Re: Voice recognition? - Doug

May 21, 2004

Hi, Doug,

While a number of voice recognition programs are presently on the

market, all of them are designed to work best with a user whose voice

remains stable over a long period of time. That allows the user to

train the software one time, and within a small margin, the software

will recognize the speach.

Regrettably, PLS may involve speach, which normally results in a

progressive problem. The result is continual training the software.

There is one program that automatically goes into training mode each

time it is accessed. The software is called Dragon Dictate. My

spouse, Bettie Jo, is not able very understandable. Just about

everyone the " talks " with might get an occasional word. In fact, I

have a great deal of problem understanding her.

However, she has been using Dragon Dictate since 1977. The software

has worked well for her. Right now she has a 50% first time

recognition rate. She uses it daily, " writing " stories, poems, and

prayers. She also emails her family (and me) on almost a daily

basis.

While the program is old (in computer terms) and is not supported by

the maker (which has changed hands twice since 1997), it is still

available.

Hope that helps.

Don

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