Starting this August, radio listeners in the greater Boston area will hear former Boston Red Sox pitching ace Curt Schilling talking about Dragon NaturallySpeaking. For those of you who aren't that close to baseball, Curt was the pitcher for the Boston Red Sox who famously pitched through a painful Achilles tendon injury to win one of the key games on the way to the Boston 2004 World Series championship.

Now retired from baseball, Curt is a successful entrepreneur in the Boston area who is working on a large scale multiplayer videogame at his company based in Maynard Massachusetts. Curt was excited about this opportunity to work with Dragon since he is a fan of speech recognition and has been looking at it as part of his videogame development.

We had a lot of fun putting these commercials together and it was great to get a chance to meet Curt in person in the radio studio. Like most professional athletes, Curt was a lot bigger than I imagined. I bet it was pretty intimidating to face Curt's pitching, especially if your baseball skills are like mine and limited to Little League where we faced pitchers who threw the ball at a blazing 35 mph.

We are planning more radio commercials for other regions of the country (don't worry New Yorkers, we won't make you listen to Curt...), so keep your ears out for Dragon on the radio.

There are at least six versions of the commercial playing in the Boston area, but here is the long form for your listening pleasure: