[access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
- From: "Terry Clasper" <terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 21:22:25 -0000
J-Say is a middleware product that integrates jaws and Dragon, i.e has no
speech recognition ability in itself, and is only beneficial, and very
beneficial at that, for people who need to use JAWS and Dragon together
harmoniously and effectively.
Amd I say that these days with absolutely no vested interest in J-Say what
so ever.
Terry Clasper.
E-Mail, terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Twitter: @terryclasper
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On Behalf Of Niamh
Sent: 03 January 2013 21:20
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
Terry,
What's the difference between J-Say and dragon?
Niamh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Clasper" <terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:04 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
> HI Mike.
> I've not actually tried the speech recognition engine in Win 7 although
> did
> the Vista engine and it wasn't too bad.
>
> Terry Clasper.
> E-Mail, terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Twitter: @terryclasper
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Michael A. Ray
> Sent: 03 January 2013 20:51
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
>
> David and Terry,
>
> I have just looked at the Wikipaedia page for this subject and
> discovered there is a quite advanced speech recognition engine built in
> to Windows 7. I have just run through the setup and training, reading
> the text prompts into my boom mic.
>
> I haven't attempted to actually use it yet and I must say that for the
> first time I have begun to ask myself some searching questions...
>
> I am a software writer to the very core. This lady is a software
> developer and is losing the use of her hands. As I type this email at
> about 45 words a minute, I am asking whether I would swap my hands for
> the return of my vision. And I think the answer has to be no.
>
> I am going to try to write the good old 'Hello World!' application in C
> without using the keyboard and mouse. Of course I can't see either,
> which this lady can, but I guess it can be done.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 03/01/2013 20:43, David W Wood wrote:
>> Thanks for updating my knowledge!
>>
>> I last tried it about 3 or so years ago, obviously things have come on a
>> load more since then!
>>
>>
>> ATB
>>
>> David W Wood
>>
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>> On Behalf Of Terry Clasper
>> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 8:36 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
>>
>> David.
>> Sorry absolutely not the case anymore.
>> For sure you can train it, but with Dragon 11.5 and even earlier you
>> absolutely do not need to sit and train it if you don't want to.
>> Often these days people start off by not doing the training and with a
> basic
>> voice profile, then after a while they will either do training or use
>> some
>> of the other tools provided in the software, like presenting documents
>> for
>> analysis etc.
>> There are many ways these days to get the software very quickly to do
>> what
>> you want without copious amounts of time sitting in front of the computer
>> talking to it!
>>
>>
>> Terry Clasper.
>> E-Mail, terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Twitter: @terryclasper
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> On Behalf Of David W Wood
>> Sent: 03 January 2013 20:32
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> It still needs training, and the more you do at the early stages, the
>> more
>> accurate the transposition.
>>
>>
>> ATB
>>
>> David W Wood
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> On Behalf Of Michael A. Ray
>> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 8:06 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
>>
>> Terry,
>>
>> Very helpful indeed. Is the product now known as 'Dragon Dictate'? I
>> think it was called 'Dragon Naturally Speaking' before.
>>
>> The only experience I have of this is from about fifteen years ago when
>> the software needed a lot of training to recognise a voice.
>>
>> This lady is not visually impaired but her needs as a software developer
>> are probably a little different from somebody just writing plain
>> English. e.g. she needs to be able to say 'left curly brace' and have
>> '{' appear instead of the words.
>>
>> I will have a look on Amazon to see how much this software costs.
>>
>> I presume this is the kind of thing that ATW might pay for if she asks
>> her employer to investigate.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On 03/01/2013 19:52, Terry Clasper wrote:
>>> HI Michael.
>>> Yes, by far the leader in computer based speech recognition is Dragon
>>> and
>>> for sure over the past few years its come on in leaps and bounds.
>>> The current version from a recognition perspective gives very high
>>> levels
>> of
>>> accuracy literally without any voice training. What I mean by that is
>>> the
>>> days of having to sit and read text to the computer are now long gon!
>>> Depending on whether your friend is visually impaired or not, you may
> need
>>> to look at the screen reader accessibility sie of things, and that in
> turn
>>> may mean you need to consider the higher priced professional dragon
>> product,
>>> however if not then for sure you can get a Dragon product very
>>> reasonably
>>> priced that will effectively assist in text computer input.
>>> Hope that is of some help?
>>>
>>> Terry Clasper.
>>> E-Mail, terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Twitter: @terryclasper
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> On Behalf Of Michael A. Ray
>>> Sent: 03 January 2013 19:47
>>> To: Access-UK
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
>>>
>>> Hello list,
>>> I know a lady who is a programmer. She is suffering with a condition
>>> which is going to make typing more and more difficult.
>>>
>>> I have suggested to her that she might like to investigate options as
>>> far as speech recognition software goes.
>>>
>>> Does anybody on the list have any experience of this and have anything
>>> to say about it?
>>>
>>> The only name I have in my head is 'Dragon'.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Michael A. Ray
>
> Analyst/Programmer
> Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
>
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>
> Use the NVDA screen-reader, not Scientific, just Freedom:
> http://nvda-project.org/
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