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.
For the past 18 years at HPD and the NYPD, working my way through their Personnel, Networking Development, Special Projects and the Systems Development Sections has involved me in a wide spectrum of projects, systems programming, integration and applications development.
Some of major projects there, have included Automated Rollcall Systems at 911 HQ, Prisoner Tracking Systems, Automated Employee Tracking Systems at Police HQ and directing/programming website development for the Training Bureau at the Police Academy.
But the most satisfying and rewarding project that I had the fortune to work on at NYPD has been, and still is supporting the needs of disabled employees here at the Department. One happens to be a disabled polio quadriplegican who currently is the Assistant Commissioner for Training and another has severe carpal tunnel syndrome and works for the Police Commissioner.
My work with Dragon NaturallySpeaking at the the NYPD and outside consulting goes back over 15 years when I was first introduced to DNS 3.0.
Looking back from my current version of DNS Pro 10.1 I can honestly say that even with the limitations of earlier version compared to the current one that I'm using, Naturally Speaking Professional was and still is the best product on the market, bar none.
I've been able to integrate it with wireless RF and Bluetooth devices, various command line interpreters that use voice commands to controll door openers, lights, blinds, air conditioners, cable boxes, digital tv tuners, telephones and entertainment systems.
Each new version is better than the previous, even with their inherent bugs that are addressed in a timely manner.
I can honestly say that of all the applications that I've worked with over the years, Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the best of all.