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Gathering Information on Technology, Software and Processes that makes life Easier and Better. Extensive coverage and tutorials of MindManager from Mindjet and Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 from Nuance a great voice recognition software program.


Archive for June 13th, 2007


Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 - Regular Tune Ups Required

After using Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 for several months now I have come to learn that DNS9, requirs a tune up about every 3-4 weeks. I use the speach recognition system extensively and probably dictate close to 50,000 words per month.

Instead of getting more accurate, however the software seems to get confused and loses its way over time. So I run through a simple process to give it a tune up. I simply perform a single training session and it seems to reset the system. Keep in mind that I am not deleting my DNS9 user, I’m not dumping my library or anything like that. In fact I train and add words as I go religiously. It just seems that the program gets buggier as time goes by.

Here’s a demonstration of what I go through to train the software and give it a tune up. This video is edited down and doesn’t show the full process that takes about an hour. This is just a few minutes long and you may want to fast forward through certain sections if you are looking for specific how to answers.

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Consultant Identifies Recent Career Trends

It probably does not come as any surprise to most people that the race for renewable energy is heating up the recruitment industry relating to people that have knowledge, experience, training and a passion for alternative fuels.

AE Feldman runs a Management Consulting Firm Blog and has in business since 1967 and identified this along with several other fields that are some of the hottest areas for recruiters and for job seekers.

Some of the other fields according to their latest releases include investment banking and mergers and acquisitions, areas that are often competitive under any market condition.  Possibly more surprising or reflective of the current state of the economy is the increase in demand for financial specialists with experience in asset backed securities transactions.  These securities are utilized to mitigate the risk of all types of loans from mortgages to credit cards to the latest no payments no interest deal from your local retailer.

Those institutions can offer those deals and those loans because they have eliminated or reduced their own risk through an asset backed security, something that a layman might refer to as something of an insurance policy against a bad loan covering many loans or many parts of loans in pools to lesson the impact and pay investors a nice return on their investment, when the loans are paid off.

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