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Aug 7, 2007, 05:27 PM
 
Hello, we all know, that the MAC OS X "Tiger" is fantasic... but is there an application that will allow me, to say what i want, and it writes it for me?

sounds lazy, but im dyslexic, and i dont know where commers or quote marks and other stuff like that are ment to go.


Could this app even allow me to write in forums, like this? and free if possable... is there something built in that i have not come accross?
     
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Aug 7, 2007, 05:43 PM
 
Free? Not for years - this is one of the big challenges of computing, and even once it has been really solved it won't be free for a while.

I used iListen - or tried to. It cost me about $100 five years ago. I spent 10+ hours training it for my voice (and training my voice for it) and was able to dictate with about 70% accuracy if I spoke very carefully. If you are dyslexic, you may not be able to identify easily when it has made mistakes, so the training period would be more difficult and take longer.

Maybe it has improved since then - I don't know. My guess though, is that you would do better to use Word with all the grammar checkers turned on.
     
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Aug 7, 2007, 06:04 PM
 
You see, i do that, now, but when i change it, and all, i send it to my friend to make sure that its all grammer correct, and he changes most of it, as its not correct.

so, word is not that great, as it wont make sence for paragraphs or complex centences...
     
   
 
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