Where are we?

Good morning everyone, this is posted early as I am off to Carcassonne this morning. I still have time to offer fresh boiled eggs and freshly baked bread along with freshly brewed coffee. As you can see I feel fresh this morning, the 'facadiers' have gone and we have a fabulous 'fresh' house.
Anyway back to todays subjects. Firstly a question, has anyone tried Dragon Speech Recognition software. I am looking for a reasonably priced product which will allow me to get my wip onto my computer rather faster than my inadequate typing. But I am wary of this as it seems cheap compared to other software I have looked at.
My second question is 'where are we' by that I mean where is this group heading? I have been a Novel Racer just about since it was started and I think the Coffee morning was as much for all Racers to have a chat as it was to discuss 'writerly' topics. I try to pop by most weeks and leave a comment even if its fairly banal because I don't have any expertise in the topic being discussed. Recently the number of comments has been around the 10 mark that is only about a third of Racers, so where are the rest of you? I realise people are busy and can't always stop by but if you don't come along for Coffee mornings then what else is this group about?
I realise that I am poor at visiting all the blogs of the Racers on a regular basis but think that this blog should be the bridge that joins us all. S what does everyone think?
Where are we going?