[access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
- From: "Michael A. Ray" <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:06:03 +0000
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
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Sent: 03 January 2013 19:47
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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
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Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
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