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Old 11-20-2011, 07:40 AM   #16
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There was an interview on the BBC a few days ago with Terry Pratchett, and something I found interesting was that he said that he no longer type, as a result of his Alzheimer's, and now writes his books using Dragon Dictate, and that for him this works very well. I would imagine, though, that his assistant tidies it up afterwards, of course.
I suspect that Terry Pratchett has a very good team of editors also. Every professional author that I have ever heard talk about the craft heavily emphasizes the need for good editors. That would overcome a lot of the errors that dictation could easily cause.
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