The recent pandemic and lockdown situation has served as a catalyst to businesses who are becoming much more open to the idea of people working from home. Technology has made it possible for someone to effectively continue their work without having to be at the office.
While this virtual capability has been available for decades, the leap was precipitated by Covid-19 and has been sustained in the aftermath. Originally, employers probably felt they couldn’t trust their staff to work from home as efficiently as they could being monitored at work. Yet, people are finding that not having to spend time in the traffic gives them a few extra hours in the day, which they can use more productively. Being at home there are more distractions, but saving two hours in traffic there appears to be more margin. Having a more recharged employee encourages them to work at their best level of productivity. Many employees would prefer to take a 10% pay cut in favour of spending more time commuting in the morning.
Not being able to rely on support staff or secretaries as readily, has made it more appealing to integrate Dragon speech recognition into home office environments. Beyond being a time-saving tool, there are obvious cost-saving implications as well.
Another great thing about Dragon is being able to get work done in almost any situation. While you may be away from your computer, this doesn’t stop you from using Dragon’s transcription capabilities on the road, in a queue, at the airport or in your car. Dictating into your smart phone or a digital recorder makes it possible for you to harness the power of Dragon for just about any report and any place with a reasonably quiet atmosphere. Even in fairly busy open-plan situations you can get a good result from Dragon but it’s preferred to record when they are not too many distractions or external noises that can lead to deterioration of accuracy. So it’s important to realise that you have this power at your fingertips.
If you’re waiting for a meeting, you can quickly record a voice note whether it be a new document, personal memo or some emails that you would like to send out later. Even after attending that meeting, you can spend five minutes in the car or in the boardroom just jotting down some of the notes that you would like to carry forth from that meeting.
Dragon’s versatility makes it possible for you to get work done in between things, from using a hands-free kit in your vehicle you can maximise the time spent in traffic if you are travelling or if you’re really feeling like taking full advantage of your work from home lifestyle, you can actually get dictation done in the bath if you make sure that your cell phone is positioned in such a way that it doesn’t fall in!
There are many possibilities using Dragon, these portable aspects just make it such that much more valuable and important in the big scheme of things.