Is Anyone Using Audio Notetaker?

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Posted by Gary Carson
May 2, 2012 at 02:43 AM

I’ve been thinking about getting Audio Notetaker and was wondering if anyone here was using it. I think some forum members bought it the last time it was on sale at Bits DuJour. If so, do you have any feedback on the program? Does it have any bugs or irritating limitations, etc?

Posted by jimspoon
May 2, 2012 at 03:29 AM

You may already know that you can download a 30-day trial version : http://www.sonocent.com/download/

It looks interesting, but I am really put off by the $150 USD price. It looks like BDJ has offered it with a 60% discount, in which case it would be $60 or $150.

Right now I’m trying to get up and running with Dragon Naturally Speaking 11.5, haven’t found the time yet.

Posted by Gary Carson
May 2, 2012 at 08:37 PM

Thanks. I downloaded a trial version of Audio Notetaker a while ago and checked it out. Looks pretty good. Also, it’s the only program for managing and searching audio files I’ve found so far. I agree that it’s pretty expensive.

Setting up Dragon isn’t all that time-consuming. I’m still using v10 because I can’t afford the hardware upgrade that would be required if I move to 11.5. The profile training in v10 takes about 20 minutes, but I think that’s been reduced in v11. I’ve also read that v11 is so accurate that you can create an untrained user profile and still get a high (98% plus) degree of accuracy. The best resource I’ve found is the Knowbrainer.com forum at http://www.knowbrainer.com.

Posted by jimspoon
May 3, 2012 at 04:17 AM

Thanks Gary ... I’ll be interested in hearing your opinions about Audio Notetaker.

Like you I rely heavily on my voice recorder and I’m hoping that DNS 11 will do a reasonably good job of transcribing my voice recordings. Looking at reviews, it seems that some people have bad luck with that. I hope DNS “likes” my voice.

Posted by Gary Carson
May 4, 2012 at 12:41 AM

Do you already have a recorder?

If not, I can recommend some good ones from my own personal use.

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