Speech Recognition Software
I've been trialling the speech recognition software for the last day or so and it's a lot easier and more accurate than I expected. That said I think it'll be better for e-mails and letters them for writing novels - purely down to me and the way I compose. I tend to write and edit at the same time - write a line, decide it doesn't scan, tinker with it, notice something in the previous paragraph, go back and change that etc. Which is not ideal for speech recognition software.

But it is easy to switch between the software, mouse and keyboard - so getting the best from each.

One thing I have noticed is memory problems - not mine for once - but the software. Dragon naturally speaking seems to use a lot of memory and I had trouble running Dragon and other background tasks at the same time.

However, this post has been composed entirely using speech recognition software. So the trial continues - watch this space...