Here’s an app that, while it cannot be applied directly to real estate itself, you will find useful every day in or out of the office, for work or for fun, and whether you are a real estate agent or not! Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use app that allows you to speak out text using the power of voice recognition. Not only is this app easy, but it is also efficient––using the speed of your speech, it can write up to five times faster than you could type on a keyboard.
What kinds of things can you dictate? Text messages, emails, Facebook statuses, Tweets … and no typing required! If you wanted to send your dictations somewhere else, such as notes and reminders to yourself, you can always copy the text and paste it anywhere you’d like.
As you speak, Dragon Dictate instantly displays what it thinks you are saying. That way, if anything is incorrect, you can go back to fix it. In the situation that you want to use slang, or it simply isn’t understanding a word, there is a keyboard in the app so you can type manually if need be. When all is said and done, you choose what type of message you want it sent as, and to whom you want to send it… simple as that.
Dragon Dictate supports a multitude of languages and has been praised by reviewers from your average Joe to critics in the New York Times. After testing it out myself, it captures almost everything I say correctly, as long as you speak clearly. If you have an iPhone or iPad, download it for free, and start being able to send messages on the go!