Dragon Dictation

Okay – I am tapping at my phone to see what the Dragon App is all about.  The Dragon App is a translator – it translates your spoken word into text.  This way I can be in the car or cleaning, cooking etc. and get all of my ideas down.  I am not sure it will work for me – but it’s free so I cannot complain!  It was recommended to me by quite a few people it so I might as well give it a try.

TEST
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Do you habve any idea what that means?  I am not sure at all and I said it.  Well, I said something that is close to it!  I have to say that this first “capture” did not do so well.  Lets see what further testing gets me.

First, I realized that I talked for a few minutes and it captured about 30 seconds worth.  It took me quite a few tests to realize that it stopped recording while I was still rambling.  So a lot of what I said was missed.  (it was all BRILLIANT just so you know!)  I really want to be able to ramble when I am in the car – but it just won’t let you do that.  Apparantly I have to have my thoughts in order before I begin speaking.

Second, I realized that the reason the software stops working is NOT because the phone is going into sleep mode.  I tested this by rambling for a while, and the recording stopped way before the phone went to sleep.

Third, I thought it was stopping because I was pausing for a few seconds between paragraphs.  After a test I realized that it wasn’t.

I’m going to have to read about this later because I don’t know why it is stopping.  It does not say that you can’t have a long message – and a 30 second message is not long enough for me to be rambling.   So I’ll just have to do some more research to see if I can figure this out.

LATER THAT DAY

I did a little more research and I tested this while I was at home in the silence – not in the car.  It actually kind of works this time.   But the words that I am saying are not what is transcribed.   I need to enunciate every word and I need to speak very slowly for it to be able to work well.  The problem is I think waaayy too fast.

So all in all I think Dragon is a great app for writing short emails, texts and tweets.  But it might not be the best for…well…writing pieces like this!

Anyone else have better luck?

Brooke has been a part of the WAHI family since March 2009 writing articles for the WAHM Wisdom section. She has had her own business since 1997, – Cataluña – web sites redesigned from scratch. Her newest business venture is Cataluña Designs – unique beaded hair accessories and jewelry- has been around since January 2010 and has been a great adventure.
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