Now it was running cutting-edge A.I.ĭespite being one of the more sophisticated programs ever to run on my laptop, Whisper.cpp is also one of the simplest. This was one of the few times in recent memory that my laptop had actually computed something complicated-mostly I just use it to browse the Web, watch TV, and write. As the lines piled up, I could feel my computer getting hotter. I fed it an audio file and, every few seconds, it produced one or two lines of eerily accurate transcript, writing down exactly what had been said with a precision I’d never seen before. If you're smart, you'll put your money to better use.One day in late December, I downloaded a program called Whisper.cpp onto my laptop, hoping to use it to transcribe an interview I’d done.

At least I could dictate sans the Dragon Padĭragon Naturally Speak is quite possibly their WORST version to date. I finally uninstalled it & went back to 11.5.

Their cheat sheet for 'quick' reference is 12 pages long! Keep in mind I've been using various versions of Dragon since they first came out & some versions have worked better than others. I can type manually over 3x faster without vs.13 than with it!Įasy to use? No way, Jose. Here's where it gets REALLY frustrating: if you want to change something - anything - from punctuation to a misspelled word, you have to go back to the DragonPad, make your correction or change, then paste it into your draft. You have to first dictate into the 'Dragon Pad' then transfer your words to your draft. Think you'll be able to dictate directly into Gmail or other email provider? Nope. Want to dictate emails or surf the Net? You first have to go to Google Play & download the web app. You still have to go through interminable reading despite the fact your voice files from previous versions are there for it to use. Want to dictate 'out of the box' as Dragon advertises? Forget it. They finally had to issue me a whole new copy (via download) before I could 'use' it. Boy, was I wrong! First, it was d*mn near impossible to install I had to work with Nuance's infamous tech support multiple times without success. I bought this 'updated' version thinking it would be an improvement over vs.11.5. 13's possibly the WORST version of Dragon to date.

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