Dear List Members,

I am just curious.  Why is there so much attention given to dictation
programs?  I could understand it if the computer user had limited use of
hands or arms, but typing seems so much more efficient.

For my part, I find it much easier to think and compose while typing, and
getting every thought expressed just right, than I do when talking.  I
used to dictate letters and such all the time before the coming of the
word processor and speech output.

I can see where verbal system commands could be useful, particularly in a
graphic environment, but why not, instead of verbal dictation, a command
driven overlay to directly access the elements of the graphic interface.
 It seems that a verbal command is essentially the same thing.

I am honestly interested in various perspectives on this.  Let's here the
whys of dictation programs.

Bill Pasco