I gave a virtual talk at the always excellent AccessU conference late last month. I don’t use a computer keyboard to control a computer – instead I use a mix…

As this year’s iPhone software update nears I’ve become a bit disappointed with Apple. Despite bringing an innovative, comprehensive implementation of speech input technology to iOS13, the company is falling…

As I wrote earlier I’m excited about the iOS13 update because it looks to be taking speech input a big step forward. I’ve gotten a chance to test the public…

Wow. Speech input is about to change in a big way. It looks like Apple is finally addressing the big gap in speech input on mobile devices. For many years…

I get a lot of questions about how I use speech input. One of the most useful details of my setup is a fast on/off switch. It may seem like…

It looks like Dragon users have gotten an excellent gift this year. James Stout, who explores the state of speech input via his blog Hands-Free Coding, is working on fixing…

Fifteen years ago there were thriving speech input users’ groups. I spent a lot of time at the groups in Boston and New York. In late 2003 the Boston users…

I’ve been thinking about two things that make it easier and faster for people to use computers. Both things tap computers for something computers are very good at – keeping…

It’s nice to be appreciated. James Stout, who explores the state of speech input via his blog Hands-Free Coding, has a nice take on the Human-Machine Grammar system I worked…

I periodically get questions about the best computer setup for speech input. And I always advocate going way above the minimum specs for speech, especially if you’re planning on using…