Speaking my blog

For the first time ever, I have decided to attempt to use speaking instead of typing to get my work done.

I purchased a Logitech USB headphone and microphone combination. I then used Windows Vista to setup the computer to use my voice for writing this blog.

Although there've been typos, for the most part it's doing a great job. I even set it up to run windows commands, such as starting and closing programs. It's a little clumsy, but I think he will be a big time saver if I customize it.

The following is an example of using the voice command without editing:

This is my block and I am using a lodge attack USB microphone to write it.

See what I mean?


Tomorrow I will attempt to train vista to create macros for multiple commands with one voice command. I will also try to figure out how to fix the voice input when things go wrong.


So far it looks like a lot of fun, but it's driving me a little bit crazy. I'm having trouble with formatting because I don't know all the commands yet, but the good thing is if there is no command I can make one up. :-)