i am a writer and i need to know if i can dictate a book to this software.
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Yes, you can dictate a book to Dragon! That is my reason for using it. When you first start, it goes through some exercises so that the software recognizes your style of conversation and any accent you have. That makes it very intuitive when you start talking and dictating. It does perform punctuation and grammar when you instruct it. So if you haven't done that before, you will need to get used to that. You will say things like ... Quote, comma, period, end quote. But another user mentioned that it doen't help with that, and I believe he or she means that if you don't know correct punctuation or grammar, it won't edit for you. Also, you can train it to know how to spell things like names that are different. On my iPad, I can't get it to ever spell my name right, but Dragon will learn and then do it correctly from that point on. You can even learn instructions for going back a few words and tell it to capitalize or delete or add something. It does take time to learn these things, but it is well worth the investment, especially if you don't type fast or need to stand. I think a person could also purchase a Bluetooth if they wanted to be doing something at the same time! But I haven't tried that yet. Best wishes to you as you write your book!
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yes you can, you have to read the book first how to do it, but its very simple, i do it all the time.
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I'm not sure. I believe you can. The problem is that this is the worst software I have ever purchased. I seldom use it because it is so cumbersome to do anything with it.
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You could, learning curve is a bit hard. Have you tried Microsoft Publisher? There are a lot of pictures and fonts, plus a fair amount of data. CorelDraw in an experts hands can do these in a few swipes of their hands, but I struggle with Adobe and Corel. Perhaps spending more time with the product my results and ability to move foreword. To me Publisher is much more intuitive with a wide selection of abilities. Best of luck.
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Yes, you can. However, you need to turn it into a Word doc. It's not that easy to do given the lack of instruction. Just save it as a Word doc, if you choose, on your desktop, and then make your edits.
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Our Merchant Bank wrote the program to download into our machine. It does prompt for Invoice # and PO # on our machine. You may ask your merchant account holder if they can write that into your program.
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I didn't know it could do that. It takes a little practice to get it right, too. Not sure if a disability would rule that out, but I'd think so. I'd try http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-make-your-own-audiobooks/ with a text to speech program. Download the book from Project Gutenburg (or whereever) and make your own audiobook
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At this price point that will never happen, sorry. It may have an intro version that you can buy a license for, but I instead loaded the free LibreOffice (and OpenOffice is almost as good).
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I concur with you; I was able to find a formatter program that did the job quick and easy - thank you for your advice.
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You'll have to convert the .mobi (Used by Amazon) to .epub (Used by Slick) format. I use Calibre software to manage my books, the software is free!
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Yes, using the free QuickOffice app. There is a pro version also available.
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Download and run Calibre. This is a free program for both Windows and Linux. it has both a converter to/from mobi and most formats, as well as an uploader to your device. Calibre is a great program that really works both to organise your books and make them work with your device! r00t
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Make sure you have the 2.5 upgrade. I'm able to use it on Word 2011 and also on Pages and Nisus Writer.
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The grandchildren have not used it yet. They wanted to create their own books. I am not sure but it looks like you can. The cover is a little bit shiny. I hope this helped.
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You can easily use Word to create your programs and I would be happy to send you my document (and a picture of the results). The key thing to note is, you MUST HAVE A PRINTER THAT LOADS PAPER FLAT and not around a cylinder. Cylindrical printers will not work for this kit.
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Sure, if you have a license for the software. It comes with Open Office which can be installed at no cost
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I write in MS Word, and use Scrivener to convert to into mobi (kindle) format. I just copy and paste each chapter in. It will also give you PDF, EPUB and others. I know of some writers who write directly into Scrivener. It has tools to help you track characters and other continuity issues. You can also plan out the story omit, like a storyboard used in film making.