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Well, here I sit in front of my computer with my hands in my lap and with a microphone and headset in front of me. I have just entered the world of hands-free typing and it is a joy.
The program loads very easily and after about three minutes of talking to this thing, I am talking away and typing to the screen with correct spelling and no errors. If you are like me and have a left-hand with some nerve damage this thing takes the drudgery out of typing.
It seems to interface with all data input on my Windows-based computer and they have software for Apple users. So far, I have used this thing on Outlook, Word, and several forums. One of the main advantages is that there is not a lot of retyping, backing up, or error correction. I got it the day before yesterday and I'm already using it to great advantage (and with my lousy spelling it saves having to look up every other word.) You do have to put in the punctuation by yourself by saying words like (.,:;?!, Etc.).
Complex words like hyperbolic, and technical terms such as numerical control, Fortran, large-scale integrated circuit, VHF marine radio, seem to roll off the tongue and right into the document.
One really neat thing is on websites where people tend to make long posts with varying relevance to the topic, this equipment and software tends to make verbosity very easy, although normally, I would escchew that!
Bottom line is, if you have trouble typing either because of a disability or a lack of skill, this is the answer in my humble opinion. I highly recommend it to anyone who has been thinking about getting it.
It seems quite expensive, when you first see it, roughly about $200 but since it came with a $50 mail-in rebate it didn't seem too onerous (see what I mean about words you'd have to look up?). I purchased it with this discount at FRYS in Renton.
Oh, and at the same time I upgraded my laptop with double memory (now eight gig) and a RAM drive with 512 gig. That drive replaced the 250 gig disk drive that was in the machine.
Well I guess it's time to close. Even though I am having fun at this, you are probably getting tired of reading this post.
The program loads very easily and after about three minutes of talking to this thing, I am talking away and typing to the screen with correct spelling and no errors. If you are like me and have a left-hand with some nerve damage this thing takes the drudgery out of typing.
It seems to interface with all data input on my Windows-based computer and they have software for Apple users. So far, I have used this thing on Outlook, Word, and several forums. One of the main advantages is that there is not a lot of retyping, backing up, or error correction. I got it the day before yesterday and I'm already using it to great advantage (and with my lousy spelling it saves having to look up every other word.) You do have to put in the punctuation by yourself by saying words like (.,:;?!, Etc.).
Complex words like hyperbolic, and technical terms such as numerical control, Fortran, large-scale integrated circuit, VHF marine radio, seem to roll off the tongue and right into the document.
One really neat thing is on websites where people tend to make long posts with varying relevance to the topic, this equipment and software tends to make verbosity very easy, although normally, I would escchew that!
Bottom line is, if you have trouble typing either because of a disability or a lack of skill, this is the answer in my humble opinion. I highly recommend it to anyone who has been thinking about getting it.
It seems quite expensive, when you first see it, roughly about $200 but since it came with a $50 mail-in rebate it didn't seem too onerous (see what I mean about words you'd have to look up?). I purchased it with this discount at FRYS in Renton.
Oh, and at the same time I upgraded my laptop with double memory (now eight gig) and a RAM drive with 512 gig. That drive replaced the 250 gig disk drive that was in the machine.
Well I guess it's time to close. Even though I am having fun at this, you are probably getting tired of reading this post.
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