Comments on: Sunday Break

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:24:57 +0000

I’ve been using the Vista voice recognition as well – I was surprised at how good it was. I found that it’s worth investing time in the training exercises, where you read passages to get the application used to the way you speak. It’s a little tedious but it does pay off. I looked into the Dragon software but the version that supported Outlook was VERY expensive – I just couldn’t justify it. I agree with Cathy – the microphone is key, I got very odd results using the one built into my laptop. Good Luck !

By: RA Guy

RA Guy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:58:36 +0000

Erika, Cathy, Miss Waxie – I absolutely love to cook, it’s always been one of my favorite things. I too easily push it aside when my RA flares, but I think I need to stop doing so. I’ve gotten past cookbooks, my best way of cooking now it to look around the kitchen at what I have, and make a menu from that.

Cathy, thanks for the tip on the speech recognition program! I’m going to check it out.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:40:16 +0000

I have been using the Speech Recognition program that comes with Windows Vista, and like it better than Dragon Naturally Speaking (which I have also used). It’s hard to say exactly why – Dragon is fine, but I just find the Windows program easier to use. Using voice recognition software can be frustrating, especially when you know typing would go faster. There’s definitely a learning curve at the beginning, and you have to be patient with it.

A lot depends on the quality of your microphone, both in terms of how well it picks up your voice and also in terms of how much background noise it can filter out. The microphone was probably the hardest part to get right; first it didn’t hear me well enough, then it started interpreting background sounds and even my BREATHING as words! Take your time with it and it will save you a lot of hassle later.

By: Miss Waxie

Miss Waxie — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:57:35 +0000

Sounds delicious. My mom and I were just talking today about how a balanced daily diet includes fruits and veggies of every color everyday – red, green, yellow, orange, blue, and purple if possible. Sounds like you were getting ’em all in!

As much as going gluten-free is a rough adjustment, we do get some great, fully natural meals out of it, don’t we? 😉

– Miss Waxie

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:43:52 +0000

Good for you RA Guy! Isn’t it wonderful to complete some of the simple things in life that we enjoy doing even when we aren’t feeling that great? I hope your wonderful friend was there to enjoy it with you! Were you the cook of the family before RA?