That would be _just_ awesome. Wine Application DB – Viewing App: Dragon Naturally Speaking 9
I wonder if it will let me program in Emacs through dictation?
UPDATE: Darn! I have Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9.5, which does not work. Boo. Back to VMWare, then…
I spent the better part of this weekend trying to get Linux and Windows to play nicely together. I’m much more comfortable in Linux than I am at Windows, but I need both: Linux for development, and Windows to deal with all the other office productivity stuff. After I started running into frustrating Windows-specific issues, I realized that Linux-like workarounds on Windows just weren’t enough for me. So I repartitioned my hard disk, installed IBM’s Open Client for Linux, and switched over.
It wasn’t easy to get VMware up and running. I saw more Blue Screens of Death than I had in the past year. It was frustrating switching back and forth, trying to figure out the right combination of drivers so that I could use VMware to run an existing Windows XP installation. After I installed the VMware SCSI drivers, my SATA drive finely worked.
Audio wasn’t enabled by default, but after I set that up, even Dragon NaturallySpeaking worked without a hitch. So now, I’m dictating into Windows, which is running in Linux. This makes me happy. =)
Things to remember when setting up sound in Ubuntu Linux on a Sony Vaio U1:
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Totally cool.
E-Mail from Don Marti
I'm sitting in the Linux Caffe working over a wireless connection, having just polished off another cup of their excellent hot chocolate. And it's not just any hot chocolate, mind you. It's open source and version-controlled through an internal Subversion repository.
It's really a geek haven. Computer books fill the
windows and the shelves. Laptops are out, open, and plugged in.
Assorted penguin buttons are on sale.
It's a great place to run into people. On the way in, I chatted with a
biologist who's working on bringing the ideas of open source to genome
research. I'm sitting across a geekette with mad AIX skills. David,
the proprietor, is always fun to chat with about everything from the
local geek scene to the latest chocolate concoctions.
I think I've found a good home for my get-togethers. I want to get to
know a lot of people, and I want them to get to know each other, too.
It's difficult to entertain at the Graduate House because of the
security restrictions and the way our suite is laid out; I don't have
enough space to entertain. Hosting get-togethers at the Linux Caffe
promotes something I believe in, offers people more variety and
choice, and makes it easier for me to focus on people.
Let's make that happen. Next Friday, I'll have a get-together here. I
hope to eventually turn that into a lecture series, so that I get to
learn about interesting things from very interesting people. Perfect… =)
If you're on the GNOME windowing environment, check out nafai77's blog entry about Deskbar. Totally cool. It's almost like Quicksilver for non-Macs.
It's exceedingly slow, but it works. Hooray, hooray! Kudos to
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bonert/wireless.html for good
instructions.