Nick nobbles Dragon NaturallySpeaking10 - part 2

Hey excellent interview Nick hats of to you for keeping a straight face, Dolly parton greatest hits. What were you thinking?:D On a serious note i think you were spot on mentioning the price and adding it seemed a big ask for a home user product, His reply was abit lets say sssttuttery made me giggle..:thumbsup:

You should've seen my questions I was going to try… such as place names with swearing in them… but we decided to be mature…

Glad you liked the show though. I have to admit I went in highly sceptical and pretty much convinced I could break it or get it to write gibberish, so I was even more impressed when it actually worked properly.

It seems to have gone quite a long way since I last tried out naturally speaking (I think it was V6). Although that shameless amazon.co.uk plug is true: only 105 pounds there http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nuance-Communications-Inc-NaturallySpeaking-Preferred/dp/B001AZ6GG6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1222476444&sr=8-2

Nick
but we decided to be mature…

shurely shome mishtake here… :hexlub:

That's the thing though, would you really spend the same price as your OS for a bit of software for home use?

For example, unless there was a physical need, a disability that stopped me from doing anything more than single finger typing, I wouldn't say that your average home user will get much value from it.

However, if you have to deal with LARGE amounts of text, in excess of say, 5,000 -6, 000 words a day, then you might find it useful.

But how many home users find themselves regularly writing that much, even on a weekly basis?

I suppose you could quantify it by figuring out how long it takes to type a letter and how long it takes to dictate a letter and then working the time saving figures up from there so you have an idea of how quickly it pays for itself… but it's a Sunday, the bacon sarnies are nearly rerady and I'm off for a coffee and nosh.