Re: [opensuse] Speech-to-Text

Greg Freemyer wrote:

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 3:45 AM, Rikard Johnels wrote:

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On Wednesday 30 April 2008 23:37, Donald D Henson wrote:

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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...

I think in Windows "Dragon NaturallySpeaking" is the leading solution. I don't use it so no firsthand feedback here.

http://nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/

A little history of products (including some OSS ones) and whats available is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_speech_recognition_software

Greg

Thanks for the links. I'd seen most of the OSS stuff. All that I've seen so far are nowhere near production use. Dragon Naturally Speaking looks promising, though. Their web site convinced me to plunk down a hundred bucks for a copy of their cheapest product. After I've had a chance to use it for a few days, I'll post a review here. It has to be physically shipped so it'll be a couple of weeks. Don Henson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org