Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2532 mails)

[Joseph Loo <jloo@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 09:45 +0200, Rikard Johnels wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 April 2008 23:37, Donald D Henson wrote:
> > Does anyone know of an Open Source application to accept continuous
> > speech and convert it to text? I've found a couple of proprietary apps
> > but you  have to use Voice mail as an input. Any suggestions appreciated.
> >
> > Don Henson
>
> A few years back there was something called ViaVioce from IBM (i think)
> I never got that to work, and as far as i know its been discontinued for 
> ages...
> I havent seen any speech-to-text utilities for linux, nor for windows too for 
> that matter.
> The last time i saw it was on my brothers Amiga way back in the early days.
> He actually had it responding to voicecommands.
> And there was also a simple voicerecognition software bundled with a 
> SoundBlaster sound card at one point. But that vas a very long time ago.
>
> I too would love to have speech-to-text, as i am LOUSY at speed typing, and 
> as 
> i sometimes tell short stories to my friends, it would be heaven to be able 
> to get them into printed matter...
My understanding, IBM did not sell the Linux version. In certain cases
VIA voice can be bought at least that is what I have been told.
-- 
Joseph Loo
jloo@xxxxxxx

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