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[Dusty]

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

[Marks DTM Calib]

Poor computer.....yah going to nag it to death  (joke)

[Dusty]

Poor computer.....yah going to nag it to death  (joke)

Charming

[cem_devecioglu]

hi, please check this page

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

[Entwood]

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 ..

[Lazydocker]

My father likes his toys/gadgets and has the latest Dragon Naturally speaking... After "teaching" it he finds it superb

[Dusty]

My father likes his toys/gadgets and has the latest Dragon Naturally speaking... After "teaching" it he finds it superb

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 

[Dusty]

hi, please check this page

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

[Dusty]

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 

[Lazydocker]

My father likes his toys/gadgets and has the latest Dragon Naturally speaking... After "teaching" it he finds it superb

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

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

[Dusty]

My father likes his toys/gadgets and has the latest Dragon Naturally speaking... After "teaching" it he finds it superb

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

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

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