Because of NaturallySpeaking's high system requirements, until now, only expensive gaming computers were ideally suited for serious speech recognition use. When M-Tech approached us with a notebook computer designed to run NaturallySpeaking in the $1000 price range, they piqued our interest. And… when they asked us to test their new M6650 quad core Ivy Bridge i7 3610QM 2.3 GHz notebook computer with 16 Gb of RAM, solid-state hard drive, and pricing starting under $1000, we jumped at the chance. The short answer is that the M6650 turned out to be a speech recognition workhorse but if you'd like to view our more extended review, click KnowBrainer M6650 Notebook Review

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KnowBrainer 2011 is a third-party command utility that is designed to add functionality to NaturallySpeaking. For more information on KnowBrainer, click on our What is KnowBrainer PDF file.

The real purpose of this blog is to announce KnowBrainer FREE which, as the name implies, is freely available to everyone and has no expiration date. Please note that KnowBrainer FREE, like NaturallySpeaking Essentials, is more of an appetizer to the real deal. KnowBrainer FREE includes 54 cherry picked commands from KnowBrainer 2011. Note that the commercial version of KnowBrainer 2011 includes approximately 11,000 commands, the ability to create Advanced-Scripting commands verbally (via a patented process called VerbalBasic) and a Command Browser that will allow you to add, delete, edit, deactivate, or change the names of all existing commands. A few examples of KnowBrainer FREE “must have” macros include:

Add to Vocabulary – Adds selected text to your vocabulary. If you are tired of saying something like the plant store, followed by Cap that to produce The Plant Store, do it one last time, and say Add to Vocabulary to eliminate having repeat this procedure in the future.

Pick <1to10> - When utilizing Select-&-Say or Spell That correction, if you see the correct word or phrase on the list, you are prompted to say choose 1-10. The problem with this approach is that when utilizing Select-&-Say correction, the cursor is left to the immediate right side of the last corrected word/s. If you substitute Pick for choose, KnowBrainer will additionally move the cursor to the end of the current paragraph (saving a step). Example: Say Pick 3 to select the 3rd choice and move the cursor to the end of the current paragraph.

Continue - Moves the cursor to the end of the current paragraph.

Undo <1to20> - Presses {Ctrl+Z} 1 to 20 times to undo up to 20 changes. Say Undo 3 to undo your last 3 changes in any Application that supports multiple undo like Windows and Microsoft Word.

If you are not currently using KnowBrainer 2006 – 2011 or KnowBrainer 2012 beta click KnowBrainer FREE to download a self executable zip folder which contains the KnowBrainer FREE executable, installation instructions and a list of available commands.

Click KB 2012 REV D to Download a 30 Day Evaluation of KnowBrainer 2012