This post is a bit of an experiment. I’m looking for ways to improve the speed with which I can create content and decided to try the voice recognition features of Microsoft Office 2003 today.
The first portion is what the computer transcribed for me as I talked. The second portion is what I wanted to type.
I still need to do more training and learning to “get the hang” of the software. If it works well I might upgrade to Office 2007; I’ve heard reports that it works even better.
–Tom
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Computer Transcription
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Hi this is Tom Brownsword talking to you live from my basement office in Bonn dorf Germany. I am trying out the new speech recognition tools that come with Microsoft office. So far, unfairly impressed with what I see. Enter enter
I’m trying to train it, and it is trying to train me. Will this savory time as I attempt to write more blog post? That remains to be seen. You see I can type fairly rapidly. But I’m wondering however, if this type of talking is really going to save the much time over typing.
Nevertheless, I decided to go ahead and take the plunge and begin trying to blog and write articles and write private label reports using this tool.
Just for the fun of it, I’ve also decided to just take this post and put it as a is on my block. There are a few years and it — – and I decided to just go ahead and leave the errors in the document. The scene, both I and the software are still learning how to work with each other. I’ve completed a few training sessions and plan to complete a few more over the next few days. I’m also learning about punctuation, paragraphs, and other things which when you’re typing seemed to be quite natural, but when you’re talking to a computer, they’re not always quite so easy.
I have another challenge that faces me as I attempt to do some of my work via voice – I have two small children who like to work with in my office. Of course, they’re not really working – they’re actually playing, watching movies, and generally making the noise a small children make. Will this work? Not what I’m trying to dictate to Microsoft office!
Well, that should about do it for now. Hopefully this plot post will make pretty good sense parentheses remember I’m not going to edit it parentheses – books, parentheses to work very well – something else I need to learn! But I think for the most part you’ll be able to figure out what I’m trying to say. As always, thanks for reading my blog.
Thanks for listening, Tom (SP hopes for got the answer)
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What I Actually Said
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Hi, this is Tom Brownsword talking to you live from my basement office in Bondorf, Germany. I am trying out the new speech recognition tools that come with Microsoft office. So far, I’m fairly impressed with what I see.
I’m trying to train it, and it is trying to train me. Will this save time as I attempt to write more blog posts? That remains to be seen. You see I can type fairly rapidly. But I’m wondering however, if this type of talking is really going to save that much time over typing.
Nevertheless, I decided to go ahead and take the plunge and begin trying to blog and write articles and write private label reports using this tool.
Just for the fun of it, I’ve also decided to just take this post and put it as is on my blog. There are a few errors in it — – and I decided to just go ahead and leave the errors in the document. The thing is, both I and the software are still learning how to work with each other. I’ve completed a few training sessions and plan to complete a few more over the next few days. I’m also learning about punctuation, paragraphs, and other things which when you’re typing seemed to be quite natural, but when you’re talking to a computer, they’re not always quite so easy.
I have another challenge that faces me as I attempt to do some of my work via voice – I have two small children who like to work with in my office. Of course, they’re not really working – they’re actually playing, watching movies, and generally making the noise that small children make. Will this work? Not when I’m trying to dictate to Microsoft office!
Well, that should about do it for now. Hopefully this test post will make pretty good sense (remember I’m not going to edit it) – oops, parentheses don’t work very well – something else I need to learn! But I think for the most part you’ll be able to figure out what I’m trying to say. As always, thanks for reading my blog.
Thanks for listening, Tom (oops forgot the Enter!)
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