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yeah, this basically is me too. The problem I have with speech recognition is it doesn't allow for contemplation and correction (easily). I can stop mid sente

yeah, this basically is me too. The problem I have with speech recognition is it doesn't allow for contemplation and correction (easily). I can stop mid sentence, go back, change something, and finish the sentence when I'm writing. Much harder to do in speech recognition. Particularly with phone stuff, it's better with Dragon, etc., but for composition, writing is still the fastest way for me to get something completed. Dictation is a bit of a performance. It's not composition. Although it can make you a better thinker, I believe, if you practice it. Charles Krauthammer is, in my opinion, a pretty good speaker. Not many pauses, rarely any filler like "uh" "um" etc. I was googling around about him, and it turns out he was asked about this. He's a medical doctor, and back in the day, they would dictate their notes over a phone in the hospital, to a recording that would later be transcribed. After doing this long enough, he became skilled at composing his thoughts without writing them down.

blawson 10y ago
Listening to yourself makes a HUGE difference, in my experience. I've gotten used to recording myself for things like singing lessons, and it's been perhaps even more beneficial to replay the casual conversational exchanges with my teacher, as the singing itself. In my case, I learned that I tend to speak in very quick bursts - get a thought out at a rapid clip, followed by a brief pause. Actively trying to measure comes across as far more intelligent I think, and I have time to think through what I'll say next. Really hearing how many pauses, contractions, etc. you include in your regular speech helps you improve dramatically
Retric 10y ago
It works really well for a first draft if you just ignore what was already there. You can add notes / metadata, but just keep talking as you go. Mentally I think speaking just sits in another area as people who have trouble writing can act out a story with hand puppets for their kids in real time. At the end you end up with something that takes minimal effort to get into a readable first draft state. And after that it's just editing.

blawson 10y ago

Listening to yourself makes a HUGE difference, in my experience. I've gotten used to recording myself for things like singing lessons, and it's been perhaps even more beneficial to replay the casual conversational exchanges with my teacher, as the singing itself. In my case, I learned that I tend to speak in very quick bursts - get a thought out at a rapid clip, followed by a brief pause. Actively trying to measure comes across as far more intelligent I think, and I have time to think through what I'll say next. Really hearing how many pauses, contractions, etc. you include in your regular speech helps you improve dramatically

Retric 10y ago

It works really well for a first draft if you just ignore what was already there. You can add notes / metadata, but just keep talking as you go. Mentally I think speaking just sits in another area as people who have trouble writing can act out a story with hand puppets for their kids in real time. At the end you end up with something that takes minimal effort to get into a readable first draft state. And after that it's just editing.