[MV] DNS on MacBookPro

[Chuck Rogers]

All:

I just had to chime in here.

I can't speak to Valerie not being able to get iListen to recognize  
"Maples." I happened to be testing microphones today and just tried  
it myself, and could get it to do so consistently after only 4  
corrections.

Regarding medical terms, we have many physicians using iListen to  
enter medical terms. They use iListen's Learn My Writing Style  
feature to add the words they use and, because the program learns the  
new words in context, they get very good accuracy without having to  
pollute their profile with thousands of words they will never use.

We have researched doing a medical vocabulary, and we keep coming  
back to the fact that adding words with the Learn My Writing Style  
feature is simply a better approach, even though it does take a bit  
longer to add the words.

We are aware that Dragon will give the user better accuracy  
initially, but over time this advantage disappears as iListen  
continues to improve as you use it. In fact, we have a doctor in  
Gainesville, FL who used Dragon NaturallySpeaking for 5 years before  
switching to iListen and he insists we are even more accurate! (We  
acknowledge this may not be the case for everyone, but I wanted to  
share that, nonetheless.)


Best Regards,

Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist
MacSpeech, Inc.




On Feb 19, 2007, at 4:39 PM, <vlmaples at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Dear Ellen;
>
> I have a new iMac that I bought in November with 2GB of RAM and  
> installed Parallels and an older version of Dragon  
> NaturallySpeaking, 7.3.  It works marvelously, in fact, I am  
> replying to e-mail online using it.  Are you going to be using  
> NaturallySpeaking Professional, medical, or preferred?  I would  
> have different recommendations depending on which version you're  
> using.  If you're using professional, I would run through as many  
> documents as you can to establish your medical vocabulary.  Another  
> useful third-party tool is KnowBrainer and their medical  
> dictionaries.  That is personally what I use.  However, I have not  
> install that here since I'm still waiting for a final fix on  
> Parallels update for when they accommodate accessibility  
> modifications.
>
> I still use iListen in my Mac applications for simple tasks that  
> are repetitive, but the fact that it will not acknowledge my last  
> name correctly nor any of the medical terms I use, it is easier to  
> work in Parallels for lengthy, or medical documents.
>
> Let me know if I can help in any way...
> Valerie
>
>
> ============================================================
> From: "Ellen Scheiner M.D." <scheiner at pipeline.com>
> Date: 2007/02/18 Sun PM 08:36:09 EST
> To: macvoice at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> Subject: [MV] DNS on MacBookPro
>
> Am proud owner of new MacBook Pro. Have obtained Parallels, Windows,
> and after installation, will try to install Dragon Naturally Speaking
> v. 9.0. Am a Mac person and have been using  PC forDNS. Am looking
> forward to a Mac that Listens well
>
> I'm sure many of you have done this. Do you have any hints to
> expedite the process.
>
> Thanks,
> Ellen
> -- 
> Ellen Scheiner, M.D.
> 6 Lacrosse Place
> Chapel Hill, NC 27517-8664
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>
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>
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