FionaW
...who should be writing
- Joined
- May 15, 2007
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Though it felt very poncy at first, dictating into a machine. I can't do it if anyone can hear me.
I've got the Dragon dictaphone/transcription software combo; it records as MP3 and then I just plug it into my laptop and the software does the rest. It's not perfect, but having just used it to write 16 000 words in three days (while simultaneously gardening and doing housework) I think I'm a convert.
I'm one of those people who maps out scenes in my head and then sits down to write, only to find that all my lovely sentences have vanished. It does come out a bit differently when it's spoken rather than typed primarily, but it's just another sort of first draft, and by 'eck it gets stuff down on paper quickly!
I've got the Dragon dictaphone/transcription software combo; it records as MP3 and then I just plug it into my laptop and the software does the rest. It's not perfect, but having just used it to write 16 000 words in three days (while simultaneously gardening and doing housework) I think I'm a convert.
I'm one of those people who maps out scenes in my head and then sits down to write, only to find that all my lovely sentences have vanished. It does come out a bit differently when it's spoken rather than typed primarily, but it's just another sort of first draft, and by 'eck it gets stuff down on paper quickly!