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Now Posting to MakeUseOf.com

Just a heads up to Third Error subscribers – I’ll be contributing to MakeUseOf.com as well as this site. You can catch my posts at my own author RSS feed there, but I recommend subscribing to the entire MakeUseOf feed.

On another note, I apologize for the lack of recent posts, as I have less time to contribute to the site and focus on other priorities.

Free Windows Software Alternatives

I’ve guest blogged at Quick Online Tips, a technology blog which posts about blogging tips, Web 2.0, and computer software. You can read the article over here. It lists free software replacements for Windows built in software, such as Movie Maker and Notepad.

Since this is a mainly empty post, I’d also like to ask readers for any feedback or requests. I’d appreciate any feedback in the comments section of this post below.

Speech Recognition for XP

One of the features included with Windows Vista was speech recognition, a supposed feature that would revolutionize how we use computers:

We totally believe speech recognition will go mainstream somewhere over the next decade.

- Bill Gates, Sept. 2005 (view more quotes here)

This tutorial will show you how to install speech recognition for XP using the Microsoft Speech SDK. If you’ve got a copy of Office XP or 2003 handy, please follow this tutorial on Microsoft’s website.

For everyone else, please download the Microsoft Speech SDK here (see picture above for correct file). (more…)

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