Dictation experiment
Tonight I decided to test out speech recognition software that is built into Microsoft office 2003. It takes a little while to get used to using the dictation software. I am curious whether it increases my productivity or if it is just going to be a nerdy toy for a week or so
I really am pretty fast it typing so I'm not sure that the dictation will increase my productivity. I would suppose that if you're an auditory person being able to dictate your letter instead of typing it would make your brain work a little bit better.
So far I've dictated this entire post and I've had to make seven or eight corrections . Also the dictation software doesn't punctuate so you still have to use your keyboard to put the appropriate marks in your sentences.
Anyone else use this? Does it help you? Does anyone have any cool tips that make this a really useful tool?
Update: Actually it can punctuate. Just had to scour the web to find documentation. Microsoft did a very lousy job documenting this feature.
