Dragon In Action - See It In Use To Dump Voice To Text

If I had a dollar for every time someone said to me "I tried Dragon once ages ago and it was rubbish" I would have exactly $422 as of today!! We all know people who tried Dragon or know someone who knew someone who tried Dragon just a few years ago and was not impressed.

So the point of this blog is to show you exactly how good it is with a real time video of yours truly chatting to Dragon. You will be able to see exactly how accurate it is and how fast it is. Just head over to our main blog (click the title above) have a look at the short video I made.

Has it improved since just a few years ago? YES (sorry to shout) but YES. Why? Two simple factors:

1. The software continues to improve and develop
2. The huge amount of processing power we now harness in computers

Huge advances in computing power year on year have now made Dragon viable and useable in both the Mac and Windows worlds.

I Want To Be A Transcriptionist, What Do I Need?

Transcription, the process of listening to audio and typing it into words is a skill that has been around the office for many years as any office Personal or Executive Assistant will tell you. With the advent of the digital era not much has really changed in the transcription world other than tape recorders have been replaced by digital voice recorders and dictaphones. The analogue micro cassette tape transcriber has therefore evolved with the recorders and the noisy Pearlcorder clunking away on your desk has now been replaced by software.

Transcription typing which is not only a requirement for secretaries in the work place, especially in the legal and medical field, has also spread as a popular service offered by the many VAs (Virtual Assistants) that have cropped up as micro businesses around the world.

Whether you are a seasoned transcriptionist or a just learning the basics our latest blog post looks at what you will need to become a digital transcription typist. Click here or this posts heading to switch to our main blog.

Mac Users: How To Email Olympus Digital Dictation From DSS Player Plus v7

When you buy a top of the range digital dictaphone from Olympus (DS-5000 or DS-3400) and you are a Mac user you are supplied with a single install licence key for DSS Player Plus v7. This is the software that communicates with your digital dictaphone and lets you play and download your digital audio files.

The Mac software supplied by Olympus differs quite a bit from the Windows equivalent known as DSS Player Pro v5 Dictation Module - one key difference is emailing audio from the software is not included in the Mac software.

In this latest blog we look at how to email your digital dictation on a Mac. In typical Mac form it is quite intuitive, simply drag and drop.

Do You Love AudioBooks? How About You Help Make One ..

I was on a Google hunt today to find some classic stories read aloud for my children to listen to. I discovered a site called LibriVox.org which is a fantastic project to take public domain books and convert them into audio books.

Now LibriVox.org is not your slick sales machine like Audible.com but a volunteer run site that lets you access a huge catalog of free audio books and if you so desire contribute to the program by recording audio books.

In this latest blog post we look at ways you can use a digital voice recorder to record an audio book for the LibraVox project.