Connections
As I mapped out historical trends today there are a few things I didn’t get to that I’ll post here. If you can think of more please add to this post.
So far in the two epistmes we’ve looked at extensively, Digital and Typewriter, there have been a number of recurrent elements. Some of these elements are:
Dragons
Writing technologies
unstable father figures
teeth
Absent or inadequate mother figures
Links between literacy and Fathers
Links between illiteracy and mothers
I keep forgetting to mention that the most popular dictation software on the market, i.e. a software program that can turn — as it advertises — “talk into type” is called “Dragon Naturally Speaking.”
Here’s what Wikipedia Says about it:
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the speech recognition software package produced by Nuance Communications for Windows PCs. It was among the first programs to make speech recognition practical on a PC. NaturallySpeaking uses a minimal visual interface. Dictation appears in a floating small box as words are spoken, and when a pause for breath is taken, the program will essentially transcribe or paste the words into the location of the cursor.
Here’s the link to the product’s website:
http://www.digitalriver.com/v2.0-img/operations/scansoft/site/367062/367062_dns-talk.html