Brave New Words

[talktooloose]

One of the reasons I haven't been updating very much is that I've been having on-going problems since February with tennis elbow, and with a pinched nerve in my back. One of the things I'm trying Is dictation software; specifically, iListen for the Mac. Right now I'm going through the rather interesting process of training the dictation software to understand me. I do this by reading stories and texts to the computer and also by letting it analyze documents I've previously written so that it can learn my style.

Whether this ends up as more than a game, I can't say yet. But it is kind of fun. It's not just the software the needs to learn my voice, it's me who has to learn how to write speaking. Apecifically in the context of livejournal, I have worked hard to you develop a conversational style of writing. And yet as I dictate now, I find my writing incredibly stilted. Still, it's cool to be standing with my hands in my pockets writing an LJ entry.

BELOW IS THE ENTRY EXACTLY AS THE SOFTWARE TRANSCRIBED IT:

One of the reasons I haven't been updating very much, is that have been having on-going problems since February with tennis elbow, ended with a pinched nerve in mind back to. One of the things on trying his dictations software specifically, iListen for the Mac can. Right now I'm going through the rather interesting process of training the dictations software to understand may. I do this by reading stories and tax to the computer and also by letting it analyzed documents I've previously written so that it can learn my style.

Whether this land that is more than a game, I can't say yet to. But it is kind of fun. It's not just the software the needs to learn my voice, it's me who has to learn have ruled right to buy speaking. This casually in the context of live Journal, I have worked hard to you develop a conversational style of writing. And yet as I did takes now all, I find my writing incredibly still today. Still, it's close to be standing with my hands my pockets and writing in El Jay the entry.

Comments

[rfmcdpei.livejournal.com]

So this is how it'll work? I'm impressed. I think.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing it's not worth the effort. Even if I take the time to train it, I'm guessing I use to large a vocabularly and too creative a style to ever make dictation easy. Unless my arm just gets worse and falls right the fuck off.

[marquisdd.livejournal.com]

Sounds liks Engrish to me.

[mofic.livejournal.com]

Pretty interesting. What's up wit hadding "to" at the end of sentences? Do you have any idea what you're doing that it hears as "to"?

My brother has pretty bad carpal tunnel and uses Dragon Dictate software.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's a breath it's hearing. I was wondering that myself.

What does he dictate? Can he get creative with it and use a large vocabularly without tons of correction, etc.?

[mofic.livejournal.com]

He's a novelist. But he only uses it to get a bunch of words in. He does lots of correction, editing, etc. by hand, but I guess what aggravates the CTS is the repetitive movement of typing, not the movements of editing.