That you can use your microphone to dictate to a word processor or other computer programs to save me from typing so much...are they versitile and do they work well? Give me some ideas on what I should get, thanks!
2006-12-24 09:37:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
At this point in time the best program would be Dragon: http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/
They say it works pretty damn good...
2006-12-24 09:42:12 · answer #1 · answered by VzjrZ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know a man, who is a quadriplegic that used Dragon Speak to dictate his auto-biography. This book is 400 pages long.
When I experimented with similar programs, I found that it is slower than typing. It often makes mistakes by what you say, and requires many hours to learn how to pronounce things just right. It has built-in exercises, so that it can be trained to learn your voice, but let me just tell you that you learn more on how to use it, then it learn anything from you.
Of course, if there are any distractions, you are stopped dead in your tracks. If you make a mistake, you go through a painful ritual to erase the previous words and resume where you left off. But you just might have some good luck with it.
Visit http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/professional/
Then visit: http://www.squeakywheelbook.com and read about Brian Shaughnessy.
Good luck and Happy Computing!
2006-12-24 09:48:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows XP comes with a program similar to the one you are describing, and you can enable it by going to the control panel, selecting Regional and Language Options, and then enabling the language bar. All you have to do is click the microphone, and select dictation on the bar, and you can dictate in any Microsoft Office program. It is versatile, but its recognition is average. It recognizes most common English language words, but does not work well with proper nouns or long words, like deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). It works fine for me, but depending on your usage preferences and what you need recognized, it may and may not work well for you. I have not tried out many other programs, but you could go to http://www.download.com and see if they have any freeware speech recognition applications, or even better ones that you have to pay for. Hope this helps, and happy holidays!
--rbedi100
2006-12-24 09:44:25 · answer #3 · answered by rbedi100 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've yet to find a text to speech application that is worth the money...you need to select software that is most compatible with your OS and start doing research from there...
2006-12-24 09:43:35 · answer #4 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft word 2007 has that feature, but I could never get it to work relibably
2006-12-24 09:42:55 · answer #5 · answered by Roadman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure there are many others. However I have used ViaVoice before.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/voice/viavoice/
2006-12-24 09:41:37 · answer #6 · answered by rlh242424 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋