[Electronics-talk] Dragon Naturally Speaking

[Smokey Joe]

I haven't heard of anybody doing that kind of thing.  Remember it is
designed, the way I understand it, as a dictation tool.  Best performance
would probably be obtained by having a single speaker using a mic fairly
close to the mouth.  

There is software out there to transfer spoken conversation to text, say on
a phone call.  It is often used by those with hearing impairments.  I can't
come up with a product name offhand.  




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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Craig Borne
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:33 AM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Dragon Naturally Speaking

Do you know if Dragon Speak can also convert a conversation recorded on MP3?
Craig 

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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Smokey Joe
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:22 AM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Dragon Naturally Speaking

Hi Craig, 

My sighted wife uses Dragon for text input and is quite pleased with it.  It
appears to be much more accurate than it was years ago.  There are some
scrips for sale that make it possible for blind folk to use Dragon with
JAWS.  The products are J-Tools and J- Say.  

http://www.ngtvoice.com/products/software/tandt/jtools.htm

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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Craig Borne
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:44 AM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Subject: [Electronics-talk] Dragon Naturally Speaking

Good morning,

Does anyone have experience using Dragon Naturally Speaking, which is a
speech to text software?  The user places a microphone/headset on and
dictates to the computer, which in turn types out what the user is saying.
In the past, a blind user had difficulty using this type of product because
you first had to read a paragraph or two into the microphone in order to
allow the program to recognize your diction, tone, etc.

My understanding is that later generations of this program are actually
quite good, and the program can recognize what the user is saying without
having to go through the pre-reading ritual.

Does anyone have thoughts or experience with this program?  Alternatively,
does anyone know of a program where an MP3 of a dictation can be run through
a certain software and be typed out in text, sort of like a computer
transcription of the audio?

Thank you,
Craig



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