As I speak, I see the words magically appear on my computer screen. ![]() In fact, I am using Dragon to write this blog post. ![]() For the past few years I have been using Nuance's "Dragon Naturally Speaking." Dragon is now remarkably accurate in turning your voice into typed text I have used Dragon to tell some of my own stories and have recommended it to clients. Today, this technology is vastly improved. A five percent error rate means a lot of editing. The accuracy of the speech recognition was actually pretty disappointing (although at times unintentionally humorous). That sounded pretty good to me, until I saw the results. In the early days, these software developers claimed 95%-plus accuracy for their products. I have been using speech-to-text software on and off for over ten years. ![]() Speech-to-text technology now enables us to simply talk and let our computers do the typing. Or maybe you like to write, but you don’t like to type, and writing by hand takes too long. You have stories to tell, but writing them is a pain.
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