Scott, Unless your hand coordination is not normal, I doubt you could ever get any speech to text program to enter data into Legacy as fast or effectively as hand entry.
However if there is a hand disability, it would be a great tool to use. On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Scott Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the flurry of responses. I already own Dragon 12 Premium ... > but disappointingly, Legacy is not directly supported by it -- seems like I > basically have to build a series of custom commands. I haven't > experimented enough to know how involved this would be, but what time I've > spent with the application thus far (on Word or Outlook) shows it responds > well and accurately. > > I was hoping that I could dictate the entry of new data into the Legacy > database -- add a child, dictate their name, birth date, etc., flip to > Research Notes, dictate some content, move to the next record ... I spoke > with Nuance who assured me Dragon could be used with Legacy, and clearly > the upcoming webinar proves it can be as well. I was hoping someone was > already using it and could walk me through a mini tutorial on how to set it > up -- the learning curve out of the box is a little high. > > Ah well, I'll just have to invest more time -- or wait until December! > > Scott > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Jerri McCoy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you just want to try it out to see what it would be like, Windows has >> had a speech recognition application built-in since Vista. I'm sure it >> isn't as full-blown as Dragon, but you could get a taste of the beast. >> You do have to train it to your voice, just like Dragon. The setup is in >> the Control Panel under Ease of Access. >> >> Jerri >> >> On 7/16/2014 11:05 AM, singhals wrote: >> > Ditto, ditto, ditto! >> > >> > I thought it would be useful for entering material from an >> > old newspaper. Wrong. >> > >> > From what I can make out, in the US you need to be a >> > native-born speaker of "midwest" -- the lack of accent most >> > Network TV announcers have -- working in a fairly >> > sound-proof environment for vox-rec to work properly. >> > >> > I do know people who speak American-midwest, who have >> > radiant heat, who can't live without vox-rec. >> > >> > As a quik'n'dirty comparison, the initial output of >> > vox-rec's I've tried frequently looks like an OCR'ed version >> > of a carbon copy of s document typed on a Smith-Corona. >> > >> > Cheryl >> > >> > Sherry/Support wrote: >> > >> >> For some reason I have never done well with any >> >> ​voice recognition system. >> >> >> >> Phone trees which require vocal input don't work for me >> >> ("Dec 14 1956" comes out "you said June 6, 1934, correct?") >> >> and voice dialing on my phone ("Call Home") usually looks >> >> for the wrong person ("Call Ron"). >> >> >> >> ​I was in a Microsoft usability study years ago for voice >> >> recognition and the results were interesting, to say the least.​ >> >> >> >> And I have a pretty benign accent and enunciate clearly! >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Sherry >> >> Technical Support >> >> Legacy Family Tree >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Brian/Support >> >> <[email protected] >> >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> I do have Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 on my computer, I >> >> tried to use it >> >> to dictate emails 4 years ago when I was undergoing >> >> cancer treatment and >> >> I thought it might help. I never found it terribly good, >> >> or I just did >> >> not have the patience to train it well, so I stopped >> >> using it. I have >> >> never tried to use it with Legacy for data entry so I >> >> had no comment on >> >> your request. >> >> >> >> I might sign up for that webinar, maybe it will convince >> >> me to give >> >> Dragon another try. >> >> >> >> Brian >> >> Customer Support >> >> Millennia Corporation >> >> [email protected] >> >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >> >> >> >> On 15/07/2014 6:12 PM, Scott Hall wrote: >> >> > I'm assuming no response means no one on this group >> >> is using Dragon? >> >> > <sigh> Hate to wait until December. Sherry/Brian et >> >> al. ... any other >> >> > resources I can tap into on this topic? >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Scott Hall >> >> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> I'm looking forward to the webinar on this very >> >> subject, but as it is not >> >> >> until December, I was hoping someone might be >> >> willing to converse with me >> >> >> about how they've successfully used Dragon to input >> >> data into Legacy. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> > >> > >> > Legacy User Group guidelines: >> > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >> and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and >> on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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