So careful readers may realize that I have been trying out new speech dictation technology in my iPad. If it only would work, it would remove one of the biggest barriers I have to writing. I’ve never been able to write easily. Actually sitting down every day like I do to write here, has been The best thing I’ve ever done to overcome my fear of writing.
\n The promise of a technology that would make writing as easy as speaking is almost too wonderful To consider.
\n The problem is I’m not better a reader as I am a writer\u2026 That means when I try to proofread something that I dictated like I am doing right now I often don’t see the errors. At least this way when I’m talking everything maps to a word… it just may not be the word I mean..
\n Still the technology that I’m using is just the little microphone at the bottom of the iPad does a pretty serviceable job. It allows me to speak at a normal rate and pace. It gets most words correct or at least closed. And it allows me to say certain punctuation like., \u2013 “”!?, ;\u2026
\n As smart as it is it still doesn’t know the difference between 22 and two.
\nOh man, really garbled that one.<\/p>\n
But any technology that can recognize supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Is pretty cool in my book.<\/p>\n
Let’s try some dictated tongue twisters shall we?<\/p>\n
She sells seashells by the seashore\u2026
\nPeter piper picked a peck of peppers
\nHow much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?<\/p>\n
Not very good in foreign languages though. My Favorite Spanish tongue twister
\nPancha plancha con quatro planchas,con cauntos planchas Panca plancha ?
\nBecomes:<\/p>\n
Punch up Logicon Quatro’s contest on toast crunch as punch Uppland?<\/p>\n
I going to actually try dictating my next white paper. That will be interesting to see if it can get technical Jarjon correct I’ll let you know how it goes.<\/p>\n
That’s it for now more speech tomorrow
\nNight all, night Sam
\n\u2013 Me<\/p>\n
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So careful readers may realize that I have been trying out new speech dictation technology in my iPad. If it only would work, it would remove one of the biggest barriers I have to writing. I’ve never been able to write easily. Actually sitting down every day like I do to write here, has been … Continue reading Monday night – Technically speaking<\/span>