In an earlier e-mail, I talked a bit about my frustrations about being hardwired to my computer.
Here's another issue: if I try to watch a YouTube video, or if I accidentally visit a website with audio, Dragon NaturallySpeaking tries to interpret the words spoken by the website. Sometimes (particularly if the words are spoken rapidly) my computer seems to use all its resources trying to interpret the spoken words, and so Dragon NaturallySpeaking becomes nonresponsive. I have addressed this by turning the speaker volume way down, and this helps... but I find it best to mute the computer speakers. But this makes it very cumbersome to, say, answer a phone call via Skype. (Skype is great for making outbound calls, by the way...) I would very much like to be able to watch video podcasts and YouTube videos and so forth and retain control of my computer using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I would like to be able to participate in webinars, and in conference calls using Skype. I plan to research directional microphones. It may be possible to position a directional microphone so that it can pick up my voice from several feet away with minimal interference from the computer speakers and the telephone and visitors... Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks, and take care, Dave Krehbiel
