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I have yet to find a software package (other than most computer games, unfortunately...) that I can't use with DragonDictate. In some I have to design my own macros (for example, using mouse positioning commands to go to non-standard buttons), but most stuff works fine. The irritating stuff is drag and drop, which was awkward with DragonDictate under Windows 95 and is impossible with DragonDictate under Windows NT 4. But I spend most of my time programming, so that isn't a big problem.
I started with DragonDictate 1.3 and I can tell you the performance is much better with 3.0x. You should be able to do everything you need.
-----Original Message-----
From: June [SMTP:mail2me@@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Friday, February 20, 1998 7:55 PM
To: Voice List Emails
Subject: Re: Programmer Analyst "Hands Free"
Jamie:
I used the Dragon Classic 30,000 version 1.0. I thought
that was plenty of words. I made up a lot of macros of
my own, too. I was hoping to get Nat Speaking to do
the cc-mail interoffice correspondence with supervisors,
other programmers on my team, customers, etc., in
the huge 31 story building where I work. Will I be
able to ccmail on the Power Dragon thing? I don't
work much with Word, etc., mostly programming
and communication by ccmail with other team
members in our building and different states in the
USA. Has the discrete speaking become more
a more natural type of speaking since version 1.0?
June
> I'm a software engineer, and have used voice recognition software for 2 and a half years.
>
> I use DragonDictate Classic 3.02 and NaturallySpeaking Deluxe. I used DragonDictate Power when I first started using voice recognition software, but I've found that Classic is sufficient for everything I need. I believe that the only difference is that Power keeps more words in memory, and the time to get words from disk appears to be negligible so I'm happy.
>
> Version 1.0 is nowhere near as good as the current versions, don't let your past experiences scare you off.
>
> Jamie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: June [SMTP:mail2me@@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 1998 4:45 PM
> To: Voice List Emails
> Subject: Programmer Analyst "Hands Free"
>
> My office area was finally evaluated last week. It looks as
> if I might be able to keep my job as a programmer analyst,
> using the Power edition of Dragon Dictate.
>
> I used DragonDictate version 1.0 for a little less than
> a year. In fact that is what I am using to write this email.
> In a little less than a year, I was off work again for more
> hand surgery. I think they are being more careful to
> get the Dragon set up better this time. (Had problems
> with noise and recognition before).
>
> Are there other programmers out there using the Power
> version of Dragon Dictate? I am kind of worried about
> being able to do all of the things like interoffice correspondence
> reports, job tracking, etc. I was not very successful with
> DragonDictate 1.0.
>
> Although I like to be able to return to the same duties,
> the knowledge that the hand and arm nerve pain will return
> very easily really strikes fear to my heart!
>
> I would like to hear some ideals on how to make this return
> to my job as a programmer analyst using Power DragonDictate
> successful. Any comments will be appreciated.
>
> June
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