Hi everyone..I use a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop (40GB HD, 1024GB RAM, WinPro SP.
2) and I really need some voice recognition software to use with it....I tried
using IBM Via Voice v.9 ( I think..) a couple of years ago but my laptop started
flipping out on me a few hours after that so I had to uninstall it, that
experience really put me off trying to install another one...however, I do need
to start using something as I know once you install one of these things it takes
a long time for you to train whatever system you decide to use up and I'd rather
do it sooner than later...the only thing I really need to use it with is
Internet Explorer. I hope someone around here can give some advise because it's
one thing looking up different packages on the web and another when you try and
use it for yourself...I have heard good things about Dragon Dictate though....If
you know anything about voice recognition software I'd really appreciate it if
you'd share it with me. Thanks
If at all possible, I would suggest learning how to type. I used to think voice
recognition was teh answer, but it really just seems silly talking to a
computer. My desire to get it really just evaporated once I learned to touch
type fast. It's a valuable skill to have, so I would put some effort into it.
Instant messaging is the best typing trainer you can get. Just don't use gay
13-year-old slang and shortcuts. (and spell checking helps a lot too).
I remember working on a product that had IBM ViaVoice built into it back in
1999...the UK English module was awful. the US English one wasn't entirely
horrible if you were from the West Coast, but the South and the yankees got
screwed. Even with a west-coast accent it was still crap though.
I have yet to see a voice recognition program that didn't at least mostly suck.
Voice recognition software is akin to betamax tapes and the Divx rental format.
Voice recognition software always has to be trained how to recognize your voice.
I bought Dragon Naturally Speaking (version ?) a couple of years ago when I was
considering writing. I installed it, trained it for about 45 minutes and did
some tests. It worked pretty well, actually. I was impressed with its
vocabulary recognition, and the word replacement features were cool. There was
one big, stinky problem, though. Whenever you said a new word, it would add
that word to its ever growing library. After a while, the software can actually
get bogged down if you're a more thesaurusly learned speaker. You constantly
have to make typing corrections, and you sometimes need to slow your speech or
speak like a robot.
I know the developers are trying to use newer algo's to get the softare to react
faster with fewer word and punctuation errors. But it's hard. People in
heavily accented localles do get screwed because many of the phonical sounds
they make are recognized by the human ear because we can adjust our hearing to
match their intended words. But a computer is a lot less adaptable. Honestly
computers are kinda dumb when it comes to this stuff.
Hi everyone..I use a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop (40GB HD, 1024GB RAM, WinPro SP. 2) and I really need some voice recognition software to use with it....I tried using IBM Via Voice v.9 ( I think..) a couple of years ago but my laptop started flipping out on me a few hours after that so I had to uninstall it, that experience really put me off trying to install another one...however, I do need to start using something as I know once you install one of these things it takes a long time for you to train whatever system you decide to use up and I'd rather do it sooner than later...the only thing I really need to use it with is Internet Explorer. I hope someone around here can give some advise because it's one thing looking up different packages on the web and another when you try and use it for yourself...I have heard good things about Dragon Dictate though....If you know anything about voice recognition software I'd really appreciate it if you'd share it with me. Thanks
If at all possible, I would suggest learning how to type. I used to think voice recognition was teh answer, but it really just seems silly talking to a computer. My desire to get it really just evaporated once I learned to touch type fast. It's a valuable skill to have, so I would put some effort into it. Instant messaging is the best typing trainer you can get. Just don't use gay 13-year-old slang and shortcuts. (and spell checking helps a lot too).
Thanks for the advice Jim...unfortunately, it's not possible for me to learn how to type faster because of the state of my health.
http://www.scansoft.com/naturallyspeaking/preferred/
I don't know if this is what you are looking for missy, hope that help a bit.
I remember working on a product that had IBM ViaVoice built into it back in 1999...the UK English module was awful. the US English one wasn't entirely horrible if you were from the West Coast, but the South and the yankees got screwed. Even with a west-coast accent it was still crap though.
I have yet to see a voice recognition program that didn't at least mostly suck.
Voice recognition software is akin to betamax tapes and the Divx rental format. Voice recognition software always has to be trained how to recognize your voice. I bought Dragon Naturally Speaking (version ?) a couple of years ago when I was considering writing. I installed it, trained it for about 45 minutes and did some tests. It worked pretty well, actually. I was impressed with its vocabulary recognition, and the word replacement features were cool. There was one big, stinky problem, though. Whenever you said a new word, it would add that word to its ever growing library. After a while, the software can actually get bogged down if you're a more thesaurusly learned speaker. You constantly have to make typing corrections, and you sometimes need to slow your speech or speak like a robot.
I know the developers are trying to use newer algo's to get the softare to react faster with fewer word and punctuation errors. But it's hard. People in heavily accented localles do get screwed because many of the phonical sounds they make are recognized by the human ear because we can adjust our hearing to match their intended words. But a computer is a lot less adaptable. Honestly computers are kinda dumb when it comes to this stuff.
A hal9000 it's not...