Jan 14 2009
Expedite Your Writing by Talking
No matter how fast you type, I can bet that you don’t type as fast as you talk. Just imagine if you didn’t have to type each article. All you had to do is think, speak and your computer would do the rest. Your final task was look it over to make sure its what you wanted to say.
Well, if that’s what you want, what are you waiting for? I’ve been doing it for about a year now and am lost without my technology. I’m talking about getting a digital voice recorder. They’re not expensive, they are a tax write off if you use them in your freelance writing business, and once you get the hang of it, your productivity goes through the roof.
I call my digital recorder my brain and I have it hanging around my neck. When an idea hits, no longer do I run to find a piece of paper and a pen (the ink in the pen is never ready when I am). By the time I find the paper and pen, I forget what I was about to write (yes, I am at that age where my memory plays hide-n-seek).
Once I do a brain dump, I hook my brain to the computer, download it and let the software transcribe it. All I have to do is edit it.
If you’re serious about earning money as a freelance writer, the more you write the more you earn, why not speed up the process?
I am trying to get to that point. I have the recorder, and I have Naturally Speaking Preferred 10, but when I turn on the recorder to start speaking, I lose my train of thought. Any solutions?