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Last night I finished installing software on my computer called Dragon naturally speaking. This is voice recognition software and I haven't used my keyboard all day today. It also has a lot of commands for the computer so like my keyboard, the mouse will start to get dusty also.

Anyone here using voice recognition software?

if your running Windows 7 Speech Recognition is included in all versions of Windows 7. I have not experimented with it yet. with all my different southern twangs who knows what it would type lol

Originally Posted by green34ford

if your running Windows 7 Speech Recognition is included in all versions of Windows 7. I have not experimented with it yet. with all my different southern twangs who knows what it would type lol

Yeah, I can't see a speech recognition package being good for me. Last thing I need it for the computer to be picking up what I might be muttering when I read things I'd need to clean up my language

My ex works for a local Sheriffs Dept. In records they transcribe all of the officers reports by listening to the tapes and typing them up. I had asked her if they ever thought about using a software of this type. Their concern was not getting the correct information entered because of the differances in the way people talk. Someone would still then have to listen to the tapes, then read & edit the reports anyway.

Deckofficer,
I have seen this software on tv lately. It seems a bit slow. Is it any faster then it is on the commercials?

Bug,

In the setup procedure it does ask you what part of the country you're from. As to the speed, mine is very quick but I'm using two solid-state hard drives in my computer. I think in that commercial you get the idea that it's going slow but really what they're doing is they're putting together a complete sentence because that is how the software will determine what word to use when a word has different meanings and different spellings that sounds the same. If you speak in choppy sentences, it will have a hard time determining what word to use when a word has the same sound but different spellings. The English language has so many words that are spelled differently and have different meanings that sound exactly the same so the software program needs to hear the whole sentence to choose which one of the words to use in that sentence.

Every user of the program will have to set up his or her own profile. For my set up, the first CD taught me how to teach my computer how I spoke. This took about one hour. Then you speak to your computer so that it can understand your voice, fluctuations and how you use your vocabulary. After completing this, I went out and had some fun on the forums. The more you use the program the more dialed in it gets to your voice. The first time I used it, it was making a mistake about three or four times every hundred words. This is the second day that I've used it, and so far on this text it's 100%.

Heck, even my old work 2.0 Windows in the early '90s had at least a rudimentary version of voice recognition. The XP on the PC I'm using to type this as well as the V-7 on my new lap top also have this feature. Why would I spend more of my time now that I no longer have work/schedule restraints when I wouldn't use it then. With my slow typing at least I can remove the uh's, profanity as well as the ums. Then I can add my punctuation and whatever exclamatory phrases I use plus reconstruct a clunky thought or sentence structure. Is it a good program - probably for folks like a professional, doing transcriptions or an author who has his thoughts perfectly together. But not me. Have a blast with it if you are comfortable though

I can see that it would only be useful for one person unless you could set up different profiles.

Wonder if it will get confused if there is someone talking in the background. Especially if they are a loud talker.

There can be as many users as you want each user has to set up their own voice profile so that the recognition software can do a proper job. I think if you could witness how easy my speech is flowing on the this page you would become a believer also.

I never learned how to touch type but I'm a pretty fast hunt and pecker. But from my experience on the third day of using this software program and how well it is performing, I doubt I'll ever go back to the keyboard.

More than one user makes it worth looking into.

I use a computer all day long but not for word type documents. I could see where this would be usefull for some.

Probably helps you quite a bit on your own forum.

Now that I think about it, this might be a good package to have. If you run awry of the forum powers about something posted one could say, "Oh, that's not what I meant! This darned computer must have misunderstood what I said!!"

I have a friend who had a motorcycle accident some years back he is now a quad. He has been using that system for emails and such for years.

Originally Posted by rspears

Now that I think about it, this might be a good package to have. If you run awry of the forum powers about something posted one could say, "Oh, that's not what I meant! This darned computer must have misunderstood what I said!!"

Either you know my history or you just happened to put together a funny scenario. Either way I liked it.

I think it is your history Bob.

Originally Posted by Bug

I think it is your history Bob.

I guess my reputation precedes me.

Now that I'm using voice recognition software I guess I can get in trouble 10 times faster than just on the keyboard. Looks like I better pace myself.

Have voice recognition on phone, but will look into setting up on the home PC. Thanks for the heads up!