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Re: DragonDictate Macro Manual
- To: Jim Buuck (http://www.concentric.net/~jbuuck)
- Subject: Re: DragonDictate Macro Manual
- From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 02:06:22 +0000
- Cc: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~davidfox
Nevermind, I found David Fox's web page. Since I am using DD 3.0, I have
access to online help.
Sorry for the bother.
> From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert
> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 01:33:49 +0000
>
> Did you actually buy this book? I was thinking of buying this (if I could
> find it). I too am a programmer just getting started with Dragon
> Dictate (I have Dragon Dictate, not Naturally Speaking).
>
> Thanks.
>
> > From: Jim Buuck ([1]http://www.concentric.net/~jbuuck)
> > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 16:16:10 -0500
> > * Messages sorted by: [2][ date ][3][ thread ][4][ subject ][5][ author ] * Next message: [6]George Szymkiewicz: "Re: MouseGrid" * Previous message: [7]Rose: "Re: VTSS,DD,KV test" * Maybe in reply to: [8]Jim Buuck: "DragonDictate Macro Manual" _________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Thank you David (and others) for your replies. I agree that Dragon Systems nee
> > ds to
> >
> > improve the way they make their macro manual available (I would not even have k
> > nown that
> >
> > they had any looping constructs if you hadn't told me) and the price makes me v
> > ery
> >
> > hesitant to get it.
> >
> > I, too, am a programmer and was able to set up some vi macros and improve the s
> > et of
> >
> > script-building macros from Dragon Systems by looking at some of the word proce
> > ssing
> >
> > macros.
> >
> > I'm no Basic expert, but some of what I've seen (Mid$(...), Str$(...), ...) loo
> > ks a lot
> >
> > like Basic and I was wondering if a good Basic manual might be just as helpful
> > for the
> >
> > control structures and string functions (since the online help seems to cover t
> > he
> >
> > DragonDictate-specific commands fairly well)?
> >
> > Anyone with both Basic and DragonDictate experience that can shed some light on
> > this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > David Fox wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > I'm thinking of getting the DragonDictate macro manual and wanted to
> >
> > > > hear if anyone who has bought it found it useful. Or can you learn
> >
> > > > everything from a few good sample macro files?
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > > Any good samples to recommend?
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > > Thanks,
> >
> > > > Jim
> >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Whether or not you find the DragonDictate macro manual useful depends on
> >
> > > a number of factors. I have found that a lot of the material covered in
> >
> > > it can be figured out by reading and understanding the macros which come
> >
> > > with DragonDictate. However, I am experienced at programming, writing
> >
> > > elaborate aliases and scripts for Unix shells, etc. Someone with less
> >
> > > of a programming bent would probably find it more useful. Also, I
> >
> > > myself could have learned the same things about the macro language with
> >
> > > much less effort and time, if I had purchased the macro manual earlier.
> >
> > > Finally, there is some material in the macro manual which is not easy to
> >
> > > discover going through existing macros in the vocabulary manager. For
> >
> > > example, you are unlikely to find examples of all the different
> >
> > > loop constructs, and there is useful information about using DDE for
> >
> > > communication between DragonDictate and other programs, if you need
> >
> > > something that sophisticated (I expect that this section will prove
> >
> > > very useful to me, once I find the time to try out some
> >
> > > rather elaborate ideas I have had). The bottom line, though, is that
> >
> > > $120 is a ridiculous amount of money to charge for a manual, much of
> >
> > > which is a duplicate of the online help files which come with DragonDictate,
> >
> > > and you may well be disappointed with it. At a minimum, you should call
> >
> > > Dragon Systems and ask them to fax you the table of contents before you
> >
> > > decide to purchase it.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > If you want to learn by example, I would suggest checking out some of
> >
> > > the sets of sentence commands, such as [<DigitString>] in the Number
> >
> > > vocabulary, or the macros for solitaire. The macros for the word
> >
> > > processors are also good examples. Try looking at the
> >
> > > [<Action> <Next or Previous> <Text Object>] sentence command in the
> >
> > > WordPad vocabulary. I hope eventually to have some examples of my own
> >
> > > on the web, but I have not had time to get them into shape yet.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > David Fox
> >
> > > ([9]http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~davidfox)
> > _________________________________________________________________
> >
> > * Next message: [10]George Szymkiewicz: "Re: MouseGrid"
> > * Previous message: [11]Rose: "Re: VTSS,DD,KV test"
> > * Maybe in reply to: [12]Jim Buuck: "DragonDictate Macro Manual"
> >
> > References
> >
> > 1. http://www.concentric.net/~jbuuck
> > 2. http://www.voicerecognition.com/voice-users/archive/1997/date.html#519
> > 3. http://www.voicerecognition.com/voice-users/archive/1997/index.html#519
> > 4. http://www.voicerecognition.com/voice-users/archive/1997/subject.html#519
> > 5. http://www.voicerecognition.com/voice-users/archive/1997/author.html#519
> > 6. http://www.voicerecognition.com/voice-users/archive/1997/0520.html
> > 7. http://www.voicerecognition.com/voice-users/archive/1997/0518.html
> > 8. http://www.voicerecognition.com/voice-users/archive/1997/0471.html
> > 9. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~davidfox
> > 10. http://www.voicerecognition.com/voice-users/archive/1997/0520.html
> > 11. http://www.voicerecognition.com/voice-users/archive/1997/0518.html
> > 12. http://www.voicerecognition.com/voice-users/archive/1997/0471.html
>