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Why would I want to use my phone, and public network latency, to do what windows already offers built in.

Is it really that much better dictation? Or is it one of those I'm lucky I speak the 'way' that windows is expecting.

A fair question! If the built-in tools are working for you then you might not need myEcho. Our inspiration for writing the app was that we found the built-in dictation to be lacking, and wanted to have the same quality we were getting on iOS. myEcho is free to try, though, so you can decide for yourself! :)

Leaving aside the quality issue, depending on your uses of dictation, you might find yourself wanting to be able to do it remotely. If so, using the iPhone you already have, plus a $2 app, is cheaper and easier than buying a wireless microphone.

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