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Dragon Naturally Speaking - is there better voice recognition software out there? - Franny

Posted: Mar 22, 2012

Has anyone ever used Dragon Naturally Speaking to type up their work? Or is there better voice recognition software out there? I'm thinking if I just speak intead of type, won't that be faster? But I do not want to make the investment if it won't work or be worth it. Thanks so much!

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You have to speak at a reasonable rate, and very succinctly. I have done it, and it came up about 99% accuracy straight off, once it knew my voice. Took about 5 minutes to train the algorithimns to my voice.

...And - P.S.

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Want to clarify a couple of things.

1) If you are doing straight typing and you type fast, Dragon (or anything else) will not be faster, and will probably be slower. I type 80-100 wpm, and if I spoke as fast as I type, the VR would not be accurate.

2) I had just done a trial with it, and I thought it was quite right on, but I wasn't doing it for work, I just made up a cesarean section and dictated it myself, no dictator in my ear.

I have done it. - Cathy

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I bought Dragon Naturally Speaking (11.5 version) because I thought it would be faster. It isn't really faster for me as I can type fast. It is hard to redictate without also taking pauses to listen and then repeat what you are hearing. I can type what I hear faster than I can say it back. I do use it on days that my hands are hurting to give myself a break. It's not perfect, though, and you still have to make corrections. If you used it consistently all the time it would probably learn faster, but I only use it when my hands really need a break. I think I usually end up with like 160 lph using it, but you could probably do better than that if you practiced the whole redictating thing and the accuracy got better with more use.

"can't beat them -- join them" - sm

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You all must do straight typing still. This speech program would not work for editing. This is the same concept that is taking jobs away from our industry, so that is why I say "can't beat them -- join them"

You can use for VR as well (sm) - Cathy

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You can use Dragon to edit VR documents as well. You can use the voice commands to correct the text from the speech engine that is present on the screen. Unless there are only a few corrections, it is probably just as fast to type the corrections, though. Maybe there are some shortcuts that you could work with in Dragon to make it so you had to use less commands to get more (sort of like putting normals in Dragon), but I haven't spent enough time with it yet to try to figure that out.

Dragon - My experience

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I tried this about 5 years ago. For me, anyway, the commands were cumbersome, especially considering how often docs change direction. But the major drawback for me was that my voice gave out quickly. Some research has revealed that I was using my voice incorrectly, causing strain, hoarseness, and complete loss of voice after a short time. This also reflects a high level of stress on the job, as well.

It all sounded so promising, but I soon went back to straight typing.

I tried it also (Dragon), it was great the first day, seemed like - a dream come true, sm

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subsequent days, it acted like it had never heard my voice before. You not only have to speak, but you have to wait for it to type the line and then edit the mistakes that it made. I gave up on trying to train it as one day it learned my voice and the next, I had to retrain it all over again. Very time consuming. I realized I was faster at it than the Dragon and put it back in the box. There was too much aggravation for me so not worth my time. I average about 325-375 lph straight typing depending on the usual factors that come along with each transcription job.

I have used it and loved it - me

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I have used it and loved it. It takes some time to train, but once you get it going it works great. You need a good headset and a quiet background. You can have it read your word files and it saves the style like that. Not so good when it stops working and you have to re-train it. I think it is worth the price if you use it correctly and speak normal and not too slow or it will not work. hope that helps.

VR - Crystal

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I am a student (SUM coursework) and I am taking my final this week. I do EVERYTHING with Dragon Naturally Speaking. In the beginning it is not faster. It works better w/steady voice input. When you are learning, stopping and starting, it has a harder time recognizing words. I also had to put in commands for expansions (on-going process). I don't think it's built for medical transcription, but if you are comfortable with putting in time and patience? It works. I have had experience w/Dragon before this, so I knew what I was getting into. I love it, but it's not for everyone.

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