Five winning stories will be selected by a panel of judges, and the winning entrants will each receive an Amazon Kindle 2 as well as Dragon NaturallySpeaking upgrades for three years.
I have been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking since 2002. As an attorney, it has been an invaluable tool for writing briefs, arguments and various correspondence. Recently I have been assigned to a task requiring hours of tedious data and text entry into a program that generates a legal document for filing. I have made extensive use of DNS to more efficiently complete this task, often without the use of the keyboard at all.
I have been going on an annual ski trip for the last 15 years, as a break from the pressures of my job. This last March, however, I was unlucky enough to have had my first skiing accident, which resulted in my left arm being broken near the wrist. This of course made typing a problem, but when I returned from my ski trip I was able to step right back into my assignment without much difficulty by doing most of the data entry using Dragon and my mouse. No matter how fast I may have been able to type before, I would not have been able to match my pre-injury speed and efficiency if it had not been for Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
I’ve been a fan of the product for years, but this certainly solidified my admiration. I am all healed now, but I have a new appreciation for DNS and its ability to aid disabled computer users in everyday tasks, from web-browsing to plain writing.