On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 08:21 -0400, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > On 07/18/2015 03:42 AM, Eric wrote: > > On 07/17/2015 05:25 PM, charles meyer wrote: > >> For those on the list using or contemplating Linux, this was > >> interesting. > >> > >> http://www.techrepublic.com/article/alternative-is-the-question-linux-is-the-answer/ > >> > >> > >> > >> No one really addressed software only written for Windows - e.g. > >> Dragon Naturally Speaking. > >> > >> There doesn't seem to be a good open source or Linux-based voice > >> recognition software. > >> > >> That can be a deal breaker. > > yes it can be. As someone dependent on NaturallySpeaking, I can tell > > you that most of the native limits speech recognition solutions do not > > measure up and would probably take a multimillion dollar effort to > > make a functional equivalent. > > > > Then there is the issue of supporting it, fixing bugs, adding > > features, working with the community current open-source funding > > techniques just don't measure up to the financial needs of critical > > projects like this would be. > > > > So how is it, I am using NaturallySpeaking to dictate on the next? > > Well the wine solution is pretty fragile and doesn't work with the > > latest NaturallySpeaking. It still has problems with using community > > supported extensions such as natlink and vocola. > > > > Instead, I'm using a different solution which is running > > NaturallySpeaking in a Windows virtual machine and using a tool I > > developed called speech bridge (See github) to link speech > > recognition functionality in Windows to whatever the hell Linux is doing. > > > > It's moving slow, I am changing things as I need them. I'm getting to > > the point where I could use some assistance but I'm going to hold off > > asking until I have a good specification/Definition. > > > > --- eric > > > > There are only two or three Win-only software I need to use, that I have > not found an easy to use alternative for a .deb based Linux OS. Also, I > have not found any way to use my external USB-based wifi antenna, for > "better/faster" useful access 10 floors below my router's antennas. IF > so, then Linux would be use for that work "environment", > > Also, for the "speech issue", I have never been able to got that to work > properly for Ubuntu and Linux Mint, as least text to speech. I have not > worked with speech to text or speech "system control" before, so I have > not really looked into that, much.
I couldn't find a good OCR solution for linux either. Project for someone? Cheers Harvey -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
