Speech Technology - June 2008 - (Page 20) CHARLIE FLETCHER IS A former medical transcriptionist now serving as sector leader for the pharmaceuticals industry at Off The Record Research, a market research and reporting firm based in San Francisco. In writing his research reports, Fletcher conducts hundreds of interviews each month. He used to spend hours typing up interview notes by hand because he wasn't able to find an efficient and cost-effective way to dictate into his Apple Macintosh computer. Problem was, as a Mac owner, he didn't have many viable options when it came to mnchille dictation and transcription. Until recently, funning a dictation progmm on the Mac typically meant installing Parallels, Boot Camp, or a Windows emulation program and then installing something like Nuance Communications' Dmgon NatumllySpeaking dictation software on the Windows side. The process was not only time-consuming and costly, but because the software was not native to the Mac, users had no access to Mac systems and software while working in the Windows environment and often experienced speed, compatibility, and performance issues. Fletcher didn't consider it an option. "I have Parallels and Boot Camp on my machine," he says. "I use Windows emu.lation for everything else, but 1 didn't want to do dictation through emulators. This is how 1 make my living."
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