By: Blake

If you are like me then you aren’t the greatest typer. Luckily there was someone who recognized our disability and created a great program that can convert speech to text. That’s right, us slow typers are no longer left in the dust when it comes to a words per minute rating. Since it starts out at just 100 dollars it is affordable and can make putting any document on your computer easy.

The Dragon Naturally Speaking program is able to work out of the box. When you get it installed one of the first things you will do is create your unique profile. As you use the program it will learn your voice and how you enunciate. As it becomes more familiar with your voice the speech to text software will get more and more accurate. The more you use it the better accuracy the software will have, up to 99 percent! Dragon Naturally Speaking can even handle punctuation which aids in translating your document to text. Of course your profile will be unique to your voice and if someone else tries to use it they will end up with many errors unless they have a similar speech pattern.

Since you don’t need to use the keyboard you can write documents with ease and in comfort. You can use Dragon Naturally Speaking while laying down or standing. Breaking away from the usual keyboard and mouse can create a more relaxed working environment.

Anyone who who goes on the computer could benefit from this program. That’s right, it isn’t just for speech to text. You will be able to surf the net, manage saved files, or right a book just by talking to your computer. Certain voice commands make this possible. Of course this can take some getting used to, but that comes with all new things. Once you get used to Dragon Naturally Speaking you will be able to complete tasks much faster than before.

I think that this program would be a great buy for anyone who has to type a lot. It can more than double your words per minute if you currently are typing 40 wam. Most people talk at 120 words per minute so it is easy to see how putting an essay, chapter or report into text can be a breeze. If you are not good at typing and need to type, then I think you should give the Dragon Naturally Speaking software a try!