Transcribing and More Transcribing

I thought of an easier way to do this! I love how Transcriva (recommended by Alec Couros) lets you control the sound file playback with the Ctrl+Space key combination. Transcriva is only available for the Mac. However, I also like how well Dragon Naturally Speaking (PC only) handles voice recognition, but controlling the software playback is inelegant. Then it dawned on me that I could use both!

I put my iBook and my Toshiba side-by-side and plugged the microphone jack in the sound card of the Toshiba and the headphone jack in the iBook. I used Transcriva to listen to and control the audio file through the Mac using the key combo. I spoke what I was hearing into the Dragon software through the PC. This new approach shaved a surprising amount of time off the transcript I typed last night and decreased the frustration level substantially. I wish I had thought of it sooner. There's probably an easier way and maybe someone will leave that info in a comment before I finish my last transcript. Until then, it looks like this approach is the one for now.