Exploring Dragon Naturally Speaking and Classroom Technology
My buddy John isn’t much of a typist. He jokes about how bad he is, and he’s not wrong. John uses the “seek and destroy” method of two fingers, maybe three fingers per hand when he’s typing.
To end my misery, I let John use Dragon Professional Individual 15 on my laptop.
My daughter recently discovered Minecraft on the iPad. (She’s five years old and we’re a little bit late to the game, I know.) Who knew minecraft could be so much fun. A little bit too addictive for mommy, daddy and daughter. So, we need to set time limits. And the iPad guided access mode lets […]
‘Tis the season for giving. and wanting. I’d like to get my sweetheart an iPhone 5. I haven’t really decided between an iPhone 5s or an iPhone 5c, but that’s beside the point. (But, come on, that touch ID fingerprint logon system seems pretty darn cool.) My sweetie currently uses an old school flip cell […]
Let’s pretend you have a class of 24 students. As a classroom teacher, which would you rather have? Access to a class set of (24) laptops for two weeks of the school year. (If you choose this option, you get 10 computer days and you could either use those 10 days consecutively over two weeks, […]
Dragon Naturally Speaking premium 12 just came out today, and the official nuance website says the updated speech recognition software is more accurate, straight out-of-the-box compared to Dragon 11. (Apparently, it’s up to a 20% more accurate than Dragon Naturally Speaking 11.) Maybe, but I’m not so sure. After using Dragon Naturally Speaking (11.5) for […]
