
My Quick Take on Quicktate (Convenient Transcription Has Finally Arrived)
It is rare that I get so excited about a new service I feel compelled to grab a pen mic smartphone and blog about it. But today it just happened: the service I’m going to talk about is Quicktate. For background, let me just come clear and admit that I’m a really lousy typist and […]

Nuance Follow-up: Can Customer Service Get Any Dumber?
Well, this might just be a day for a dumb showcase….I was about to put my money where my mouth is, getting ready to buy Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 when I got a bit suspicious… they don’t display availability, and this product is just for pre-order @ Amazon. Oh, well, that’s what Support chat is […]

Tied Up? Dragon Naturally Speaking Comes to Rescue… or Not?
Nuance released version 11 of Dragon Naturally Speaking, their voice recognition / dictation software. Below is a rather unusual review by David Pogue of The New York Times: On a more serious note – I’m a really poor typist, my blogging is hampered by the slowness of typing, and there are all those situations when […]