Voice to Text

Trying some new technology can sometimes be cumbersome, if not over slightly daunting. I am working with a voice recorder to input MacSpeach Scribe on the Mac that will translate it to the written word. I can basically dictate the blog posting and the software will translate it into words so I will have to see how that will work. One of the items that you must get used to when using the recorder is to enunciate your words much better and much more consistent. You must also include the punctuation, and any or other format that you need to have the translator set in the final product. Another item that will take some getting used to is the concentration it takes to not only dictate and formulate your words, but also insert the punctuation while advancing the thought that you have in your mind regarding the dictation. It might seem easier to write it down first, but that would be somewhat defeating the purpose of having the audio recording allowing the software to translate the voice. It would just be easier to type it into the computer, and let the post go as to is.

I am using a Zoom handy recorder H4n that seems to be very functional. The recording can be stopped at any time and once the thought process is continued you may continue the recording without having to start over. Being the first posting with this workflow I'm going to keep rather short you can see the picture below of the H4n. It looks very cumbersome but yet it is not. It seems very simple to operate but yet has very deep controls for multiple track recordings and so forth, clearly something that I probably will not use but the quality of the microphone was the driving force behind forcing this unit.

That do it for me today. So I'll cya later... Doug