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 spoken Dragon for almost 4 years, but it's only been in the last year that I've started speaking Command Browser. Thanks to my growing fluency in Command Browser, I have become much more efficient and accurate in many routine tasks.
For example, I have created commands for many of the URLs that I use frequently in written communications and in my personal and professional use of the web. Now I just say "Insert homepage” in the text of messages to clients instead of having to enter an entire URL. Similarly, I have an extensive library of e-mail addresses that require only a simple "Insert [name]" to bring up the person's e-mail address. No more returned messages due to incorrectly typed e-mail addresses!
Being able to speak Command Browser is also handy with acronyms, names of people with hard-to-spell last names, and e-mail signatures. I now have multiple e-mail signatures stored in the Command Browser, all of which save me time and ensure accuracy.
If I want to end a message by thanking someone with whom I communicate regularly, all I have to say is "Insert thanks" to trigger:
Thanks!
Amy
This is much quicker than saying "thanks exclamation point [pause] new line [pause] Amy”
For a more formal signature, I say "Insert signature with title":
Sincerely,
Amy Xxxx
Director of Xxxxx
Learning to speak/use Command Browser has really enhanced my use of Dragon and has been empowering. As someone with very limited typing ability due to repetitive strain injury, anything empowering with regard to computer use is something to celebrate! I'm excited to learn even more ways to maximize my fluency in speaking Dragon!