Special Episode 3: Dictation, with Kevin J. Anderson

jdsawyer Going Pro / Nanocast June 3, 2016 June 13, 2016

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Today I ask:
“Can you tell us how dictation works, and how to learn to do it?”

Kevin J. Anderson answers!

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This was very helpful, thanks!! 🙂

jrhandleyblog

June 8, 2016 at 1:41 am 8 years ago

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Awesome episode. I use the speech to text on my iPhone and it’s pretty amazing. No typist needed. I even dictate punctuation. It does not make many mistakes—you’d be surprised. It’s SOOOO much faster than typing and I have also noticed my dialog comes out better. But it was great to hear it from the pro who’s been doing it for a long time very successfully.

DanDanTheArtMan

June 10, 2016 at 6:29 pm 8 years ago

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Great interview, thanks. I’ve always been intimidated by the idea, but the whole point about learning how to do it is key – I take touch-typing for granted now, but of course I learned that by typing asdf over and over and expanding from there. I’ll be giving dictation a go starting tomorrow. Thanks again.

Sean Monaghan

October 23, 2016 at 8:55 am 8 years ago

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