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SPF-060: Talking the Talk – with Dragon Dictation expert Scott Baker

  • James Blatch
  • Apr 14, 2017
  • 1 min read



Dictating your first draft, as opposed to typing it, can exponentially increase a writer’s daily word count. James talks to Dragon Trainer Scott Baker about tips, tricks, and equipment to get you dictating like a pro.


Dragon Dictation Cheat Sheet

This week’s key highlights:

  1. The urgent reason Scott, and many other authors, use dictation

  2. Which versions of Dragon Scott recommends

  3. The other tools Scott recommends, including microphones, headsets, and recorders

  4. Tips for transitioning from typing to dictating

  5. Basics on transcribing work if you dictate into a recorder

  6. How Dragon deals with accents and how to help it cope with strong ones

  7. The single biggest mistake authors make with Dragon (and how to avoid it)

Resources and links mentioned in this episode:


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