1st try with WordQ/SpeakQ

I have been working with WordQ/SpeakQ for the past half hour. The initial voice training took only 5 minutes but I did a second one just for more accuracy. These programs work on top of any program that you would normally type into, so I worked first in a new Word document. I initially worked with the "speak and select" option which allows you to pick the correct phrase from a list (much like Co-writer) before sending it into the text. I spoke about 5-8 words at one time, but when it had difficulty with a certain word, I spoke 1-3 words at a time to get over the rough spots. It did OK with common words, and was about 75% accurate but had difficulty with other words. For some reason, it really had a hard time with "want". I really like the fact that there are many options with WordQ and Speak Q--you can turn the word prediction off and just use the speech, you can turn the speech recognition off and just use word prediction, or you can just have the text read to you that you just typed. The training was pretty painless as well. When you open any program, WordQ/SpeakQ goes with you. I tried opening up my email account but it could not understand "pamj327", even with many tries. I think that there is an option where you can add custom words and short cuts to the dictionary--I will work on that some more. I have WordQ/SpeakQ on a 30 day trial so will keep working with this program until I figure it out. More later....