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    Smile With Dictation
    Smile With Dictation
    Smile With Dictation
    Ebook51 pages39 minutes

    Smile With Dictation

    By Win Kelly Charles

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    What to know the magic of siri this is how I do it this is how I became an and this is how I continue to publish books

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherwin charles
    Release dateJan 18, 2019
    ISBN9781386069881
    Smile With Dictation
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    Win Kelly Charles

    Win Kelly Charles is an author, educator and mentor. As an athlete, Win Kelly Charles has competed in the Kona Iron Man Triathlete as the first person with Cerebral Palsy to be invited to the games. As an author she enjoyed 2 Bestselling books  Her first published book I, Win was her debut as an author. She has also personally authored three young adult novels, “The View from my Heels” and “The View from my Makeup Collection”. She is also currently working on her first of many children’s books to educate parents and children about embracing differences among each other.  In addition to her memoir and novels, Win has co-authored 2 Bestselling books and plans to become a New York Times Bestselling Author by the end of 2016. Win also became a published Huffington Post author in 2015 and intends to write more blog articles as the year winds down. She is a staunch advocate for raising awareness that disabled men, women and children also have abilities to do great things as evident by her success.  

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      Smile With Dictation - Win Kelly Charles

      Siri Introduction

      When I tell people who know me, or who are just meeting me in person for the first time, that I am a published author, they respond with shock.  I imagine that there is always some surprise upon learning that a friend or acquaintance has written a full-length novel and gone through the publish process.  However, when I am the one proclaiming myself an author, the amazed look is quickly followed by an expression of confusion.

      I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth.  The medical condition has caused me a lot of trouble throughout my life.  It impacts the way I move, the way I speak, and perhaps even the way that I think.  It has touched nearly every aspect of my life in one way or another.  Most apparent to those around me, though, are the physical impacts of the CP.  One of those notable differences between myself and any able-bodied thirty-year-old can be discovered in my hands.  I do not have the dexterity or fine motor skills of most people my age.  Therefore, to hold a pen and write a manuscript, or even to type the words, would be nearly impossible.  Even if I was able to write in the traditional ways, it would take much, much too long to complete something of typical novel length. 

      Nevertheless, I am not lying when I say that I am a published author.  The ideas in my books are my own.  The majority of the words on the page, even, come directly from my own brain.  I must rely, though, on the help of software, in order to get those concepts on paper.  My methods are not a secret, and the technology is nothing unfamiliar to members of the general public.  It’s simply that I put the services to use for different reasons.

      When Apple released phones and tablets equipped with Siri, it was a fantastic day for me (and for others who struggle with partial paralysis and physical disabilities).  The voice-to-text feature was a major blessing in my life and one that I have not taken for granted.  I am thankful for it every day, as I realize that without it, the path to becoming a bestselling author would have been significantly more challenging.  In fact, it may never have happened had this Siri-equipped iPhone never entered my life.

      Even Siri, though, is not perfect.  This artificial intelligence, which I think of so fondly, has its flaws and weaknesses.  Therefore, I do have to turn to assistants of the human variety to help me create publishing-worthy books.

      I’ve discovered in the years since releasing my first novel, I, Win, that many people are extremely curious about my writing process, and how it differs from that of able-bodied authors.  Seeing as how Siri is the single biggest variable in the equation, I figured my readers might be interested in seeing how the technology interprets what I say.  You’ll find in this book that there are times when Siri fails to understand what I am trying to say, and also that she has other notable weaknesses (such as failing to input the proper punctuation).  In fact, the first of the discrepancies, I will introduce here.  Quite often, when I speak the word ‘Siri’, the speech-to-text technology

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