One day I'll have to go Google for additional command sets for the tools and programs that I use. For example the breeze forcibly on the microphone it might say "up" or "pop". It knows about a large number of applications, except it doesn't know about Firefox which makes browsing a bit of a problem. I don't know if I could use it effectively if I had no hands at all, as most of its commands consist of one or two word chords and it seems to have trouble with very small words. However it does mitigate some of these issues by scanning all of your e-mails and all your documents looking for potential vocabulary words. ![]() The accuracy is easily 95+%, and the only strange things happen when there are words like "Corillian" that are just too weird for it to possibly understand. In fact this entire post has been dictated entirely with Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 7, and I have to say I'm not completely disappointed. ![]() The quality is so much greater than it was five years ago when I tried previous versions of voice recognition software that at least I can feel that the future will hold positive things around voice recognition. I've taken a few typing tests online using the voice recognition software and I've achieved up to 100 (160 in one case) words a minute - which is just about what my typing speed was at my peak. So lately I've been into voice recognition, first starting with the built-in Microsoft voice recognition software and currently with Dragon's NaturallySpeaking. It's just one syllable for me to say something like "code" but it's four keystrokes between two hands and that seems ridiculous to me. I've looked at all sorts of funky keyboards that claim to have the One True Way of typing but I've decided the typing is just not where it's at. Perhaps I'm just having a flareup, but regardless it's time to deal with it. I'm not particularly athletic either and 10 years of not working out has no doubt created a weakness in my hands and forearms that can be covered up no longer. This is not hyperbole, this is simply fact, my fingers move really fast, and now I'm paying for it. If you've ever seen me present before, you know that I type fast. I've got the natural keyboard and I've got the trackball mouse but fundamentally I'm I/O bound when it comes to my hands. Recently, however, it's become rather ridiculous as I can only type for a few minutes at a time before my fingers and wrists start to ache. I've had trouble with my hands and wrists over the years of programming. We all have pain I'm sure, but since I'm the center of my own universe my pain takes priority. ![]() I've said a few things in the past about The Programmer's Back.
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