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Quote by Sun Tzu: Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as nigh... 15 Useful Online Mind Mapping and Brainstorming Tools. Concept mapping and Mind mapping software are used to create diagrams of relationships between concepts, ideas or other pieces of information.

15 Useful Online Mind Mapping and Brainstorming Tools

It has been suggested that the mind mapping technique can improve learning/study efficiency up to 15% over conventional note taking. It is also a popular planning technique with applications across all business sectors and industries. It is used by individuals, corporate teams, students and teachers alike for various purposes. It is also great way to add structure to brainstorming sessions and visualize your ideas. The most obvious benefit of online collaboration is that it lets people who aren’t in the same location work together on a project. Advanced tips for annotations usage - YouTube Help. Annotations allow you to hold a dialog with your viewers by encouraging them to take an action while they're watching a video.

Advanced tips for annotations usage - YouTube Help

When used correctly, annotations can improve engagement, viewership, and help you grow your audience. However, incorrect usage of annotations can be distracting, which may ultimately turn viewers away. While only you know what works best for your video and your audience, here are some tips which have been found to work with many types of content, and with different audiences. When watching a video, ideally the video should take center stage, and capture the viewer's attention and focus. Text pop-ups and clickable hotspots on the video can easily detract from the viewing experience, so these should be used carefully. There are certain situations in which it may be beneficial for annotations to temporarily become the central focus. In all other cases though, it's best to make annotations secondary to the video and minimally intrusive.

Here's how: Online Dictation: Have Your Speech Converted to Text Online. Typing long passages is not something that people are fond of.

Online Dictation: Have Your Speech Converted to Text Online

This is precisely why we have various computer applications that convert speech to text for your convenience. Here to offer you the same service online is a web app called Online Dictation. Online Dictation is a free to use web tool that converts your speech into text. All you have to do is visit the site and click on the microphone icon on the homepage, next to the page’s title. Next you speak a sentence into your microphone; the speech is processed, converted to text, and displayed. The service also offers instructions on how to add speech-to-text recognition on your own website.

Features: A user-friendly web service.Can convert speech to text.Converted text can be edited and copied.Shows instructions on how to use speech-to-text on your website.Similar tools: TalkTyper, Stop Typing and PaperPort.Also read related article: How To Dictate Writing On Your Mac: Apple’s Dictation vs DragonDictate. TalkTyper: Online Speech To Text Service. Speech to text software is widely available on mobile devices for free.

TalkTyper: Online Speech To Text Service

However, you will find less luck in desktop apps as good voice dictation software costs a lot. Of course Apple will be adding voice dictation to Mountain Lion, and Windows probably has some apps that can do the job, but if you need an online solution right now, then Talk Typer is a valuable option. Talk Typer’s interface cannot be any simpler. Just click on the microphone icon to input your voice then watch as the app translates it into text. You can then copy the text to your clipboard, print it directly, e-mail, or share to Twitter. Talk Typer is one of the easiest and cheapest (free!) Talk Typer is a great free app for those who absolutely need voice dictation to save their fingers from typing. A Night in the Forest (Nature Sounds): Sounds of Nature for Deep Sleep and Relaxation: MP3 Downloads. Fred L Miller. Leo Babauta. About. ‘Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves.’

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-Thich Nhat Hanh Zen Habits is about finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives. It’s about clearing the clutter so we can focus on what’s important, create something amazing, find happiness. My name is Leo Babauta. I live in Davis, California with my wife and six kids, where I eat vegan food, write, run, and read.