Dictation not so good for the novice novelist

November 13, 2007 · 30 views · 1 comments

Dictation not so good for the novice novelist
taken by : Dedric Mauriac on sliterary (115, 165, 25)
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Here I am again, typing away at my NaNoWriMo. I tried dictating to Micosoft Office Word 2007 on Windows Vista Ultimate 64. The recognition is superior to previouse implementations on past operating systems. I am finding it to be taking a lot of time though. For a creative and inventive process, it is hard to think about what to say next when you are also concentrating on punctuation and corrective actions. One odd thing that I notice is that after every period, the program enters two spaces rather than one. I was taught to type in the same manor, but that was before fonts and kerning. It appears that I'll have to ditch dictating for now and keep typing. From Dedric Mauriac via blogHUD.com

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Attractive Ring November 24, 2007
Oh how did your NaNoWriMoing go?!?! I didn't even try this year, after two failed previous attempts I decided to give myself a break lol