Video Tutorial: Installing and using Dragonfly with Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Submitted by timcharper on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 17:21.
I have created a video tutorial to teach you how to set up Dragonfly with Dragon NaturallySpeaking, import a macro from the macro repository, write your own macro, and troubleshoot when things go wrong.
The video assumes that you have Dragon naturally speaking configured already. It walks you through installing Python, NatLink, and finally dragonfly.
You can find it over on Vimeo:
There are a few errors, but I have taken care to annotate them for clarity.
Tim
Nice work! Very helpful for
Nice work!
Very helpful for beginners.
for beginners...or anyone
for beginners...or anyone short of a rocket scientist
I have not looked at the video, but (as a highly skilled PC user) I can say for sure that installing Dragonfly (including its prerequisites) is a daunting task for the vast majority of PC users. At the same time, unfortunately, few people appreciate Windows scripting anyway. I have always enjoyed making Windows dance, and love Dragonfly. So personally I have no complaints.
Actually, I do have one complaint (otherwise I probably would not be replying). Someone needs to allow for a key (or voice command, whatever) that stops execution of a Dragonfly script gone wrong.
reckoner, I'm glad that you
reckoner, I'm glad that you were able to find it useful (or at least see that it would be helpful for beginners, I don't know what your skill level is
).
I agree that installing dragonfly is a daunting task. I hope that this video will encourage more people to give it a try. When I first started, I felt like I was totally in the dark, I had no clue what to expect, how to tell if things were working along the way, etc. I really wish that somebody had made a video like this for me
(flaws and all)
Tim
Great job!
Tim, this is fabulous! What I like most about your video is that it isn't perfectly clean & polished. I've been a little reluctant to play around with dragonfly, because it feels overwhelming -- there's too much to learn all at once. Watching you get in and muck around, mistakes and all, has inspired me to go play. Thanks!