Speech recognition software?

[porkchopexpress]

Hi all

We have a member of staff returning to work with limited hand mobility so we are looking for some speech recognition software to help them dictate into word.

Does anyone here have any good recommendations, as there seems to be allot of products out there.

Cheers.

 

[ncotton]

!!!IBM ViaVoice!!! I've not used it for many years....I mean VERY many years, but it gets really good reviews and new big scale releases keep coming so I could do nothing but recommend it, only thing I have had experience of in that field (apart from one at uni, but I have no idea what that was)

Hope this Helps.

Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant

 

[bigoldbulldog]

There is also Dragon Naturally Speaking. I've not used it much since it takes a bit of setup and training. They got versions for the user type.

Cheers,
ND

[small]bigoldbulldog AT hotmail[/small]

 

[barny2006]

ibm's speach recognition i think is the best one that supports context and other advanced features. example:
Please write to Mrs. Wright, right now. it will spell them out correctly in context.

 

[Dillinger99]

Office 2003 has voice recognition.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Thanks for the replies people.

I'll give the Office 2003 one a go as we have a spare licence, if it's not upto scratch i'll look at the others.

Cheers.

 

[G0AOZ]

I think an important point for which ever programme you choose is, get a good quality microphone, preferably an insensitive one so it needs to be located near the mouth. Going for a sensitive mike results in the postman's knock on the door or the dog's bark being translated into an unwanted piece of gobbledegook.

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[porkchopexpress]

thanks for the tip GOAOZ i think i've got a good headset somewhere i'll give that a whirl.

 

[Grenage]

The voice recognition in 2003 is pretty dire! As G0AOZ mentioned, a good quality microphone is essential. What you want is a directional, noise cancelling mic; you can configure it to your liking without worrying about anything else being picked up. I really recommend Sennheiser headsets.


Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[porkchopexpress]

I have some Sennheiser headphones myself and agree on the quality, i'll take a look at their headsets.
I'm getting along ok with the Office app it seems ok as long as background noise is minimal.

Cheers.

 

[ncotton]

As a musician, I can gaurentee that you can not beat Senngeiser for medium range pro equipment, lines, mics and headphones. And backing up Granage. You MUST, IMPERATIVELY get a Uni-Dirrection. This means that the accoustic sensors are possitioned inside of an insulating surround, which is only open at the top, meaning any sound not being sent in a straight line between the source and the "top" or "front" so to speak, of the microphone, will be excluded.

Hope this Helps.

Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant