24-08-2015, 10:22 AM
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Re: Voice Recognition.
I have used voice recognition software for a number of years now and find it extremely useful indeed. In fact I'm using it to make this postIn the early days the software did need a lot of training but the modern versions seem to be able to cope fairly quickly. The important thing is to speak clearly and not be too hesitant. Remember that the software has no idea of context and compares words and sounds it hears to the lists of words it has. I use Dragon Naturally Speaking 12.5. It worked quite accurately from the day I got it and has improved since. The more you use it the better it gets. Inevitably you will have some laughs along the way but to me it's been well worth the effort.
02-09-2015, 10:28 PM
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Re: Voice Recognition.
I have never got anywhere with voice recognition programs, which have been around for over 15 years. Part of the problem is that I have the ability to change my voice relatively easily which confuses them and I never really tried very much to get them to work as I just saw them as a bit of a gimmick.The latest manifestation is of course " Cortana ", as Microsoft calls it , in Windows 10 by which you are supposed to be able to tell the computer to do things. I have tried this and, after going through the voice training and trying to make it work and me speaking consistently, it does reasonably reliably recognise simple commands. However Microsoft have tried to give it various sorts of science fiction functionality as added gee whiz fun so it is supposed to give sensible answers to " What is the meaning of life? " and so on! I doubt if I will find it more than a toy and one irritation is that you have to say " Hey Cortana " to get it to work but instead of saying that in American for which it was designed, I have to say it with my Welsh accent, as that is what I have put into the voice training in which it sounds daft! Anyway in 10 years time I see lonely people having a chat with it's successors first thing in the morning for company??
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