Suzanne – technology changes so fast. Even more things are coming to make transferring data from our minds to a useable format including Google Glass being just one of them! Eventually we can probably just hook up to circuits and transfer thoughts that way.

I can talk rather quickly as long as I speak clearly and the app does a good job of recording what I say. I find it a bit annoying to say “period”, “comma” and other grammar notes as I am speaking. The other hard part of using this app is I have to be connected to the Internet when speaking in order for it to record. Also if you are not a natural speaker, it is more difficult to formulate thoughts quickly (at least for me) – rather than the time one has when typing. I guess lawyers have been using voice dictation for a long time…

Actually I had somewhere to be that evening and was unfortunately rushing through dinner. The restaurant was supposed to be authentic Oaxacan cuisine – the food was decent – next time I won’t be in as much of a hurry!

Do you have to speak abnormally slowly in order for the pages app to transcribe accurately. I’ve noticed that the speech recognition is much improved on my new Galaxy S4 smart phone. It’s hard to imagine a day when I would rather dictate than keyboard — but there are all sorts of things that I never imagined that I do quite happily, so …….