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Hello, chickadees. Here I am sitting in my jammies, with my cup of coffee, and my hurt hand. In case you are wondering why you haven’t heard very much from me lately, it’s because I need to rest my hand. I thought, sadly, that my blogging days were over for awhile. But guess what? I’m ba-a-a-a-ck!

Today I am going to tell you how to blog even if you, like me, have a hurt hand and cannot type very well. All you need is an iPhone or an iPod Touch, a WordPress blog, a microphone-enabled earphone, plus a newly revised totally cool — and free! — iPhone app called Dragon Dictation 2.0, available through the Apple iTunes store. Or read more about it and download it at the provider Nuance’s mobile app site here and more info on their blog here. The revised version of this app was just released two weeks ago — perfect timing for me.

Continue Reading “Blogging by Voice: Part 1 – Voice-to-Text Blogging on Your iPod! (via Dragon Dictation 2.0 mobile app for iPhone/iPod)”

This is part of my series on Blogging by Voice, using the newly updated (July 23, 2010) Dragon Dictation 2.0 iPhone/iPod on  a WordPress blog. This app has helped me keep blogging with an injured hand! I have dictated all posts in this series using Dragon Dictation, and edited them by voice (tidying up with a little hand editing to insert links, headlines, graphics, and the like).

Posts in this series:

Part 1 -Voice-to-Text Blogging on Your iPod! (via Dragon Dictation 2.0) – overview

Part 2 -Edit by Voice on Your iPod Touch/iPhone in Dragon Dictation 2.0 mobile app

Part 3-Tell Your Blog What to Do! (Syntax  commands for Dragon Dictation 2.0 mobile app for iPod/iPhone)

Part 4-Edit by Touchscreen Keyboard on Your iPod Touch/iPhone in Dragon Dictation 2.0 mobile app

This post explains how to use the iPhone/iPod built-in touchscreen-driven editing interface for Dragon Dictation 2.0. As explained in an earlier post here, there are two editing interfaces that can be used in Dragon. This post concerns only the built-in iPhone/iPad interface. This interface is keyboard-oriented, although you can dictate inserts by voice. However, the recorded inserts will not replace highlighyed text. For voice-driven replacement, you must use the Dragon interface, described in my post here.

Continue Reading “Blogging by Voice: Part 4 – Edit by Touchscreen Keyboard on Your iPod Touch/iPhone in Dragon Dictation 2.0 mobile app”