Dragon doesn’t understand English. It’s simply using algorithms to get better at predicting how your sound waves should be interpreted. It’s quite robotic this way, allowing you to programme it in such a way to recognise certain phrases as commands
While the Covid-19 pandemic has served as a catalyst to the adoption of remote technology, it’s business as usual at HCD. Our company has been using remote support technology for years in order to serve our clients better and faster.
Jan Tromp, an admitted attorney, notary and conveyancer, obtained his BA LLB degree at UCT. He attends to the personal, property and commercial legal matters of his clients in an integrated way to create lasting solutions. He specialises as a
HCD has been in the business of improving productivity for decades. Managing Director Peter Durham has been working with Dragon NaturallySpeaking from some of its earliest iterations and can tell you a story or two about his experiences of having
For some reason, we’ve got used to the concept of typing. Pressing a series of buttons in a sequence to generate words has become the default input when it comes to documentation. People take typing classes, they learn to touch
Documentation takes time. Recording meetings that need to be documented means getting someone to listen to and type every spoken word. Job or media interviews often require a transcript for record-keeping. The same goes for legal proceedings, whether it be
Dragon’s product range has traditionally fallen into a Premium and Professional version of their speech recognition products. However, their release of version 15 has changed things up a bit by condensing a wide range of variants into Dragon Professional Individual
Dragon NaturallySpeaking and IBM ViaVoice were popular and even competitors at one point. Having had the speech recognition edge on ViaVoice, it simply made more sense to go with Dragon. While ViaVoice priced more competitively, it wasn’t in the same
Dragon is unlike many other software products in that its interface requires hardware and human interaction. Usually when one has a software issue, it’s directly related to the inner workings or compatibility with other programs. Dragon is different in that
We’re connected to our devices, which serve as phones, calculators, cameras, calendars and entertainment hubs. It really is becoming a question of what can’t you do with your cellphone these days. With a multitude of apps designed around fulfilling some