Anybody try a speech-to-text program yet?

O-O · 08-04-2009, 01:31 PM

Wonder how well they work. Does speech-to-text software recognize and account for grammar? Circuit City has the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 10 for $24. Pretty cheap, I may buy just to try out, but then again money isn't as easy to come by these days either.

O-O · 08-05-2009, 01:11 PM

ok, well I decided to go ahead and order it. Will post back with results.

DTVuser2009 · 08-05-2009, 04:20 PM

I could never speak so clearly enough to make it come out without the 'uhm's and 'wait! i didn't mean that!! oh, frak!' showing up lol

If i could only speak as well as Commander Adama does on his logs. but i can't. if you can do radio talk well enough i'd say go for it. otherwise it picks up mistakes and also white noise from anything. try having a sentence just show a cat going [meow] or such. kinda annoying.

I'd rather have my computer respond to commands the way it does on Star Trek. 'Computer! open Internet explorer!'

EscapeVelocity · 08-05-2009, 04:22 PM

Does it speak Southern?

Aries · 08-05-2009, 04:28 PM

Certain dialects and heavy accents might not work too well, so you might have to work on getting a more neutral accent if you want to get the best use out of it.