Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Clear Context Revisited

ClearContext continues to help me prioritize my email in meaningful ways. I'm using it together with the excellent SpeedFiler from Claritude Software (http://www.claritude.com/ ). Combining Outlook, Windows Desktop Search, plenty of RAM, and these two Outlook add-ins has enabled me to plow through email, remain responsive, and keep a large and useful email archive.

I like CC enough that I'm including a plug for them here: If you're interested in trying ClearContext, you can save $15 on your license by using the following coupon code: CC15-15400. The code is included with permission from the ClearContext folks.

Clear Context Revisited

ClearContext continues to help me prioritize my email in meaningful ways. I'm using it together with the excellent SpeedFiler from Claritude Software (http://www.claritude.com/ ). Combining Outlook, Windows Desktop Search, plenty of RAM, and these two Outlook add-ins has enabled me to plow through email, remain responsive, and keep a large and useful email archive.

I like CC enough that I'm including a plug for them here: If you're interested in trying ClearContext, you can save $15 on your license by using the following coupon code: CC15-15400. The code is included with permission from the ClearContext folks.

State of the Art in Desktop Dictation

Nuance’s Dragon Naturally Speaking v. 9 receives an excellent evaluation at ArsTechnica: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/speaking.ars . I notice the excellent facility for training and updating the recognizer's language and acoustic models. Almost makes me want to try to use speech recognition on a day-to-day basis again. The last time I tried a few years ago I was not sufficiently productive to make it worth my while.

State of the Art in Desktop Dictation

Nuance’s Dragon Naturally Speaking v. 9 receives an excellent evaluation at ArsTechnica: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/speaking.ars . I notice the excellent facility for training and updating the recognizer's language and acoustic models. Almost makes me want to try to use speech recognition on a day-to-day basis again. The last time I tried a few years ago I was not sufficiently productive to make it worth my while.