Look no hands!

September 5, 2007 by Matt Eve · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Irish Business Tips 

I’m always interested in trying out new technology that can make my life easier. Having never learned to type properly, other than using one finger, I often find that my brain is going faster than I can type!

I’m now trying out a new speech recognition software called Dragon Naturally Speaking, it allows you to dictate what you want to say into a microphone, and then miraculously, it appears on screen. I’m hoping that I can use it in my business to speed up posting on this blog and creating articles, products and also for letter writing and other day to day things that I would normally type.

I have to say, having only spent about an hour with this software, is is pretty impressive. I have been able to write this blog post without having to touch the keyboard (except to copy and paste it into WordPress).

Hopefully, it is going to save me a lot of time and effort trying to find the right keys to press on my keyboard. If you do a lot of writing in your business, it may be worth considering, you can take pick up a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking on Amazon, and sometimes on eBay, fairly reasonably.

It really is a bit eerie, when you see the words that you are saying just pop up on the screen in front of you. It is as though, there is someone hidden away, typing everything you are saying!