"Stupid is as stupid does." Forrest Gump

About five days ago I started having difficulty with my Dragon dictation system recognizing my dictation. I struggled with it up until yesterday when I decided to do something about it, thinking I had corrupted software or speech file. So, I called Nuance on Labor Day and found that not only were they open for business, they tackled my problem for free.

I ended up calling them three times after the microphone checked out okay, but upgrading the software didn't go well and I had trouble creating a new voice profile. I finally gave up after about four hours and didn't try to post any comments until today.

This morning, I was struggling again when I happened to look up at the top of the iMac screen and noticed that my Andrea super beam external microphone wasn't sitting on top like usual. It was lying on the desktop behind the computer and that's why it was having trouble picking up my dictation!

I kicked myself in the butt and decided to write this news item for you in case you were wondering why I wasn't jumping on your poems like I usually do with my stupid remarks. ;-)