[ExI] Help needed--with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8

[Samantha Atkins]

Which program is this?  I did not see it below.  Since it is Nuance I  
presume Dragon Naturally Speaking.  Is there a similar program that  
has a more vibrant and up-to-date user community?  Might be time to  
switch if so.

- samantha

On Aug 7, 2007, at 8:50 PM, Damien Broderick wrote:

> I've been using this dictation software for several years, mainly
> with good results (after I've spent enough time training the
> allegedly Australian version to make sense of my accent). But every
> now and then the damned thing just can't find all the modifications
> I've made to a given User and tells me that "The vocabulary you have
> chosen 'General-Medium' is incompatible or invalid". So far this
> bullshit has occurred at least 4 times, and even though the user name
> remains visible (and presumably the associated file is still on the
> computer), the vile thing can't find it. (I suspect a recent Restore
> back several weeks under Windows XP might have moved something
> somewhere it can't put its stupid finger on.)
>
> I went looking for help from Nuance, who currently own, sell and
> purportedly support the program, and after going through tedious
> hoops to get a PIN (entering the serial number, all my personal
> details, rights to the life of my first-born, you know how it is),
> the motherfuckers cheerfully told me to send them $9.95 and they'd
> have an email conversation with me about my problem. Since there's no
> proof that they'd bother to find and resolve the problem, I cursed
> angrily and went away. I might give in to this extortionate demand if
> there's no other way to find an answer, but in the meanwhile--
>
> --if anyone here knows a nifty way for me to get my mojo back, please
> let me know, either on the list or off. I've searched for online user
> groups, of course, haven't found anything more recent than about
> 1999, all links dead and gone.
>
> Thanks, folks!
>
> Damien Broderick
>
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