Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread Maureen
That's really strange. I use DS and I just talk to it like it was a person. I've even named it, and I have a macro that turns it on when I call it by name. My goal is to able to talk to my computers like the humans talked to Dora and Minerva in the Heinlein novels. It's becoming necessary becau

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread Michael Grant
h. On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > My articles are all over the place and I really have to consolidate and (in > some cases) update them. You can find a number of them on Blog of Fusion ( > http://www.blogoffusion.com/). I've tried to keep the articles there > fo

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread Michael Dinowitz
My articles are all over the place and I really have to consolidate and (in some cases) update them. You can find a number of them on Blog of Fusion ( http://www.blogoffusion.com/). I've tried to keep the articles there focused on ColdFusion and related technologies, but I've been known to wax poe

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> Get a google voice phone number and just call and leave youself messages. > Transcripts will be available in your inbox. > > You will need to fix words here and there but hey, it's free! That's an AWESOME idea! ~| Want to reac

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread Casey Dougall
Get a google voice phone number and just call and leave youself messages. Transcripts will be available in your inbox. You will need to fix words here and there but hey, it's free! On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > It looks VERY nice but

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread Michael Grant
Michael, Couldn't you just call someone and dictate and record your dictation? That way you'd get the impetus of the human interaction without requiring someone to actually type? On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > I have a blessing and a c

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread Ian Skinner
Michael Dinowitz wrote: > And no, I can't use a tape recorder. I've tried. It just doesn't work the > same way. I need a human. Or a Vulcan. Even a Klingon if they type fast > enough and don't get blood on the keyboard. I have done this before, I was a TTY relay operator for a few months at the

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread Michael Grant
Hey Michael, do you just have stuff you've written on HOF or do you have other links? You've mentioned a few times how excellent a writer you are and you've piqued my curiousity to read something you've written. I feel the need to check out all they hype. hehe. :D On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:55 PM,

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread Michael Dinowitz
It looks VERY nice but is the exact opposite of what I need. :( On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Casey Dougall < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > Slightly different than a tape recorder, I'd go for a LiveScribe Pen. > > You write quick bullet points with the pen as it's recording your voi

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread Casey Dougall
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:25 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > > Slightly different than a tape recorder, I'd go for a LiveScribe Pen. > > > > You write quick bullet points with the pen as it's recording your voice, > > then you just go back and click the areas on the page when you want to > hear

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> Slightly different than a tape recorder, I'd go for a LiveScribe Pen. > > You write quick bullet points with the pen as it's recording your voice, > then you just go back and click the areas on the page when you want to hear > what you were talking about during that period. You could also export

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread Casey Dougall
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > > And no, I can't use a tape recorder. I've tried. It just doesn't work the > same way. I need a human. Or a Vulcan. Even a Klingon if they type fast > enough and don't get blood on the keyboard. > > --

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-05 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Yes.i.have.tried.dragon.speak. It.makes.me.speak.like.this. I've always found that the software was training you rather than you training it. And that still does not deal with the 'human' element. I need to be talking to a person. I know it sounds silly but I just don't give the same quality of c

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-04 Thread Dana
I have had this conversation with Michael and the answer is yes. Tho perhaps not wiith the latest version at this point. On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Maureen wrote: > > Have you tried Dragon Speak? > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Michael > Dinowitz wrote: >> > >> I beg of you. Be mine. Le

Re: I want you, I need you

2009-06-04 Thread Maureen
Have you tried Dragon Speak? On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > I beg of you. Be mine. Let me use you (or at least your fingers and an ear). > Do a service to the community by getting all the 'stuff' in my head out for > people to make use of. > > And no, I can't use a t

I want you, I need you

2009-06-04 Thread Michael Dinowitz
I have a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that I can start 'writing' verbally and it's something of great use. The curse is that I can't write at the same time and Judith just doesn't type fast enough. What I need is someone who can type very fast and is willing to sit on the phone with me fo