On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 16:55, csj wrote: > At Fri, 03 Oct 2003 15:52:30 -0500, > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > After doing an extensive Google search, and having seen many ques- > > tions about it in mailing lists and Usenet, I know that native SR > > for the Linux desktop is not available. > > If by native you mean working like a champ, then, I don't think
No, I mean "native Linux binaries". > there's any native SR in Linux. But there's (or was) a project > sf project that has the basics: sphinx. I tried it out some > years back (sphinx2), and with my crappy microphone it actually > managed to recognize some words correctly ;-) > > http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/sphinx/ Found that, but it's kinda old, and I doing this search for a Joe Average, for whom S-R is vital. So, a research project is not acceptable. > I haven't tried the newer versions (3 & 4). Sphinx appears now > to be supported by Sun, and like everything that Sun does > nowadays requires the dreaded Java(tm). > > > Has anyone tried Windows SR programs (like Dragon Naturally > > Speaking or ViaVoice) under Wine, CrossOver Office or Win4Lin? > > I believe there's a "native" ViaVoice binary-only package for > Linux. ViaVoice is after all by IBM. They stopped selling the Linux version 2 years ago. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "I have created a government of whirled peas..." Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 12-May-2002, CNN, Larry King Live -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
