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I can’t say enough about how well the built-in Windows 7 Speech to Text app works. My spouse is an independent medical practitioner. She is required to complete many patient charts, which are sent to her in PDF format. Her charting time has been reduced significantly by using the Speech to Text app. A side benefit is that neck pain, which was caused by moving her head up and down from screen to keyboard, has disappeared. This past weekend she had to complete a 48 page professional report. With Speech to Text it took about 12 hours over three days, as opposed to 20 to 24 hours over a week, as in the past. While there is a learning curve, this is one program that makes Windows 7 well worth every penny.

Excellent information. I was also shocked (not really, after all, this is Microsoft) to discover that my ISP, Bell Canada (aka Sympatico), who outsourced their mail function to Microsoft in 2005, have automatically created the same Windows Live web page and social networking function with my Sympatico name and e-mail address. User beware! if your ISP has outsourced their e-mail to Microsoft, then you have a Windows Live profile that is public.

I ran through all the permission (yes, there are a huge number) and shut them down. I will also do that for family members. My family and I do not want to be a part of social networking after some negative and quite scary experiences. Microsoft needs to add a global “bail out” button for this useless function.