Summarizer: First Take
Online text summarising tools promise to help you digest large amounts of content quickly and efficiently. We test a beta service, with unconvincing results.
Online text summarising tools promise to help you digest large amounts of content quickly and efficiently. We test a beta service, with unconvincing results.
MindManager 2012 for Windows allows users to share and collaborate on 'mind maps', and provides tools to help ensure that brainstorming sessions are productive.
The latest version of Nuance's speech-to-text application is as accurate as ever, but adds the ability to use your iPhone as a microphone and allows you to dictate posts to Facebook and Twitter, among other new features.
MindManager 9 is a sophisticated mind-mapping application that could revolutionise your methodology for organising and accessing information. It works well for individuals, but delivers most value if adopted by the entire organisation.
MindManager 9 is a sophisticated mind-mapping application that could revolutionise your methodology for organising and accessing information. It works well for individuals, but delivers most value if adopted by the entire organisation.
Nuance's Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Premium is a significant improvement on its predecessor: speech recognition is more accurate out of the box, and the user interface is generally slicker. The new command reference sidebar needs attention, though.
Nuance's Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Premium is a significant improvement on its predecessor: speech recognition is more accurate out of the box, and the user interface is generally slicker. The new command reference sidebar needs attention, though.
<p> Speech-to-text software is an acquired taste, but in our view it should be much more widely used than it is. The best software is easy to use and, in our experience, can be a lot faster than typing — even for accomplished touch typists. The best products are adept at a lot more than simply getting words into your favourite word processor: you can control a wide variety of applications too. Nuance has recently released the latest version of its market-leading Dragon NaturallySpeaking (DNS) product, which it claims is more accurate and faster than ever. </p>
Capable of fast and accurate speech-to-text processing, application control and audio file transcription, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is an excellent dictation program. You'll still have to spend time training both the software and yourself, though.
ALK has recently added a new feature to its CoPilot navigation software — Microsoft’s Live Search.