Scott, I do not use Dragon, but worked with a person who uses it extensively. I found that there is a fair amount of editing afterwards, but suspect that varies depending on diction and ambient noise.
I would be interested to try it with Legacy. Janie Darby Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 15, 2014, at 9:17 PM, Jay 1FamilyTree <1familytree....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Scott, > > I did not use Dragon, but I did use another Speech to Text program many years > ago when I had about 300 obituaries that I wanted the content and ended up > just reading them in using the speech to text software. > > I did not enter them direct into Legacy but rather into a word file and then > did cut and paste. > > The real key for me was spending the initial time whenever a surname came up > to correct the spelling... > eventually it was very good at recognizing most words, but there were many > names that just never could get right. > > But I was surprised and pleased how much better the Speech to text was > compared to around 2001 when it didnt work well at all. > > Hope that helps > > Jay > > > > >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Scott Hall <seh0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm assuming no response means no one on this group is using Dragon? <sigh> >> Hate to wait until December. Sherry/Brian et al. ... any other resources >> I can tap into on this topic? >> >> >>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Scott Hall <seh0...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I'm looking forward to the webinar on this very subject, but as it is not >>> until December, I was hoping someone might be willing to converse with me >>> about how they've successfully used Dragon to input data into Legacy. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> Legacy User Group guidelines: >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >>> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >>> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >>> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >>> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >>> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
