Look, No Hands! The “Dragon Dictation” App on the IPad - June 22, 2010
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June 21, 2010 by Free iPad
The Apple corporation is once more making its way to the front of the crowded technology market with such innovative products as the iPad. This most unique device, allows users to access the most user friendly interface currently on the market. Although most buyers are using this unit to access news and informational services — such as NPR and USA Today, there are additional applications (apps) that have recently surfaced, designed to make this experience all encompassing. A great example of this is the Dragon Dictation program offered by the Nuance group for the iPad. It requires a wireless connection to the internet (WiFi or 3G are preferred) in order to function properly.
This app will transcribe the human voice directly to text. This is perfect for those persons who are required to send long email messages and aren’t at a full sized keyboard to complete this activity. Instead, the Dragon Dictation software will take the spoken words and translate those into text on the screen. It is great for emails or documents that are lengthy in nature. There is no typing involved at the outset (although corrections later may need some), with only the human voice used as the input.
It is very easy to get started on this process. Make sure that you are connected to the internet and in a quiet place. This will avoid the possibility of disturbing others and reduce the amount of noise that is “heard” by the microphone. Put on the headset and then power up the iPad and open Dragon Dictation. There will be a large recording button on the screen that needs to be tapped. This will start the dictation. The program will automatically transcribe the spoken words at the Nuances server location. Once finished, simply tap the record button again to stop the transcription.
The biggest problem that most users have with this app is learning how to speak properly for the computer. For a normal human voice, the brain is trained to filter out most of the filler parts of speech to make sense of the words spoken by another. This is not the case for a machine, which does not have the mental acuity enjoyed by most humans. Words to avoid such as “uhs”, “ums” and “ers” take practice and aren’t always easy to overcome for many people. It is certainly possible with practice to be able to voice-type 40 words per minute. But this takes time, so training your voice is certainly something to think about.
Once the transcription session is complete, it is then possible to review the text before actually sending off the document or email. Many words can automatically be fixed by the built in dictionary/thesaurus which gives the user the option of using a selected group of words instead of the one selected. At times, however, the correction won’t already be loaded and a manual fix has to be done. Using the keyboard on the unit, the selected word can be highlighted and deleted or simply fixed. Either way, users are able to revise and edit the message before copying and pasting into an email message.
Of course there are other uses for this application. Business users of course favor the ease of composing long strings of texts without the cumbersome use of the tiny keyboard. But online entrepreneurs and social marketing mavens use this handy device to send out updates to their social networks, including facebook, twitter and myspace. It is a great use of a new technology to keep in touch with the many friends on the virtual online community. You will be impressed once the voice training period is over and this program runs so efficiently for the needs of most user.
About the only complaint that purchasers have made is the size of the record button after the app is started. Recall that by tapping the screen on this icon, recording was initiated and stopped. At the outset, it was very large and easy to spot. However, once the program is running, it appears as a tiny spot at the top of the text page. Users found this much harder to navigate and sometimes the first paragraph of the text was disrupted because the cursor found its way into this area, instead of stopping the app itself.
The only other drawback is the inability of desktop users of dragon dictation to train this version. At this point in time, it will take voice training before the full effects can be felt. This appears to be a small price to pay for such a handy item. Professionals enjoy the ease of use that it provides, allowing them to free up some more time to devote to their work. Since maintaining contact with associates is so important in this age of information exchange, the Dragon Dictation can really help with this problem. Most of all, by allowing clients to speak, instead of type, the documents created will most likely be completed a whole lot faster.
This is one application that seems to be a perfect fit for the hardware it was designed for. Most buyers seem to think that with a few minor software adjustments, it will be an essential part of any business kit. The Apple corporation seems to have hit another home run with the iPad. What are they going to come out with next to impress potential buyers?
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