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Title: [Slightly Off-topic] Dictation software / recording device?
Post by: chinariderstl on September 16, 2013, 08:47:17 PM

Hi, for my writing classes, I do a lot of pre-writing exercises, like brainstorming, to generate ideas (Aristotle called it "invention").  Currently, I dictate, aloud, to my Sony PCM-M10, then import the audio into Audacity and manually transcribe it (to written text).  I'd like to find something to expedite the process.  Anyone have any experience with dictation software / recording devices that will help facilitate the conversion from analog (voice) to written text?  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Chris.

Title: Re: [Slightly Off-topic] Dictation software / recording device?
Post by: JimmieC on September 16, 2013, 08:51:53 PM

People at work use Dragon dictation and like it.

Title: Re: [Slightly Off-topic] Dictation software / recording device?
Post by: chinariderstl on September 16, 2013, 08:57:10 PM

Quote from: JimmieC on September 16, 2013, 08:51:53 PM

People at work use Dragon dictation and like it.

Thanks, this is the one program I've heard of that people seem to really like.

Title: Re: [Slightly Off-topic] Dictation software / recording device?
Post by: F.O.Bean on September 16, 2013, 10:39:08 PM

Yep I've heard good things about dragon too!