doubt some smart arse will say my
> percentage is wrong, ah well in a perfect world eh. The version of preferred
> is V8.
>