Dragon NaturallySpeaking Complete (CD-ROM version with Emkay 3185 microphone) [CD-ROM]

Parmod Gandhi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 23, 1999

CD-ROM only version of the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Complete Book in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A long awaited authoritative work on using Dragon's NaturallySpeaking and much more. This authoritative book explains basics of voice recognition to the novice, as well as advanced information to the experienced user. Although it is specifically dedicated to using the various VR programs manufactured by Dragon, it can be of enormous help to users of all VR programs. It also contains valuable information on hardware, and precious tips on ways of making dictation smoother and more productive. Well written, very legible layout, and a rich CD attached with extra macros and programs. -- Itamar Even-Zohar, Professor of Culture Research, Jan. 20, 2000

While it may have more information than the average user can take advantage of, for professionals in the industry, or power users of this new technology, this book will become an invaluable resource. Many thanks... and good luck with this venture (although luck will have nothing to do with your well deserved success). -- Edward S. Rosenthal, President and CEO, Next Generation Technologies, Inc.

Without doubt the book contains a very large quantity of extremely helpful and useful information. And it contains a lot of material which I did not expect to see but was very glad to see included. Although the book is written so as to be an easy read, it is, to my relief, always literate (at least in what I have covered so far) and never "painful" in the manner in which things in it are expressed.

I think too that it is fair to say that it is written with considerable psychological insight into how best to make instructions as easy as possible for the reader to understand and follow. Indeed, it is often quite fun, and without being irritatingly so.

Again to my relief, it contains a large index which, at first sight at least, seems to be sufficiently comprehensive.

What I have written above is entirely unsolicited -- N.M.G.

About the Author

Written by experienced users including Parmod Gandhi, Joel Gould, father of DNS, Ted Kempster former Technical Support Manager for Dragon Systems, Walt Kuryliak SR trainer, Judy Evans freelance writer, Ruth Rose well known SR advisor, Dr. G. Hugh Johnson outlines his complete medical charting procedure, Martin Halliday lawyer, and other experienced users.

Product Details

• CD-ROM: 768 pages
• Publisher: Insync Pub; 1 edition (December 23, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0968603718
• ISBN-13: 978-0968603710
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,355,397 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make This Book Your Bible!, February 26, 2000

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Michael H. Zajdel (Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon NaturallySpeaking Complete (Paperback)

I am a court reporter who is using continuous speech recognition software to produce transcripts and to do realtime reporting. I am considered to be an advanced user and have assisted and consulted many other people on speech recognition products. This book immediately became invaluable to me. "Dragon Naturally Speaking Complete" gives the reader a well-rounded understanding of the basic mechanics of state-of-the-art speech recognition products on the market, and then serves as a compass to guide them through how to best apply this technology.

I receive numerous calls and e-mails every week covering a fairly wide range of speech recognition issues. I answer those questions as best I can, but usually I feel like the person needs more information than I can give them at the time to understand the software and hardware well enough to achieve their goals. This book covers almost every aspect of speech recognition that I have had to deal with. Paid consultants might want to keep this gem under their hat, because this book will empower its readers to a very high degree. This book not only gives its reader insight to methods and techniques to rapidly build their speech recognition skills, but it also gives a very good explanation of hardware issues concerning speech recognition. The authors also have given numerous references to sites, products and newsgroups that are invaluable resources.

Before buying the book, I thought the book might turn out to be too technical in nature for many people. Those concerns were quelled after reading just the first few pages. This book is written clearly enough so that a novice to speech recognition can understand it, and then be incrementally elevated to a high level of proficiency. If some thought and common sense is applied, the reader will be elevated to an advanced level. I consider this compendium to be a speech recognition treatise, only written so we mere mortals can understand!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DNS Resource and Guide, February 10, 2000

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Catherine Fletcher - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon NaturallySpeaking Complete (Paperback)

I have gone thru almost all the book so far and I find that is full of tips to make my speech recognition use a better experience. Yes, it is true that in some instances I would like to see more macros, but that would require a devoted book on the subject. I am a software trainer and I always find that different audiences have different expectatives and sometimes they find I have not met them. Good work and I congratulate the authors for the effort on putting so much information at hand.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Refer to this book...Slay the Dragon, January 29, 2000

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Michael A. Sills, MD (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon NaturallySpeaking Complete (Paperback)

This is a thorough, up to date (1/2000) reference on how to get the most out of your speech recognition product, particularly Dragon. It is replete with information starting from the "nuts and bolts" and encompassing details on hardware and software, microphones, recorders, sound cards, USB connections...you name it. It is well-written and made easy to comprehend by folks who obviously are most knowledgeable, have a subtle sense of humor, and who love and use computerized speech recognition because they have found ways to make their daily work more efficient(and fun!), and want to share what they've learned. They've also shared their macros and other useful program utilities, which are contained on the included CD-Rom. If the answers to your questions about getting the most out of speech recognition are not provided within these pages, then they don't exist. This book is easily the most cost-effective "upgrade" you can buy, helping to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of your speech recognition product for a mere few dollars. I recommend it particularly for medical or legal professionals seeking to incorporate speech recognition into their everyday practices, as well as for other perhaps less demanding uses...but certainly for anyone who has already made the leap, or considering to incorporate speech recognition hardware and software, and wanting to get the most from their hard-earned dollars.

Michael