Comments on: Speech Recognition for Bloggers – The Ultimate Guide

By: Barbrine

Barbrine — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:11:04 +0000

This video? Brilliant – it is completely captivating. I admit, I started to watch because I was more interested in Jon’s personal story, having read a lot of his stuff on CopyBlogger, but I stayed because I was totally engaged with sight and sound.

By: Theron Nissan

Theron Nissan — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:10:16 +0000

Strange this post is totaly unrelated to what I was searching google for, but it was listed on the first page. I guess your doing something right if Google likes you enough to put you on the first page of a non related search. :)

By: Gregory Kriner

Gregory Kriner — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:12:58 +0000

Froom this moment this man is my new guru. He just know how to do it!

By: Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:26:11 +0000

Finally, I have finally gotten Dragon to work;I am using it to make this comment. Lisa Irby’s video on the bad diseases you can get by typing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMlkrJfXglw) scared me into looking at more, and I was able to use it on my laptop.I have still decided, though, but I type on the computer, because the chances of getting injured on a n ergonomically correct computer are very low. Again, thanks so much!

By: Allan Jackson

Allan Jackson — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:43:42 +0000

Hi Jon. An inspirational video. I had used the Dragon V9.5 recorder edition with great success and, for Christmas, decided to take advantage of a seasonal special on V10 Standard. I downloaded and installed the package and discovered a “BIG” gotcha with that version.

It cannot import existing voice files so that, if you ever have to redo the installation, because you have a hard drive crash or buy a new computer, you have to to redo all your training. It sounded insane to me but I confirmed it with customer service in Edinburgh. I know you’ve got to have product differentiation, but I think Nuance’s way of doing it is really extreme.

I made my displeasure known, and they eventually offered me a refund and a slight discount on the Preferred version, seeing that my Recorder version was now uninstalled. I ended up paying double what I what I wanted to but, at least, I won’t have to retrain it. It works great, by the way.

By: Junior Deal

Junior Deal — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:41:49 +0000

Hi I was very impressed with your presentation, have one question how do you play back your dictation

By: Patrick Kallie

Patrick Kallie — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:50:14 +0000

This is a must for bloggers, you will cut down on your tasks dramatically. I am happy that I purchased Dragon.

By: Build Family Website

Build Family Website — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:34:56 +0000

great video. i have been thinking of getting dragon naturally speaking for some time.

now it’s time for me to take the plunge. thanks for putting this together.

By: Adam Computes

Adam Computes — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:41:55 +0000

Great for dictation. For speech recognition internet navigation there is an application named Tazti Speech recognition. It’s a free download at http://www.tazti.com.
Also lets me control iTunes by speech recognition and well as make voice searches of many search engines including Google, yahoo, bing, Amazon, Wikipedia, ebay etc… It is very cool fee software.

By: Penny

Penny — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:23:45 +0000

Hi there

I have written three times (now four!) on this site with comments and questions – but there have been no replies – can anyone help please?

By: Seshaya

Seshaya — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:00:29 +0000

Of course, what a great site and informative posts. Rapidshare

By: Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:53:03 +0000

I installed Dragon 9, but for some reason it won’t recognize my VXI Headset (the one that you recommend). It also says that it’s too low for it to hear. Any suggestions?

By: Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:34:42 +0000

That is an excellent video. I have long been skeptical of speech recognition software, mainly because once, as you said, I spent hours training it and it didn’t work at all. Your video, though, inspired me to get Version 10. I got it and Version 9 in a package with a lot of other programs. I tried to install Version 10, but it simply won’t work. The person who handles my computer problems doesn’t know why. I’ve installed 9, though, and it seems to be installing well. I guess I’ll now in a few minutes and I’ll let you know tomorrow how it’s doing.

By: Penny

Penny — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:59:45 +0000

I have Mac OS 10.4.11 (Tiger) which won’t take the latest version of MacSpeech Dictate (1.5), but it will take Speech Dictate 1.3. Trouble is I want to try a trial online download before I buy (and that version is hard to find anyway) – does anyone have any ideas?

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:20:21 +0000

Wow, I’m having terrible RSI problems (I’ve actually had to hire someone temporarily to be my hands for computer work because things like cutting and pasting to update my website to a new template and CSS is killing me). This technology would be a lifesaver.

I’m a photographer too: would this work with Lightroom and Photoshop? I suspect it would, but I would love to have some feedback on that in particular. Having seen your byline many a time, I had no idea that you wrote this way. Thanks for a wonderful and inspiring video, Jon.

By: Andre Johns - Hobby2Wealth

Andre Johns - Hobby2Wealth — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:48:03 +0000

Awesome software! I can’t wait to get my hands on it.

By: Penny

Penny — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:51:12 +0000

Hi Jon

Do you know if the software can be “taught” and English or New Zealand accent, not just “American”?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:31:44 +0000

Nice video Jon. I had no idea that speech recognition was that accurate. I’m now considering getting Mac Speech Dictate.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:37:18 +0000

Wow, Jon, I was just thinking about getting the MacSpeech Dictate and wondering if it would really be worthwhile or just a way to get myself thoroughly confused, and here you are.

I so appreciate your very clear demo and explanation. And now I’m off to buy the stuff!

Oh, one question: Do you know if I need the pod if I’m using a MacBook Pro?

Thanks again. I appreciate this video and I appreciate YOU!

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:42:17 +0000

Really appreciate the information on Dragon Speak.
I’ve been using voice recognition for about five years now (1st version 9, now 10). I’m a neuropsychologist and I dictate a lot of testing reports.
Wasn’t real impressed with Dragon 10 after I got it.
Am now considering that my hardware is the problem. Maybe my $20 microphone/headset is why I get some of system misperceptions ( they are frequently amusing, but become frustrating rapidly after about four hours of dictating).
My order for the vx-1 is in and I’m eagerly anticipating improved accuracy.
Thanks again for this very useful information. Look forward to more.