- Hi guys, Neil Waterhouse.
I'm a lousy typist.
I've been using computers since I was 13.
I'm now as my kids continually like to remind me, 53.
That's 40 years of using computers.
I'm still a two-finger typist.
However, thanks to the very latest
voice recognition software,
I can now out-type many touch typers
by simply talking into a microphone
instead of bashing around a keyboard and a mouse.
Let me explain and show you over.
Over the last 40 years of using computers,
I've experimented over the years many times
with all types of voice recognition software.
But up until around 2017,
I found voice recognition software pretty much useless,
pretty much rubbish.
The problem of course was accuracy
or better still the complete lack of accuracy.
It was only after 2017 that we got to the 95% accuracy mark
which for me was the game-changer.
There's 95% accuracy plus the ability
to train the software to your own voice
and train to your own vocabulary
as well as enable accuracy to be over 99%.
Now, most people these days have experimented
with some sort of voice recognition software like Siri,
in their mobile phones, or voice recognition software
in their car GPS or audio system.
And for many people, myself included,
these experiences were frustrating to say the least.
I also had the same experience with the voice recognition
of my car and my mobile phone.
And most of the time I don't even bother
as I know there's a very high chance
that the voice recognition software in that device
will not understand what I've said.
However, voice recognition software for computers today
is a whole different animal as I'll show you.
The big, big difference
is that you can train the voice recognition software
on your computer to your voice.
So that for every word that it gets wrong
or does not understand, you can train it.
So it learns that word
and does not ever make that mistake ever again.
This is the big difference.
And combined with the latest algorithms,
this makes voice recognition software today
a complete game-changer to whatever it has been.
A lot of companies these days
are now jumping on the bandwagon of voice recognition,
including Google.
If you're using say Google Docs for example
as your word processor,
the voice recognition software is built in
and Google Docs is free.
To enable voice recognition,
Just go to the Tools,
then scroll down to Voice typing.
On the left, you just click on the microphone
and start talking, which I'll show you in a sec.
Google offers many voice commands
and to find these commands, get to Help, Docs Help,
and search for voice typing.
You'll find stacks of voice commands that you can use
including new paragraph, bold, italics, full-stop,
(indistinct) in different colors, et cetera.
Here's a quick demonstration
using the voice recognition software
built into Google Docs to create a description
for an item listed on eBay and Amazon.
This inflatable kayak is sporty and fun
with a streamlined design for easy paddling, full-stop.
The bright color and sports graphics
make the kayak highly visible in the water, full-stop.
Great for discovering the lakes
and mild rivers, full-stop.
This sports kayak is perfect for one adult, full-stop.
Lightweight and compact, full-stop.
As you can see, Google does a good job.
However, I don't find it to be as accurate
as Dragon Dictate.
The voice recognition software that I use
is Dragon Dictate and made by a company called Nuance.
I'll put a link below the video.
Dragon Dictate is not free like the Google products,
but for me it's all about accuracy.
And I find Dragon Dictate gives the most accuracy
as it also has the ability that you can train it
for any word that it gets wrong.
So that it's continually learning your voice
and your vocabulary.
Here's a quick demonstration again using Google Docs.
But this time using Dragon Dictate
to create the same description for an eBay, Amazon listing.
This inflatable kayak is sporty and fun
with a streamlined design for easy paddling, full-stop.
Bright color and sports graphics
make the kayak highly visible in the water, full-stop.
Great for discovering the lakes and mild rivers, full-stop.
This sports kayak is perfect for one adult, full-stop.
Lightweight and compact, full-stop.
So the bottom line is if you're not a fast typist,
voice recognition software can save you a lot of time.
It can also save the joints in your fingers and hands
from the continuous pounding of typing a keyboard
and clicking the mouse button.
That's all for this week.
I hope this week's video helped you
with an introduction to voice recognition software.
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This is Neil Waterhouse.