The Writer's Guide to Training Your Dragon: Using Speech Recognition Software to Dictate Your Book and Supercharge Your Writing Workflow (Dictation Mastery for PC and Mac) - Softcover

Baker, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 153015247X ISBN 13: 9781530152476

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Want to dictate up to 5000 WORDS an hour? Want to do it with 99% ACCURACY from the day you start?

NEW EDITION: REVISED and UPDATED to cover the latest Dragon Professional Individual v15 for PC and v6 for Mac

FREE video training included!

As writers, we all know what an incredible tool dictation software can be. It enables us to write faster and avoid the dangers of RSI and a sedentary lifestyle. But many of us give up on dictating when we find we can't get the accuracy we need to be truly productive.

This book changes all of that. With almost two decades of using Dragon software under his belt and a wealth of insider knowledge from within the dictation industry, Scott Baker will reveal how to supercharge your writing and achieve sky-high recognition accuracy from the moment you start using the software. You will learn:

- Hidden tricks to use when installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking on a Windows PC or Dragon Dictate for Mac;
- How to choose the right microphone and set it up perfectly for speech recognition;
- The little-known techniques that will ensure around 99% accuracy from your first install – and how to make this even better over time;
- Setting up fail-safe dictation profiles with multiple microphones and voice recorders, without impacting your accuracy;
- How to train the software to adapt to both your voice AND writing style and avoid your accuracy declining;
- Strategies for achieving your entire daily word count in just one or two hours;
- Many more tips and tricks you won't find anywhere else.

At the end of the book, you'll also find an exclusive list of resources and links to FREE video training to take your knowledge even further.

It's time to write at the speed of speech – and transform your writing workflow forever!

About this title

About the Author

Scott Baker has written dozens of books under various pen names and spent most of the last decade working as a freelance writer for numerous publications in the UK. He first began dabbling with Dragon voice recognition software in the late 1990s when it was, quite frankly, terrible. Things have improved dramatically since then and Scott now uses dictation on a daily basis, taking advantage of the tricks and techniques used by professionals within the speech recognition industry to write thousands of words per hour.

He lives in the North of England with his wife, two sons and a tank full of tropical fish.

Review

Verified Amazon.com reviewers are unanimous...

• "The definitive book on Dragon for writers"
• "Techniques that seem to dramatically jump-start the accuracy of the software far beyond anything I've tried before"
• "Extremely helpful and informative"
• "The most comprehensive tool I've ever encountered when it comes to dictating. The author really knows his stuff"
• "This is the guide I'd write if I were an experienced Dragon user"
• "An excellent guide to the ins and outs of working with speech recognition software"
• "Some of the advice runs counter to what you'll find in other books on the subject, but for me what he says makes sense and works!"
• "Essential Guide to doing Dragon right... Five stars and well deserved"
• "This book doubled my writing output, even after years of using speech recognition software...  Following his advice, I had to make only three corrections in over 800 words of dictation"
• "If Nuance included a copy of this book with every purchase of Dragon it would prevent a lot of user frustration and improve the rating of their product"
• "My productivity level as a freelance writer has skyrocketed! I also reached out to Scott Baker with a specific question, and he graciously replied with a complete and prompt answer"
• "This Book Should Come With Dragon Products!"
• "Loaded with Great Tips & Info... the accuracy I'm achieving is nothing short of amazing"

And from Amazon UK...

• "Using Dragon? You NEED this book!"
• "This will give you a massive boost in performance"
• "Without talking down to you he explains everything you need to know for both versions of Dragon"
• "My dictation results improved dramatically"
• "The perfect guide. If this book had been around a year or two ago it would have saved me a lot of prevarication"

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 153015247X
• ISBN 13: 9781530152476
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 134