The dangers of Dragon Speak

Kevy Baby · 01-19-2007, 01:21 PM

My boss uses Dragon Speak. This is a voice recognition package for your computer that allows you to (amongst other things), dictate your typing. Unfortunately, he often does not proofread his work before sending.

In a recent email to a client, he accidentally sent the message before finishing. He then competed the email and resent it (and copied me). In the beginning of the email, he tried to explain the voice recognition error. His explanation closed with this sentence:

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This email was not proof read & I use a voice recognition system for dictation so there are some words ago makes sense believes you know what happened!

As much as I would like to believe he wrote it this way intentionally for humour, he didn't. "Let me explain how I screwed up by screwing up the same way again."

mousepod · 01-19-2007, 01:28 PM

Hey, it's hard to wreck a nice beach.

Ghoulish Delight · 01-19-2007, 02:03 PM

With my dad's vision and reading problems following his stroke, we bought him a laptop and Dragon Speak. We had a contact within the company, so someone actually came out to help him get it set up to work as well as possible for him. I should ask him or my mom how well it has been working. I've heard no complaints, but haven't asked directly about it. But it seems like it's done the trick, which was to allow him to go ahead with his retirement plan of continuing to author and edit language text books. That was the most terrifying aspect about all that, that he might have lost the ability to continue that. There's a lot of give and take with most technological advances (solves one problem only to create another), but this one was definitely a godsend for him.

Gn2Dlnd · 01-19-2007, 04:07 PM

I thought Kevy's children had started talking.

Capt Jack · 01-19-2007, 04:11 PM

that has to be how those 'poetry of spam' messages get written.

mousepod · 01-19-2007, 04:18 PM

...you sing calm incense.

Cadaverous Pallor · 01-19-2007, 04:54 PM

Too bad there isn't one called Parsssssel Tongue. All your ssssspeech would be transsssscribed like thissssss.

Disneyphile · 01-19-2007, 04:56 PM

Sounds more like Pigeon Speak to me!

DisneyFan25863 · 01-19-2007, 04:59 PM

I didn't even know they sold Dragon Speak anymore.

Not Afraid · 01-19-2007, 05:00 PM

Looks normal to me.

01-19-2007, 01:28 PM	#2
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Hey, it's hard to wreck a nice beach. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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01-19-2007, 02:03 PM	#3
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	With my dad's vision and reading problems following his stroke, we bought him a laptop and Dragon Speak. We had a contact within the company, so someone actually came out to help him get it set up to work as well as possible for him. I should ask him or my mom how well it has been working. I've heard no complaints, but haven't asked directly about it. But it seems like it's done the trick, which was to allow him to go ahead with his retirement plan of continuing to author and edit language text books. That was the most terrifying aspect about all that, that he might have lost the ability to continue that. There's a lot of give and take with most technological advances (solves one problem only to create another), but this one was definitely a godsend for him. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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01-19-2007, 04:07 PM	#4
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	I thought Kevy's children had started talking. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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01-19-2007, 04:11 PM	#5
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	that has to be how those 'poetry of spam' messages get written. __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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01-19-2007, 04:18 PM	#6
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	...you sing calm incense. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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01-19-2007, 04:54 PM	#7
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Too bad there isn't one called Parsssssel Tongue. All your ssssspeech would be transsssscribed like thissssss. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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01-19-2007, 04:56 PM	#8
Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Sounds more like Pigeon Speak to me!
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01-19-2007, 04:59 PM	#9
DisneyFan25863 Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Stevenson Ranch, CA Posts: 464	I didn't even know they sold Dragon Speak anymore.
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01-19-2007, 05:00 PM	#10
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Looks normal to me.
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