Reasons to dictate

Dictation technology has improved so that it is now highly usable by most people without much effort. There are several reasons why you may want to consider dictation:

1. Reduce the strain on your hands
2. Improve your spelling (reduce the effort it takes to remember more complicated words)
3. Make it easier to formulate complex thoughts in your head before writing them down

Dictation skills

1. Speak in complete sentences rather than individual words
2. Learn to formulate sentences in your head before saying them
3. Listen to the text after you dictate it

Dictation limitations

While dictation technology has become very usable and powerful, it is still far from perfect. You should always carefully review what you dictated. Listening to what you dictated while following along with your eyes will produce the best results.

Most of this document was created using dictation and edited with the assistance of read aloud features.