Hands Free!

I went to the shops with my wife this morning.

I didn't intend to buy anything, but walking into WH Smith I found that they had a sale on. Not just your average sale, but a software sale! And to my great delight I found that they had ViaVoice on a special offer with Microsoft Money-the two pieces of software I have been lusting after since Christmas!

I got a book as well, for my money website, to do some research obviously!

So yes, I did get MS Money and ViaVoice.

I'm not ashamed of it. I'm quite proud of it. In actual fact I dictated this entire post in less time than it normally takes me to come up with a title! It's amazingly accurate as well and I had very few words Dad needed to change. I left that one in there as it obviously wasn't my dad who needed to change those few words, but me!

I also found that my Norwegian Grammar wasn't very acceptable to the software. What I mean by that is I tend to write or speak English as I would write or speak Norwegian. My punctuation and choice of words, and where to put them in a sentence, would usually confuse ViaVoice.

I'll be doing an experiment I think, over the next few hours and days, where I will speak, and effectively dictate into his microphone, an ebook that I have been considering over the last few days.

Now, usually I am not a technology freak, but because of various issues with my eyes and back, the opportunity to speak my opinions directly into the computer without having to think, or actually without having to type or look at the screen while dictating, had a certain appeal to me.

At the moment for instance, I am watching a white car driving out of the Somerfield's car-park opposite our house.

I don't know why, but for some reason when I speak, I very often start mid-sentence. Or halfway through my train of thought. It drives my wife mad! And not only that, I find myself not finishing sentences. I guess I can give a written sentence a bit more careful consideration before letting it loose on you as well.

But at least I will be writing as I'm speaking!

Cheers,
Jon

=Every day in every way I'm getting better and better=
-dictated to my computer through my microphone-