[MV] Dragon Dictate 2.0 Experiences

[Gavin Wynford-Jones]

In which case, Chuck, Nuance really shouldn't be advertising it as  
able to dictate into any application that can accept text input.  
European consumer protection law is quite strict about this sort of  
thing: we do not have "caveat emptor" here, we have "it must be as  
advertised and fit for the purpose sold, or you will be paying big  
fines".

That said, I have been absolutely stunned at the accuracy of the  
previous version when dictating into its Notepad: I consistently get  
99%+ accuracy (and am surprised at some of the words that I presume  
are in its dictionary! "Kramer" anybody?). And I'm using a desktop  
mike through a USB hub...

Gavin

On 24 Sep 2010, at 21:00, Chuck Rogers wrote:

> For best results, always dictate into the Notepad, then copy and  
> paste the text where you want it. Yes, I know this is a bit of a  
> pain, but you gain two HUGE advantages (and one small one):
>
> - you can use your keyboard and mouse along with your voice and the  
> program will know what you changed (you can't do that in other  
> programs);
>
> - you will (for the most part) avoid problems with external things  
> like spellcheckers, text expanders, etc.
>
> - your dictation will be a bit more accurate, since the program can  
> take full advantage of the computer's processor to do its work  
> (instead of having to share processor time with another program,  
> which by default in Mac OS X gets most of the processor's attention)
>
>
> On Sep 24, 2010, at 1:56 PM, DealTek wrote:
>
>> 2 - Big KNOWN BUGS with spellcheckers in apps! If you dictate into  
>> basic applications such as Dragon Notepad or text edit - the  
>> program works great. However, if you dictate into an application  
>> that uses spellcheckers or also incorporates macro makers such as  
>> quickeys, it falls apart with this giant bug: at the end of a  
>> phrase the last two characters of the word will often randomly be  
>> reversed due to some incompatibility with spell checkers. EX :  
>> spellcheckesr - go to the stoer - things like thsi ....
>
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