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Title: Voice recognition software. Any ideas?
Post by: Dusty on 05 April 2010, 19:44:53
Hi everyone, hope you all had a good Easter.

I was wondering if anyone has had any experience of voice recognition software?

I'm looking to spend around £50. I've seen the IBM Via Voice, and the Dragon Naturally Speaking software.

I would be grateful for any help.

Best wishes

Dusty :-* :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Voive recognition software. Any ideas?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 05 April 2010, 19:46:23
Poor computer.....yah going to nag it to death  ;D ;D ;) :y (joke)
Title: Re: Voive recognition software. Any ideas?
Post by: Dusty on 05 April 2010, 19:52:41
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Poor computer.....yah going to nag it to death  ;D ;D ;) :y (joke)

Charming ;) :P :-X :-*
Title: Re: Voive recognition software. Any ideas?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 05 April 2010, 19:53:04
hi, please check this page :y

http://ceoworld.biz/ceo/2010/01/25/top-best-voice-or-speech-recognition-software

and this one

http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/downloads/reviews/Voice-Recognition_Consumer-Report.pdf
Title: Re: Voive recognition software. Any ideas?
Post by: Entwood on 05 April 2010, 19:57:59
Had to "play" with some of this a couple of years back for a disabled person..  Dragon was easily the best, but even so it took quite a while for it to "learn" the nuances of accents and pronunciation. The user tended to "talk" in a stilted fashion which actually made it worse from a "learning" point .. once I got her to speak naturally things got easier .. but it was never "perfect".

Newer versions might be better .. but IMHO anything "cheap" will probably have limitations .. :(
Title: Re: Voive recognition software. Any ideas?
Post by: Lazydocker on 05 April 2010, 20:02:06
My father likes his toys/gadgets and has the latest Dragon Naturally speaking... After "teaching" it he finds it superb :y :y
Title: Re: Voive recognition software. Any ideas?
Post by: Dusty on 05 April 2010, 20:11:22
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My father likes his toys/gadgets and has the latest Dragon Naturally speaking... After "teaching" it he finds it superb :y :y
Thanks for that.

I did read that you have to train it for a long time. Something like 10 hours, but it works well.

Dusty  :-*
Title: Re: Voive recognition software. Any ideas?
Post by: Dusty on 05 April 2010, 20:12:26
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hi, please check this page :y

http://ceoworld.biz/ceo/2010/01/25/top-best-voice-or-speech-recognition-software

and this one

http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/downloads/reviews/Voice-Recognition_Consumer-Report.pdf
Thanks Cem

I'm checking these out now.

Dusty :-*
Title: Re: Voive recognition software. Any ideas?
Post by: Dusty on 05 April 2010, 20:14:28
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Had to "play" with some of this a couple of years back for a disabled person..  Dragon was easily the best, but even so it took quite a while for it to "learn" the nuances of accents and pronunciation. The user tended to "talk" in a stilted fashion which actually made it worse from a "learning" point .. once I got her to speak naturally things got easier .. but it was never "perfect".

Newer versions might be better .. but IMHO anything "cheap" will probably have limitations .. :(
Thanks Entwood

You may be right. I will have to get a later version because of the operating system on my computer.

Dusty  :-*
Title: Re: Voive recognition software. Any ideas?
Post by: Lazydocker on 05 April 2010, 20:21:47
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My father likes his toys/gadgets and has the latest Dragon Naturally speaking... After "teaching" it he finds it superb :y :y
Thanks for that.

I did read that you have to train it for a long time. Something like 10 hours, but it works well.

Dusty  :-*

But you can train it with your own commands for paragraphs/parenthesis/delete etc...

Good bit of kit, but his was the top of the range version :y :y

I'm assuming this is to aid with the writing career? In which case I'd suggest investing a little more into the kit :y
Title: Re: Voive recognition software. Any ideas?
Post by: Dusty on 05 April 2010, 20:46:57
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My father likes his toys/gadgets and has the latest Dragon Naturally speaking... After "teaching" it he finds it superb :y :y
Thanks for that.

I did read that you have to train it for a long time. Something like 10 hours, but it works well.

Dusty  :-*

But you can train it with your own commands for paragraphs/parenthesis/delete etc...

Good bit of kit, but his was the top of the range version :y :y

I'm assuming this is to aid with the writing career? In which case I'd suggest investing a little more into the kit :y
Thanks Lazydocker

It is to help with the writing career. My third book went on sale last Thursday and is doing well. The trouble is, writing a 50,000 word book longhand and then transferring it to the computer, drives me crazy. I hope this software will be of help to me.

Dusty  :-* :-*