Wednesday, November 12, 2008

My Second Guest Blogger

I’ve talked about Dragon Naturally Speaking before on my blog and I’ve even had a guest blogger, but I think that it is such an awesome product, that I’ve decided to have the guest blogger back. Brett’s post is below, but before I get to that, I wanted to share with you a video and some promotional links. You can get 25% off Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Standard and 10% off MacSpeech Dictate by clicking on the respective links!



I’m interjecting one last time before Brett’s post, but I would like to remind everyone of the other awesome promotion for Dragon Naturally Speaking that can used in conjunction with any of the links in this post, “"Nuance is allowing us to offer our readers a 25% Discount Coupon CODE Exclusive for Dragon Naturally Speaking, but you must click the image below and use this code (DNSMSBG) Together. Code will not work from other sources"

Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Basic with Discount Coupon Code

Drew of the BenSpark has put together a great little video demonstrating Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10. Drew has been blogging for quite some time and he might just be one of the best mobile bloggers that I know. He is probably more famous for his picture a day work as he is an excellent photographer. But I can't help be amazed at how much content he creates and the high level of quality in that content.



He's definitely a blogger that employs best practices when he finds them, and based on this video, it looks like he might see some potential in Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Now I am not trying to put an endorsement in Drew's mouth. Time will tell, but I do think he is off to an excellent start.



You'll notice in his video, that the sound quality of his video is excellent. That's actually an important aspect for Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I don't mean that you need good video quality or sound quality in a video to make Dragon NaturallySpeaking work. However you do need a good microphone, and it should be a noise canceling microphone at that. The better the sound quality, and the better able your microphone is to remove other background noises, the better your system will be able to recognize the words that you say as fast as you say them and transcribe them accurately.



Now Dragon NaturallySpeaking comes with a noise cancellation microphone that works very well when you buy it out of the box. Drew is working with a download version that does not come with a microphone, and so he had to supply his own.



As I write this article, I am using a wireless headset microphone from Logitech. I've been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking for almost two years now, but I've just recently untethered myself from Dragon NaturallySpeaking and started using a wireless headset microphone with noise cancellation capabilities. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 does have the capability of working with Bluetooth wireless microphones, but my particular microphone runs on 2.4 GHz wireless technology. Now if you live in a household or work in an office environment where there are a number of systems or phones or microwaves, you may experience some interference with this particular headset. In that case, you will probably be better served with either a Bluetooth headset or a headset that is capable of being plugged directly into your computer through the microphone plug or through USB. I don't have that issue, and so I do get excellent quality with little to no interference at all.



So if you take an interest in Dragon NaturallySpeaking and want to try it for yourself, I highly recommend that you get a boxed version of the software which you can order from Nuance online. You can even get a good deal on a Bluetooth wireless headset and a bundled option from Nuance. If you're looking for entry level pricing, you can start using the software and get a headset microphone for as little as $75 if you act fast and use the coupon code with our links in this article available exclusively to blog readers.



To put that in context, I've taken three typing classes over the years to boost my typing speed and spent essentially three semesters practicing at typing. It wasn't the only thing that I studied, but I spent a lot of time building up my typing skill. With Dragon NaturallySpeaking, you can invest $75, invest an hour installing the software (I'm being very conservative with that time estimate) and as little as 10 minutes training the software to recognize your voice. Then you will be off and running typing at 150 words per minute!



That is pretty amazing, and well worth the value of $75($99 with the exclusive discount coupon code DNSMSBG for 25% off if you use the clickable image in this article, but act soon before the code expires!). Not to mention if you spend a little extra and get a wireless headset microphone, you can pace around your room or your office, you can exercise, or do a number of different things other than sit at a computer desk staring at your computer all day long. :-) $99 basically gives you your freedom with a Logitech headset.



Best regards,

Brett Bumeter

www.softduit.com



My name is Brett Bumeter, and I wrote the article above and 4 1/2 minutes. The article is about 659 words long, and that translates into 144 words per minute. Add in two minutes for editing, and that's still 100 words per minute!

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