I finally have an answer to my self-pitying question, "Who would hire a typist with tendonitis?" The answer, of course, is "Me!" – given decent voice-recognition and OCR software. I've already done some copyediting for someone who's revising a textbook – I didn't have acres of first-draft typing to do, the work was fun, and the pay was good. But I'd like to be ready for future customers who might want help with a first draft.
Furthermore, I have a line on some serious mentoring.
So, software mavens – what's the best speech-to-text and OCR software you know of? The Dragon Naturally Speaking demo at nuance.com is impressive – is it within shouting distance of reality?
Cheers,
gently feral