Hello hello! Recently, I had a conversation with my daughter about the finer things of cell phones, and I told her that I love Samsung products. Something that was shared with her late father and my husband (Who is currently resting in peace, so I guess Samsung's also work as a memento?), and my son. I think even my extended family too, come to think of it... Anyways, I told her that I enjoy apps that are necessary for me to use and add more fun and glitter to what I would like to do. This is not to say that Apple's iOS phones or even other Android phones are incapable, but rather, Samsung was at the right place at just the right time when the decision to move from a cute cell phone to a more robust one kicked in. I wanted a phone that could call, allow me to write notes and make drawings; Basically do it all. When the Palm Pilot first emerged, I absolutely loved them. The only drawback at the time was not being to actually call someone. When I became knowledgeable of Samsung's Note linage of "phablets", more specifically the Note 3 a few years back, I didn't even hsesitate the offer to have one. I have not used another cellphone since. Fast forward to now. I still have that phone, and to be honest, I am writing this article on it. I became ill a few years ago, and still battle bouts of fatigue. I gave up writing for these last few years because I knew I did not have the stamina to sit and write and edit and then proof-read for many days. In addition to not knowing how I can write without weighing down my children with yet one more responsibility, I embarked on a journey to find in my mind adaptive technology. Now, I know that I am not the only person looking for this type of technology. Others have their own reasons of course, but I am extremely grateful to be able to find said technology like this kinda-old smartphone. It has a friggin' stylus, by the way. "Gee, that sure sounds neat that you found what you wanted," some of you may be thinking. "That's a load of horse poopoo," is probably the line of thought for others. "Writing articles on a phone? Awesome! What apps would yyou recoomend?" is the train of thought I'm fishing for. That is actually a good question! My two top favorite 2 apps that I use to write, edit, and proof-read my writing with are called Speechnotes and Otter. I enjoy the simplicity in the use of the apps; I launch it, begin speaking, and the magic happens. I did use Dragon Talking Naturally years ago, but was never satisfied with the accuracy level. Nothing personal against Dragon. I loved the idea of being able to transcribe my thoughts and be able to edit them accordingly. With Speechnotes, I speak my article, take a nap, wake up, and open up the app and begin proofreading the article. It pretty much works like a standard text editor. One can make changes like creating paragraphs, correcting spelling mistake by accessing the keyboard, and save it. Something cool to note, is that the article in progress can be exported as a text file to my computer, and then I can do more editing from there if need be. You can also attach these files directly to e-mail too. I want to say that Speechnotes is a pre-installed app, but that is sadly not true. However, Samsung does have the standard voice assistant. While researching more information on this app, I found out that there is online version of this software as well. All of the simplicity of this software, but now on browser. That means you don't even have to download it. I can honestly say this a well made, simple to use software. When I initially went searching for an app for this type of work, I found quote a few interesting-looking ones. But, about a week ago, I saw notable mention another app called Otter. I had never heard of it, but I was definitely interested,so I searched for it and found it. Otter also offers an online version of their app(which is great for those with no free memory in their devices.. Like me) that is easy to access and add your information to. You can record your basic notes, as well as conversations. There is a very quick step involving recording your voice for the software to recognize, and that is it. The app is also available for iOS, so they can get some love too. The software's interface is very simple and clean. You can edit, copy, and playback what was recorded, like it should be. Just lovely. So ultimately, I feel that SpeechNotes and Otter are the best tools for writing and proof reading.
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