| Voice recognition software!
Posted: 10/26/2007 10:52:00 PM | ......does anyone here have enuff experience to be able to recommend the best (or 1 of the best) voice recognition software programs around?
.......i know that these type of software programs have been around for quite a few years but many pple have been disappointed in that they have not lived up to expectation...by this i mean that utilizing it was basically a drudgery............so i was wondering if there was any 'advanced generation' software available that is deemed far more useful that its predecessors! | |
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NateC
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| Voice recognition software!
Posted: 10/27/2007 7:04:08 AM | | You'd basically need to get one that has hte entire english language pre-programmed into it like my cellphone does. Those generally work very well, as opposed to the ones that you need to train. I just don't know how much it costs, but I'm betting upwards of $200 for a good one. | |
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| Voice recognition software!
Posted: 10/27/2007 12:24:30 PM | First, what OS are you using? If you are using a M$ OS I would recommend Dragon software, its a couple of hundred bucks but works well. There is a training period to get it used to your voice but after that just works.  | |
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| Voice recognition software!
Posted: 10/27/2007 8:17:45 PM | If you are using any of the newer Microsoft office packages there is voice recognition software built in. Give it a try before you blow your dough. If you don't have office then its your choice. A key investment is in the head set. A good head set will make all the difference. Your still going to have to spend a lot of time teaching the thing your voice, there’s no getting around it.
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| Voice recognition software!
Posted: 10/27/2007 9:54:04 PM | Okay let's give this a try; I am dictating this using Dragon NaturallySpeaking version seven. It works quite well; I have version nine but have not loaded it up yet.
A friend of mine had a 30 page booklet, a historical pamphlet, that he wanted to reproduce for a local classroom; I offered to do it for him using InDesign, and, having this voice recognition software made what would otherwise have been a very long and arduous task amazingly simple.
The worst problem I find is that the software will attempt to analyze the odd breath or inhalation or exhalation that it detects and mistakes for a word.
Other than that it's actually quite stunning. | |
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| Voice recognition software!
Posted: 10/28/2007 11:39:20 AM | ........thanks to all for the feed-back!!!
to msg#3........i am using windows xp
to msg #4......does Vista automatically have a voice recognition program in it? | |
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| Voice recognition software!
Posted: 10/30/2007 3:03:34 AM | You'd basically need to get one that has hte entire english language pre-programmed into it like my cellphone does. Those generally work very well, as opposed to the ones that you need to train. I just don't know how much it costs, but I'm betting upwards of $200 for a good one.
You're comparing command and control to recognizing free flowing speech. The former, that your cellphone does, is vastly simpler than the latter, which is what it seems the OP wanted (most computer packages do both). With command and control the software only needs to select from a small list of what the command sounded most like. With free flowing speech it is vastly more complex. Your cell phone does not "understand" the whole english language.
OP, the recognition quality hasn't really advanced much over the last few years. 98% accurate is suprisingly annoying if you can already type well. That's primarily because the errors are syntactic and real words so things like a spell checker never find them.
It's best for people with disabilities or difficulties typing. What did you want one for? | |
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| Voice recognition software!
Posted: 10/31/2007 10:39:28 PM | ^
It's best for people with disabilities or difficulties typing. What did you want one for?
.......i would like to use it so i don't have to use an expensive transcription service in order to dictate my notes..........my typing skills are sub-par to say the least! | |
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| Voice recognition software!
Posted: 11/1/2007 9:37:07 PM | I believe that the more advanced version of Dragon Naturally Speaking allows you to dictate to a recording device and then have that dictate to your computer; so if you want to make notes on the fly you can do so with a pocket recoreder during the day and then have that transcribed by your computer.
In any event, you still have to check and correct: as you go or afterward, it still has to be done... BUT, using Dragon Naturally Speaking with a program like Word, you don't get spelling mistakes!!! You will get the wrong words in places as the speach recognition software makes mistakes; but, the frequency of this will decrease the more you use the software - and these kinds of mistakes are MUCH easier to spot when proof reading than typos are.
Besides, at around 180 words per minute, how could that be a problem to someone who would otherwise be typing at 20 words a minute... and making more mistakes than the voice recognition software does? | |
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