Sangeetha,
Dragon Naturally Speaking is certainly the most advanced and widely
used speech recognition software available. I wish they would bring
out a Mac version that was on par with the Windows version. Like all
similar products, it needs to be trained to the speaker's voice, and
the user, too, needs to be trained somewhat also. Nevertheless, there
are plenty of fans and advocates for the product.
As for machine transcription, just this fall I purchased a USB foot
pedal from Executive Communication Systems http://tvps.com (very
affordable) and a license from Inqscribe http://www.inqscribe.com/ for
their transcription and subtitling software. It is available for Macs
and Windows. I have not had a major project to put it through its
paces yet, but in my testing with the foot pedal things worked very
well. Open the software, open your audio or video file, pedal to
control playback and keep your hands free for typing.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Anthony
On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:05 AM, LLTI automatic digest system wrote:
> Subject: #9021 Speech recognition
>
> Greetings!
>
>
>
> I have two different, but related, questions:
>
> 1. We are thinking of acquiring a Speech Recognition software
> such as
> Dragon Naturally Speaking. Has anyone experimented with it? Pros and
> Cons?
>
> 2. We are looking to acquire a machine for transcription (with
> foot
> controls), and one that works with digital files (not cassette-
> tapes). Has
> anyone found a good, digital, one that they are satisfied with?
>
> Thanks for your input!
>
> And Happy Holidays!
>
> Sangeetha
>
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