Voice Recognition

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News February 11, 2010

MacSpeech Releases Scribe Personal Transcription Software

I do a tremendous amount of my writing using voice recognition software. It makes a tremendous difference for me both in terms of the speed with which I need to write sometimes and the difficulty I sometimes have thanks to rheumatoid arthritis. Being able to still compose text by using nothing more than my voice [...]

TeleNav- Whose Brand Is It Anyway?

Monday was a rather full day with the folks from TeleNav. They brought twenty of us in from all over the country to share some of their strategic plans and get our thoughts and suggestions regarding their current and upcoming products. We started at 7:30am and didn’t finish until after 10pm. Yes, there IS that [...]

Review: Blue Microphones Yeti

While at CES this year I had the opportunity to spend some time at the Blue Microphones booth. One of the products which really “wowed” me during demo time was their “Yeti” microphone. The Yeti is being touted as the world’s first THX certified Microphone. The USB powered microphone is the perfect tool for for [...]

Dragon Search App JUST Released in the iTunes App Store

Last week Nuance released Dragon Dictation. Now they have just released a brand new app, Dragon Search. Dragon Search is intuitive voice-enabled search app for iPhone gives users a smarter way to search. Dragon Search is an advanced form of Nuance’s world-renowned Dragon NaturallySpeaking software, optimized to service millions of speakers’ simultaneous open-ended search queries, [...]

Stop Worrying- Start Speaking: Dragon Dictation Update Resolves Privacy Concerns

I have made no secret of my excitement that Dragon Dictation is now out and available for US iPhone users. The app has transformed my iPhone usage and continues to be one of my most-used apps. The transcription process is fast, accurate and, currently, free. When the app was first released last week however some [...]

Form-Letter Customer Service Is An Oxymoron

UPDATE: After posting this I received an email from a higher-level support person. He promised me he would “look into” the “support” I received and asked me to send a log showing exactly what was happening. I’ll update as things move along. Here at Gear Diary we love to publicize GREAT customer service. At the [...]

Dragon Dictation For iPhone – No Mere Runner Up to the Desktop Versions

Dragon’s voice to text application for the iPhone has been as big as I expected it would be. It’s been covered by all of the major technology blogs, and I know just about no one who has an iPhone who hasn’t downloaded the application. (A number of them did so at my urging, but none [...]

Dragon For iPhone Is Out… And It Is Free!

Since I first posted our “Sneak Peek at Dragon for iPhone” there has been one question asked over and over and over again. That question?? “When?” And I understand the question. You see, Dragon has transformed how I use my iPhone. Seriously, I do so much less typing on my iPhone since I started Beta [...]

Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking on a Netbook

(This is the third installment of “Look Ma No Hands- Voice Recognition Technology Today”. Once again there is a video at the end of the post showing the process of writing it prior to the physical clean-up that took place after. The video is truly boring but it does give a good sense of the [...]

Getting Started With Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 10

In this, the second edition of “Look Ma No Hands, Voice Recognition Technology Today” we’ll take a look at getting started with Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 10 Professional. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard has an MSRP of $99. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred has an MSRP of $199.

Technology Meets Tradition: And a Kindle Shall Lead Them

photo credit: Ozyman Technology can be a lot of fun. It can keep us connected with one another, it can transform our work habits, and it can help us become more organized and efficient. It can do all these things, but of all the great uses of technology the one that stands as most important [...]

Voice Control with Vlingo 3.0 Plus

Vlingo provides voice-control for BlackBerry devices, iPhones, and is currently beta-testing a version for Nokia smartphones (N95, N95 8GB, E51 and E71). I have been using free versions of Vlingo on both a BlackBerry and an iPhone, and have been very impressed. When Vlingo released version 3.0 for the BlackBerry, I immediately wanted to put [...]

MacSpeech Dictate Version 1.5 — Some Initial Impressions

This post began as a quick post about the update to MacSpeech Dictate — software that brings accurate voice recognition technology to the Mac. Dictate was first released a little over a year ago and was the first time that voice recognition on the Mac worked well. It was built on the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version [...]

MacSpeech Dictate Updated To Version 1.5

I use speech recognition quite a bit. I need to. I do a lot of writing and never learned how to touch type. Add to that the fact that I destroyed my wrist a number of years ago and — voice recognition is a godsend. Unfortunately, just a few years ago even the best voice [...]

MyCaption Voice-to-Data Application available on BlackBerry App World

Do you like talking to your BlackBerry? Do you dream of being able to use your voice to write emails, memos, tasks, and calendar entries? Well, MyCaption.com, Inc now has their voice-to-data MyCaption product available on BlackBerry® App World™. Too busy to type? This application may just be what you’ve been looking for. The application [...]