On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 16:05 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 18/07/15 02:25 PM, Harvey Nimmo wrote: > > 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 > > You're kidding right? Check out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OCR > for a quick overview of the current state of affairs. > No, I'm not really kidding. Command line programs are only the start of the journey. It is quite a bit more to have something that is well integrated with the corresponding display and text tools.
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