The Transcription Typists New Best Friend - Dragon NaturallySpeaking

For years now mentioning the Dragon word to a transcription typists would guarantee a reaction, not usually a good one. For a long time typists have heard that Dragon (NaturallySpeaking, the voice recognition software) is coming to get them, or more specifically their jobs, replaced by software.

It hasn't happened although Dragon is starting to encroach into the transcription world it is still slow going.

In our latest blog post we look at the advances that Olympus have made with their ODMS (Olympus Dictation Management Software) in integrating it with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Specifically we look at the benefits that transcription typists can enjoy by embracing Dragon, namely a lot less typing and a lot more time to do more productive and less repetitive tasks.

We show how the typist still has a key role to play in a business using Dragon. From voice profile creator to voice profile trainer to proofreader of Dragon's transcripts there is still a place for the typist who can now evolve into a voice recognition specialist.

Philips Dragon NaturallySpeaking DVR Digital Voice Recorder Edition

New from Philips and Nuance is the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Digital Voice Recorder Edition, a bundle containing a cut down version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 10 and a Philips Digital Voice Tracer 660 digital voice recorder.

The is a very cheap entry into the voice recognition world and well worth a look, especially if you are someone who is used to recording dictation into a voice recorder for a secretary or transcriptionist to transcribe.

The Dragon software, although using the latest speech recognition technology on the Dragon voice recognition engine, is a cut down version in terms of features when compared to the basic Standard Edition or the more advanced Preferred Edition. Both of which come with a headset and mic and allow you to dictate directly to your PC. With the Voice Recorder Edition only dictation recorded on a digital voice recorder can be transcribed.

For the full review of Dragon NaturallySpeaking DVR Edition please visit our main blog site: http://idictate.com.au

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 - Digital Voice Recorder Edition from Philips

Philips Dictation recently announced that they have joined forces with Nuance, the people behind Dragon NaturallySpeaking to create the Digital Voice Recorder edition of the software.

This bundles the Philips DVT (Digital Voice Tracer) 660 model with a cut down version of the Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice recognition software for Windows at a very low price of $209 incl. GST.

Philips Dictation Australia expects the bundle to be available any day now.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking : Here is a tip for you - faster transcription

On some machines you may find that Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a little slow to dump out your spoken dictation into Microsoft Word. This could be caused by a few things, maybe an older PC, maybe lack of RAM etc.

One way to speed up your transcribed single speaker dictation a tip is to let Dragon transcribe into Notepad or Wordpad. The overhead of Word trying to spell check as you talk is then taken away giving you faster smoother transcription. When you are done just copy the text and dump it into Word and it will then happily spell check your document for you.

Handy hints from Dictate Australia - www.dictate.com.au