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EC fundamentally item at Houston at the end of the day trial in the windows machine is incredibly frustrating.  I remember several years ago climbing into the cockpit of a very expensive to a race vehicle and as extended all I saw the dreaded windows logo and the biscuit use good as voiced speech recognition.

While I was route known that wasn't what I said idea that you have the mind of its own so here I am looking and daisies one and one late winter isn't working alive even using a PC and defence claims go ahead I'm gonna go back to my Mac.

Phew - okay, this is the real me, back on my Mac. 

That exercise was futile - I guess Skynet has a way to go if it is yet to take over the world, particularly if Windows is in control. The point of the exercise? I thought I would use technology to increase my productivity. 

The result? Confusion, hair loss, frustration, and a fast return to the good old keypad on my Mac computer (on which, to be fair to Windows, I have not yet tried voice recognition).

So, if ever you get an angry sounding email from me or perhaps a letter that is littered with bad grammar, press on - because I will probably gave up half way through and go back to the old fashioned way.

I am all for technology. In fact, I am the biggest geek I know in my age group, but lets be real, there has to be a benefit. I don't have a day to train     Windows how to recognize my voice. At this point, it is still quicker to type.

Please feel free to let me know which voice recognition programs you feel actually work, and I will gladly give them a try.

I should thank Windows for one thing: Helping me write this article (of sorts!).

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