[access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
- From: "Terry Clasper" <terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 21:26:12 -0000
Good luck mate!
Terry Clasper.
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Twitter: @terryclasper
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On Behalf Of Niamh
Sent: 03 January 2013 21:25
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
thanks Terry,
I think I am going for it.
Niamh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Clasper" <terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:22 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
> 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.
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>
>
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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.
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>> Twitter: @terryclasper
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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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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>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> 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
>>
>> Ham Radio Callsign: G4XBF, licenced since 1982
>>
>> Use the NVDA screen-reader, not Scientific, just Freedom:
>> http://nvda-project.org/
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