I've recently been seeing postings on the Internet extolling the virtues of the new Version 8 of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Last week I was speaking with a secretary about it, and she told me about the out-of-the-box way how her office was using it. She told me that an attorney she works for often handwrites his papers and presentations. Rather than her typing them, as would be normal, she, as his secretary, was saving time by using the speech recognition software to herself dictate what the attorney had handwritten.
I've heard for a long time how attorneys have been using dictation software, but this is the first time that I had ever heard about a secretary using it.
Here's part of what the secretary wrote to me:
“Sometimes [the attorney] brings me 40+ pages of yellow pads on a Monday morning! I can ‘talk into the computer’ fix any grammatical mistakes as I go along, follow arrows, do inserts, or correct spelling so he gets a more complete first draft (or even a final) when I'm finished. I have saved myself time and effort and [the attorney] is happier doing things the way he is used to doing them.”
Dragon NaturallySpeaking: http://www.scansoft.com/naturallyspeaking/matrix/
Posted by ajlevy at May 13, 2005 1:25 PM