One of the things I am working on while writing the next book in “The Eddie Ankin series, “The Crew” is the use of dictation.  I have long been interested in this and tried it a few times with the dragon software.  But as a Mac user, (Dragon is a PC-based software, which I believe it still is) the process wasn’t seamless. It also required that I carry a digital recorder which I often forgot, or brought with me but never took out fo my backpack.  However, despite these unsuccessful early attempts, I stayed interested in the sea of dictations.  The last year or two has seen major improvement in the built-n dictation abilities of Macs and PCs.  There is no need for a secondary software or additional equipment.  And the computer, or as is often the case, my cell phone, transcribe the words I am saying as I speak them.  Every so often the microphone beeps off and the computer/cell phone stops transcribing, but it’s usually obvious and I just have to hit the microphone button to start recording again.