App Review: Dragon Dictation
Website: http://www.nuancemobilelife.com/support/USA/engusa/dragon-dictation
Works with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
Great alternative to typing on a tablet. Free, so it’s not as robust as the full featured products.
Tested on: iPad, 1st generation
What I like about it: small learning curve. Only the basic features that I need. Extremely accurate.
Gotcha’s: Limited recording time before it starts transcribing (though it wasn’t a problem for me).
I use Dictation for: reading notes off my whiteboard. Then, they get copied to Microsoft Word documents. Also, use for quick notes/ideas on the go.
Cheat Sheet
Commonly used commands:
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“New Line” or “Next Line”
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Press the enter key once, capitalize next word |
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“New Paragraph” or “Next Paragraph”
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Press the enter key twice, capitalize next word |
Commonly used Punctuations
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&
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“ampersand” or “and sign” |
.
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“period” |
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:
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“colon” |
?
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“question mark” |
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!
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“exclamation point” |
,
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“comma” |
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=
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“equal sign” |
@
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“at sign” |
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/
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“forward slash” or “slash” |
–
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“hyphen” |
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‘
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“begin single quote” or “open single quote” |
‘
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“end single quote” or “close single quote” |
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“
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“begin quote” or
“open quote” |
“
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“close quote” or
“end quote” |
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(
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“left parenthesis” or
“open parenthesis” |
)
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“right parenthesis” or “close parenthesis” |
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%
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“percent sign” |
$
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“dollar sign” |
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#
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“pound sign” |
°
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“degree sign” |