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Looks like it's still not great for writing fiction. I didn't see anything for "Quotation Marks" for dialogue in their Voice Commands, and even if it did, I sur
by cableshaft 11y ago
Looks like it's still not great for writing fiction. I didn't see anything for "Quotation Marks" for dialogue in their Voice Commands, and even if it did, I sure hope I wouldn't have to say "Quotation Mark What was that Question Mark Quotation Mark asked Billy Period. Quotation Mark I said Poop Nuts Exclamation Point Quotation Mark said Daniel Period."
This is much much slower than I can type. I know it'd be hard to infer punctuation, but even just a one syllable shorthand command for each common bit of punctuation would be nice (you can disable it by default).
I really want to use this stuff too, because it means I could write stories while exercising at home, which is apparently how Randy Pausch wrote his last novel (he dictated it and had someone else transcribe it... I'd like Google to do that last bit for me).
- melling 11y agoIf you're willing to pay, Dragon Naturally Speaking has more features: http://whatsnext.nuance.com/connected-living/thursday-tip-how-to-speak-commands-and-punctuations-with-dragon-dictation/ http://whatsnext.nuance.com/connected-living/thursday-tip-ho... If you simply want a better free product, you'll have to wait a few more years. In the meantime, the solution will work well for tens of millions of people and Google can learn from them.
- cableshaft 11y agoHow are they nowadays? I tried their free demo app awhile back and had to correct pretty much every third spoken word using an annoying user interface to go back to my previous text, that it was easily taking less time for me just to type it in the first place.
- melling 11y agoSiri is powered by Nuance technology. They've been pretty good for a decade now. David Pogue and John Siracusa have been using it to do their writing. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/23/ http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/23/