voice recognition software for easy and quick typing?

Question

i am dying to get a voice recognition software so i don't have to type for ages, even though i'm really fast. i also want it so i can program my computer, like say "open internet explorer" "search google for molotiv cocktail recipe" where can i get a good one???

Answer 1

If you have Windows XP then you already have a good speech dictation/recognition system built in. Additional capabilities can be added using the e-Speaking (website below) Voice and Speech Recognition software.

Microsoft has a good summary on their website called: "How to install and configure speech recognition in Windows XP" (see last reference below).

The combination of Microsoft's software and e-Speaking should enable you to accomplish great things with voice recognition.

You should know a little about how to dictate into the software. You cannot just simply start talking. You have to actually think about what you want to say first.

The process for converting your thoughts into text is very different from typing your thoughts than when you're talking to a computer. In order to maximize the accuracy of the speech recognition software, the speech program will attempt to adjust the spellings of words based on the context of the sentence that it hears. In other words, speech programs analyze entire phrases or sentences, not just individual words. This is why you will often see nothing on the monitor/screen until just after you stop speaking. It takes a few seconds for the computer to figure out what you were saying.

If you don't think about what you are going to say before you say it, you may end up just blabbering on about the topic but not really saying anything important. If you were to stop in mid sentence, this would reduce the ability of the software to accruately transcribe what it heard. ( http://www.speech--recognition.com/050.htm. )

Check out the Speech Recognition videos at YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYu6_cNRCD4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io40bTjlYCY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZRSPXHOlLI

Using the example you asked about in your question, you can tell e-Speaking the following commands:
"open Internet"
"google website"
"type this"
"molotov cocktail recipe"
"enter key"

The nice part about this software is that the computer verbally responds to each of your instructions. So your conversation with the computer would be more like:
"computer" - Yes
"open Internet" - Ok
"google website" - What would you like to search for
"type this" - Ok
...

Answer 2

just get a simple macbook NOT MAC BOOK PRO. It's less than $1,200, lightweight, simple to get used to, runs leopard which has over 600+ features built in, long battery life, quickly turns on, and can last a very long time. If you get a mac book you can always update it so you are always up to date with the most current in thingss. If you get a windows computer, you can't chenge the version, you would have to buy a new computer and my friends bought VISTAs and hated the way it always crashed on school websites and after 1/2 of a month they gave it to their cousins to use as a science fair project! So you probably want the mac book.

Answer 3

Try Dragons Naturally Speaking or IBM's ViaVoice.

Answer 4

Typing is still faster and more accurate than any VR system out there.

For navigation, check out these links:
http://www.vrcommander.com/
http://members.shaw.ca/voice-master/