4/11/2023 0 Comments Dragon dictate for mac![]() ![]() A third category aspires to be the stenographer-that endangered species who we see in old movies or photos of our grandfather’s office. ![]() Others like Skedool become time and appointment managers. An app called Accompany pretends to be the handler that whispers key information in your ear before a meeting. Or perhaps it is simply a ruse by product companies-who after all, make money by creating products and apps that we may or may not need. This infantile desire converges with the need to be all grown up like our fathers: have an office, a secretary, or at least a digital one. We want someone to answer emails, type out memos and compose text. Perhaps it is also because of an infantile desire for someone to “look after" our chores-which, in this age, are largely digital. Perhaps it has to do with power-we all want someone who will hang on to our every word. There is a reason why virtual assistants are a virtual reality these days. This entire article has been dictated using Dragon Dictate software. It has customized versions for lawyers, doctors and regular folks. ![]() Of the lot, Dragon is the most advanced with respect to transcribing. Siri, Amazon Echo and Microsoft Cortana all transcribe voices into words on mobile devices. Google Chrome offers voice recognition, activated by pressing the function key twice-to a slightly better degree. Apple has its own inbuilt voice recognition software, which, frankly, sucks. ![]()
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