[Electronics-talk] Dragon Naturally Speaking

[cheez]

Eh, Smoky, will you contact me off line?  I think  I know of you.  My email 
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Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Smokey Joe" <smokeyjoe at musfiber.com>
To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
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Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Dragon Naturally Speaking


>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.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [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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