Andrew, Yes I should have qualified it to include direct speech not conversations you are correct. However the software once running is extremely good and streets ahead of the older IBM ViaVoice type software.
They claim about 98% accuracy but that is just a pipe dream and in effect I have got up to about 85% consistently but you do need to have good recording kit as background noise is a real killer. I have used it to get the majority of a book I am writing into basic word format as I can dictate it whilst I am doing other things with my hands .....now, now naughty, naughty! Whilst not getting everything it removed the burdon of the major bit of typing, at least with standard text anyway. Application specific language training however is a pain in the a*se to set up. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Stirling Sent: 13 May 2009 15:50 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Audio to text conversion But from the Dragon site: Q. Can I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to transcribe interviews or meetings? No, Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a speaker-dependent system, meaning that it trained to recognize the voice of a single user and cannot distinguish speech from more than one speaker. People have no problem understanding both Aunt Grace, who has a high, thin voice, and Cousin Paul, who has a voice like a foghorn, because people can easily adjust to the unique characteristics of every voice. Speech-recognition software, on the other hand, works best when the computer has a chance to adjust to each new speaker. The process of teaching the computer to recognize your voice is called "training." Andrew Stirling 01250 874580 http://www.calcpay.co.uk HMRC Accredited UK payroll program Dave Crozier wrote: > Peter, > Dragon dictate. Not expensive and very good. It also has an activeX > interface you can drive if you are brave enough and will deal with .wav, > .wma files as input. > > http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/products/preferred.asp > > Dave Crozier > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Peter Hart > Sent: 13 May 2009 14:40 > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: RE: [NF] Audio to text conversion > > Hi All > > > > Any one know of a program to convert an Audio File to Text. > > > > My Wife Vera has been asked by her boss to use a Digital Voice recorder > to take dictation at meetings. They have given her an Olympus DR2000 > DVR. > > > > I have downloaded the manual and I think I have enough info there to > teach her how to record the meetings onto a Laptop. Somehow I think > they are expecting to be able to get her computer to convert the Audio > to text to be input straight into Word for example. My wife is not a > good typist and definitely not an Audio Typist. > > > > Cheers > > > > Peter Hart. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/66b69554130346efa033f9cbc1799...@develop ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
