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So I’ve pledged to write 350 days out of the 365 days in 2020 for https://getyourwordsout.dreamwidth.org/.
...it’s been fun, so far? I’ve been writing purely orally, using Voice to text technology, mainly using the free Otter app, which also transcribes your words pretty well along with recording your voice. It creates a dynamic transcription that you can edit later on, and click on specific words to jump to that place in the recording. Kind of like a Ted talk transcript. It’s not that accurate when you are writing weird fantastical sentences with place names and character names that you made up yourself, and sentence structures that are, well, kind of nonsensical because you’re stumbling around trying to figure things out in your story world, but it’s good enough for a mangy first draft that you’re going to throw out anyway.
The first nice thing about writing with my voice is that I can do it anywhere, like when I’m walking my dog. Right now I am using my phone’s voice input (not Otter, just iOS) to write this entry while riding on a noisy bus. I’m just using the earbuds with microphone that came with my iPhone SE. It’s pretty accurate all things considered.
The other nice thing about riding with my voice is that I don’t destroy my back, shoulders and neck so much, although it’s still not perfect because I have to look at my phone sometimes. This is actually the main reason why I am investing so many brain cells and trying to learn how to become a more auditory thinker. This is actually the main reason why I am investing so many brain cells and trying to learn how to become a more auditory thinker.
For my second draft, I’ll probably have to use a paid program like Dragon, which I have never been able to get the hang of, but now that I have so much back pain in my life, but better time to learn?
I’m thinking in future of projecting a big screen on my ceiling and “writing“ while lying on a bed, dictating my orders to my machine servant. But who is the servant and who is the master really?
...it’s been fun, so far? I’ve been writing purely orally, using Voice to text technology, mainly using the free Otter app, which also transcribes your words pretty well along with recording your voice. It creates a dynamic transcription that you can edit later on, and click on specific words to jump to that place in the recording. Kind of like a Ted talk transcript. It’s not that accurate when you are writing weird fantastical sentences with place names and character names that you made up yourself, and sentence structures that are, well, kind of nonsensical because you’re stumbling around trying to figure things out in your story world, but it’s good enough for a mangy first draft that you’re going to throw out anyway.
The first nice thing about writing with my voice is that I can do it anywhere, like when I’m walking my dog. Right now I am using my phone’s voice input (not Otter, just iOS) to write this entry while riding on a noisy bus. I’m just using the earbuds with microphone that came with my iPhone SE. It’s pretty accurate all things considered.
The other nice thing about riding with my voice is that I don’t destroy my back, shoulders and neck so much, although it’s still not perfect because I have to look at my phone sometimes. This is actually the main reason why I am investing so many brain cells and trying to learn how to become a more auditory thinker. This is actually the main reason why I am investing so many brain cells and trying to learn how to become a more auditory thinker.
For my second draft, I’ll probably have to use a paid program like Dragon, which I have never been able to get the hang of, but now that I have so much back pain in my life, but better time to learn?
I’m thinking in future of projecting a big screen on my ceiling and “writing“ while lying on a bed, dictating my orders to my machine servant. But who is the servant and who is the master really?
