[access-uk] Re: Speech Recognition Software Recommendations
- From: "David W Wood" <david.g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 20:31:36 -0000
Mike
It still needs training, and the more you do at the early stages, the more
accurate the transposition.
ATB
David W Wood
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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-----
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> 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
>
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Michael A. Ray
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