Funny Computer Story

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I like to use computers and never had owned a new computer until I thought my old one died. I was trying to fix a win98 computer (my newest until now) and had Hard Disk problems. I tried new cables and even replaced the motherboard. It still wouldn't work. so I tried new hard drives and they failed too. I worked for months and just recently after buying a new laptop to replace my crappy old desktop found out I had the adapter upside down. I'm happy I made the mistake though or I'd be using a win98 machine now instead of the not quite so crappy, but pretty close Windows Vista.

Hahaha, congrats on the upgrade

I've heard that the Vista voice recognition software is really good - have you tried it yet? (I still have XP)

You don't need to downgrade to vista for voice recognition.

I've been using Dragon very successfully for years - it's fantastic.

Before that it was IBM VoiceType which was awful and used to type gibberish whenever the dog barked.

I have heard that Dragon's great now, but the reason that I mentioned Vista is that I didn't want to spend more $$$. I tried Dragon about 6 years ago (for a lot of money!), and no amount of training could get it to work properly. Over half of what I dictated was transliterated into gibberish, so I gave up on it. I speak very clearly, and chose the American option, by the way, so it wasn't a dialectical problem.

One thing was pretty amusing, and worth the price of admission - my daughter's name is Ariela, and no matter how much I 'trained' it, it would always write 'are you yellow'

Thanks for the tip, though - which version are you using? I'd be willing to try it again if they have improved it.

(Sorry, nodice1996 - we seem to have hijacked the thread )

6 years is a long time in voice recognition - I'm on version 9.5.

Thanks - I might give it a try again!

i want i bm voice type now!