Comments on: Avoid typos and grammatical mistakes by listening to your writing http://www.zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/ I’m a freelance writer, editor, and consultant based in Louisville, KY. This blog is about communication—how to make yourself heard and understood in a constantly changing array of media— as well as my writing in a variety of fields, including travel, culture, and sports. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:09:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ramey http://www.zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-48370 Ramey Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:18:09 +0000 http://zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/#comment-48370 Yes, Apple's only works for some programs.... Maybe someday. Yes, Apple’s only works for some programs…. Maybe someday.

]]> By: Zach Everson http://www.zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-48254 Zach Everson Thu, 08 May 2008 20:13:34 +0000 http://zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/#comment-48254 Apple's speech feature only works with some programs; Word and Firefox aren't among them. Both TextEdit and Safari are compatible though. Apple’s speech feature only works with some programs; Word and Firefox aren’t among them. Both TextEdit and Safari are compatible though.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-47830 Nicole Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:04:28 +0000 http://zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/#comment-47830 This is really interesting! However - I find I can only do this in my Mail program. Is there any way in particular to turn on this service so I can use it with Firefox, and/or Word? It's a pleasure to copy and paste blogposts and listen to them. Like my own audible.com :) This is really interesting! However – I find I can only do this in my Mail program. Is there any way in particular to turn on this service so I can use it with Firefox, and/or Word? It’s a pleasure to copy and paste blogposts and listen to them. Like my own audible.com :)

]]> By: Zach Everson http://www.zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-43368 Zach Everson Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:41:18 +0000 http://zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/#comment-43368 Overall it looks good Patrick, I just recommend a few changes: -change the comma to a period after "Ray" -replace "doing work" with "working" -in the last sentence, replace "them" with "him or her" and "there" with "a" Hope that info helps! Overall it looks good Patrick, I just recommend a few changes:

-change the comma to a period after “Ray”
-replace “doing work” with “working”
-in the last sentence, replace “them” with “him or her” and “there” with “a”

Hope that info helps!

]]> By: patrick http://www.zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-43307 patrick Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:12:33 +0000 http://zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/#comment-43307 Can you tell me if I have a grammatical typo? Hello Ray, My company has been doing work with Siemens at your location. I have heard through the grapevine that CH2M Hill is going to be a prime on a duct cleaning and mold remediation project. If possible I would like to get your contact name for CH2M Hill. I would like to talk to them about being there sub. Can you tell me if I have a grammatical typo?

Hello Ray, My company has been doing work with Siemens at your location. I have heard through the grapevine that CH2M Hill is going to be a prime on a duct cleaning and mold remediation project. If possible I would like to get your contact name for CH2M Hill. I would like to talk to
them about being there sub.

]]> By: Ten Hacks to Raise Your Research Paper Grade http://www.zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-15330 Ten Hacks to Raise Your Research Paper Grade Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:23:59 +0000 http://zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/#comment-15330 [...] Let your Mac, or MS Word or Adobe PDF read your paper to you,Avoid typos and grammatical mistakes by listening to your writing reported in Lifehacker Listen to your writing. That’s right you can get your computer to read [...] [...] Let your Mac, or MS Word or Adobe PDF read your paper to you,Avoid typos and grammatical mistakes by listening to your writing reported in Lifehacker Listen to your writing. That’s right you can get your computer to read [...]

]]> By: 75 Resources That Will Help You Write Better Content · un/popular web culture http://www.zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-7440 75 Resources That Will Help You Write Better Content · un/popular web culture Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:50:27 +0000 http://zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/#comment-7440 [...] Avoid Typos and Grammatical Mistakes by Listening to Your Writing [...] [...] Avoid Typos and Grammatical Mistakes by Listening to Your Writing [...]

]]> By: Zach Everson http://www.zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Zach Everson Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:32:12 +0000 http://zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/#comment-31 Thanks for the Windows advice, Walter and Bob. I'll have to dust off my old Vaio and check them out. And good suggestion, Marjorie. The speech feature doesn't work in Word (I just copy my text into a text editor and use the speech function there). Printing to a .PDF saves a couple of steps. Thanks for the Windows advice, Walter and Bob. I’ll have to dust off my old Vaio and check them out.

And good suggestion, Marjorie. The speech feature doesn’t work in Word (I just copy my text into a text editor and use the speech function there). Printing to a .PDF saves a couple of steps.

]]> By: Hypercubed Blog » Blog Archive » Avoid typos and grammatical mistakes by listening to your writing http://www.zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Hypercubed Blog » Blog Archive » Avoid typos and grammatical mistakes by listening to your writing Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:09:46 +0000 http://zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/#comment-29 [...] Avoid typos and grammatical mistakes by listening to your writing Published Sunday, April 23rd, 2006 at 5:09 pm Often when you write something you can read it over and over again and miss the most obvious mistakes. What you are reading is what you meant to say not want you actually wrote. Zach Everson has a really cool tip for bloggers and writers in general. Have your computer dictate your writing back to you. Zach describes how to have your Mac read your text back to you. This can really help in spotting your typos and grammatical blunders. This is a great tip for me; considering how long I spend writing, spell checking, proofreading, spell checking again, proofreading again, then eventually deciding… hell… it’s good enough. [...] [...] Avoid typos and grammatical mistakes by listening to your writing Published Sunday, April 23rd, 2006 at 5:09 pm Often when you write something you can read it over and over again and miss the most obvious mistakes. What you are reading is what you meant to say not want you actually wrote. Zach Everson has a really cool tip for bloggers and writers in general. Have your computer dictate your writing back to you. Zach describes how to have your Mac read your text back to you. This can really help in spotting your typos and grammatical blunders. This is a great tip for me; considering how long I spend writing, spell checking, proofreading, spell checking again, proofreading again, then eventually deciding… hell… it’s good enough. [...]

]]> By: Bob Deloyd http://www.zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Bob Deloyd Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:49:44 +0000 http://zacheverson.com/2006/04/15/avoid-typos-and-grammatical-mistakes-by-listening-to-your-writing/#comment-21 I use the msagent Charlie instead of merlin and use a British female voice which sounds quite human. I use Cyberbuddy that runs the agent and have been using it for years without a problem. I use it everyday to read back to me what I wrote for my newspaper column and I catch a lot of mistakes with it. Charlie is a redhead and my friends think I gone over the deep end! //bob I use the msagent Charlie instead of merlin and use a British female voice which sounds quite human. I use Cyberbuddy that runs the agent and have been using it for years without a problem. I use it everyday to read back to me what I wrote for my newspaper column and I catch a lot of mistakes with it. Charlie is a redhead and my friends think I gone over the deep end! //bob

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