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>Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:49:34 -0600
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>Subject: Re: #7481 Voice Recognition Software for English and Spanish
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Office XP has these features built-in.  See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/speech.asp for details.  Some
time must be spent, however, in training the computer to understand and
recognize the user's voice so it is something that is meant as a tool over
time, not as an immediate quick fix.  I'm not sure how it is comparable to
other programs on the market, but my husband who is a non-native speaker
has played around with it and after only a couple of training sessions, he
was able to achieve fairly high accuracy.

Deanne Cobb
University of Regina


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> >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:18:24 -0500
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> >Subject: Voice Recognition Software for English and Spanish
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> LLTI,
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations on voice recognition software that
> would transform voice into Word documents in both English and Spanish?
> That is, the prof would speak in English and the Word documents would be
> English; when he uses it by speaking Spanish, it would type the correct
> diacritics in Spanish.
>
> Info on free downloads is always appreciated!
>
> Thanks, Donnie
>
> --
> Donnie Sendelbach, Ph.D.
> Director of the Humanities Computer
> Lab/Lecturer in Russian
> 108a Main Hall (formerly 109a)
> Lawrence University
> Appleton, WI 54911
> (920) 832-7250
> fax (920) 832-6944

Deanne Cobb
Language Lab Manager
Language Resource Centre
University of Regina