Can anyone recommend free/cheap voice-typing software? By "cheap" I mean under $20?

You can send yourself emails/blog posts etc. With Jott, Dial2Do and Spinvox. Dial2Do is free. There is also this:

If you have a computer with Vista a speech to text program comes with it already. Start>All programs>Accessories>Ease of Access>Windows Speech Recognition. I would also look at any of the programs at this link... download.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=spee....

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