I could even use Go to End of Line or Start of Line, which didn’t work with Home, but when I asked it to Correct that or Spell that, Dragon just gave me a funny look (figuratively speaking) and said “Cannot find any matching text”. I could still use the commands Control Enter (to confirm and move to next unconfirmed segment), Control Alt Enter (move to next segment), Control Insert (insert source text in the target segment) and Control comma (to insert placeables like proper names, glossary or Autocorrect entries, or numbers), as long as I said Press before Control.

I raised the issue on the invaluable Translators who use Speech Recognition group on Facebook and, sure enough, the problem lies with incompatibility between Trados and Dragon, rendering Full Text Control inoperable. So, I took the plunge: upgrading was easy, just following the prompts, but it soon became apparent that the Select/Correct functionality I was missing still wasn’t there when I was working in Trados (2019). Why not invest in something useful to set against my income?

Then there was the fact that I’ve had so few expenses this locked down C-year, with no conferences, workshops or work-related travel. Since then, I’ve persevered with a range of workarounds, but in December, when there was yet another promotion for the professional version (£199.99 instead of £349.99), I decided enough was enough: not being able to select and correct words on the hoof while dictating in Trados Studio was driving me mad, as was the inability to delete unnecessary words from my vocabulary or create more than one profile. Regular readers may remember that this time last year I wrote a very cross virtual letter to Nuance complaining about the shortcomings of the latest Dragon Home (15), which is sadly depleted compared to previous versions.

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