atw: Re: speech recognition software

And for those who care, the code base for Dragon Naturally Speaking has been under constant development for over 20 years. It has changed ownership several times but it has done nothing but improve year after year. 

Geoff

On 19/08/2008, at 7:21 PM, Caz.H wrote:


Christine
I'm acquainted with a young woman who became a quadriplegic three years ago. She is doing her honors year at university, maintains a highly articular and vigorous blog, and she has part time work translating German documents into English (and vice versa) for a local Jewish organization (she translates one or two documents a week, I gather).
Naturally, she uses voice recognition software for all of this. Her writing is more articulate and error free than most people's, including her rants on any number of political or trivial matters!
So, notwithstanding the consensus on this thread that voice recognition software is a waste of time, I think the opinions must be based on lack of knowledge. I'm sure voice recognition has the normal problems and frustrations of any application, but clearly there is another demographic out there who would not be able to study, or work, or engage in many recreational activities without it - obviously some of the apps work to a very sophisticated level. 

FWIW.
Carolyn
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Christine Kent <c.bkent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
Hi Guys
I keep getting advertising from Nuance for their new speech recognition software, Dragon, and am questioning whether it is now time to make another leap from "old" to "new" technology. Last I knew anything about it, speech recognition software was heavy going and almost impossible to "tune" with anything other than an American accent.
Their advertising "So imagine how much more productive you'd be if your everyday tasks no longer involved typing. Most people type about 40 words per minute but speak more than 120 words per minute. What if you could create email, documents and spreadsheets simply by speaking? Or control your PC just by talking to it, starting programs, using menus, surfing the Web? That would be pretty amazing. And fast."
Does anyone know if these claims are now actually true? Imagine the benefits for us if it is! 


And these claims

"•

Create and edit documents and spreadsheets by voice

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Quickly send email and instant messages

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Quickly search the Web and your desktop by voice

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Format and correct text by voice

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Use a single voice command to insert blocks of text or graphics, like your name, title, logo and signature 

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Easily proof your documents with dictation playback

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Dictate into a handheld recorder for transcription later

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Enjoy up to 99% accuracy - more accurate than the most skilled typists" 



Regards

Christine





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