Transcription?

[arroncook]

So what do people think of using third party transcription services for your drafts? Basically, I find it much easier to record and put together a spoke draft of a chapter (not to mention quicker in the midst of a hectic lifestyle) and I've been looking at paying someone to transcribe it. What do people think? Ever done this before? Experiences/thoughts?

 

[Steerpike]

I've tried dictating. I can't get the story to flow with that approach so I gave up on it. If it works for you, then go for it.

 

[T.Allen.Smith]

In the same as SP. I just can't speak my writing out like that. Even with voice recognition software it just doesn't have the same mojo.

 

[Penpilot]

What ever works for you. You never know unless you try it. If memory serves David Weber dictates into a voice recorder and has an assistant type out the manuscript because a wrist injury prevents him from prolonged typing.

If I'm not mistaken windows already has speech-to-text capabilities. All you have to do is speak into a microphone and it translates into text in what ever program you use. Quality of results may vary. There's also Dragon Naturally speaking, a piece of software that some authors us for speech-to-text.

For me, I tried it, and things just... click... better when I type. The words when I type come out more coherent and less ramblely when type. BUT I do occasionally use a voice recorder when I'm in the car and a scene, mostly an argument, falls out of my brain and I need to get the points down before I forget.