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Voice to Text recommendation?

XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
edited May 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
I am inadvertently becoming something of a local history buff. In doing research for metal detecting, I have come across so much interesting information in everything from old Newspapers that stopped print in the 1800's to Microfiche to old Diaries and personal correspondence.

My problem is that much of it is difficult to read and nearly all of it is hard to keep track of. In many cases, I can't take the source material with me.

I would like to be able to take a laptop and microphone with me to record all of this stuff, but I don't know which software would be the best/easiest to use. Or even if it's feasible to do so.

Anyone know of any good voice to text software?

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  • ThePantsAssociationThePantsAssociation A million could-be years on a thousand may-be worldsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    The believe the best voice-to-text software is still Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It's been years since I've used it, however, so I can't vouch for how well it works these days. Looks like Dragon costs $100 normally, but I see it on Amazon for $50 right now.

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    that's not too bad

    thanks!

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Dragon is pretty much the industry standard.

    Keep in mind that it does take it many hours of talking before it can do it's thing reliably; it has to learn your voice.

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