Dragon

You haven't heard from me in a long time, mostly because I found the challenges of motherhood more of a priority than updating my blog. There have been hundreds of times though that I felt the urge to write something about my experiences, but those ideas remain in the head rather than making it to the written word. If you are familiar with my baby blog, you'll see that I only updated once in the past eight or nine months.

I'm not happy with this state of affairs though. There is a lot that has been missed along the way that I wish I had recorded. While I can't really go back, because what's gone is gone, I can start from where I am and move forward, right? To that end, I have started a new practice. This practice will allow me to keep up to date on a number of projects while doing the things that I do anyway. I bought some software called Dragon speaking naturally, along with a Bluetooth headset, which allows me to simply talk, and it does all the typing for me! In fact, I have not typed a single word that you are reading here today.

Right now, it's probably not as fast as typing. The reason for this is that it's still learning the way that I talk. However, right out of the box, it's pretty darn accurate. I still have to watch the screen as I'm talking but pretty soon I probably won't need to watch the screen at all.

I'm hoping that in the near future, I'll be able to dictate several things: this blog, my baby blog, my art blog and my novel. Theoretically, I should be able to dictate while changing diapers, making lunch, giving a bath and all the things I do throughout the day. I'm pretty sure that I can also just record things into my digital recorder and then feed that back to Dragon.

Stay tuned!

Love,

Ladybug