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124828 2003-03-01 06:31:00 OK, I just want to know the name of a good Speech to text program. I am sick and tired of typing from 6th form and I have a mic. And are there any free ones out there?

Thnaks

James
JamesStewart (874)
124829 2003-03-01 08:47:00 Careful, if they're free they're not going to be good! I don't know if there's an achievement standard that asks you to work out how much you could type in the time it would take to teach the free program! It's the old story - you're going to get what you pay for! Sorry. It may be better to search for reviews of good progs. but watch for the ability to take in to account the NZ accent. BernieL (1913)
124830 2003-03-01 10:39:00 WinXP has support for speech to text.

You can also look here:-
www.scansoft.com

There's also viavoice from IBM.

I don't know of any free ones.

Make sure the computer you are using has heaps of grunt.
Elephant (599)
124831 2003-03-01 10:53:00 James, if speech to text really was a runner, why dont we see all the professional offices using it?

Simply that the time taken to teach it your speech patterns, plus the time to edit the output is in total greater than the time to type it out.

I am sure they will get there as algorythms improve, but its not quite there yet without hours/days of input and on going editing. And not to mention expensive....so forget free for a decade.

XP is getting there but IMHO its got a way to go.
godfather (25)
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