Voice Recognition Software

Seth Brundle

I have been asked to investigate these (where you speak to the PC and it types out what you say!).
What is the best available in this country and from where?
What cost?
Cheers
K.

odie

The best you can get is JAWS Professional - This is used in the main by visually impaired people

http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jawspricing.asp

UK pricing here (just do the conversion to Euro)

http://www.blazie.co.uk/priceJaws.htm

The best retail product for the general public would be Dragon Naturally Speaking

http://www.computerspeak.ie/preferred_version.htm

Capt'n Midnight

There is no Speech Recognition Engine (SRE) built directly in to Windows XP. You need to install a compatible engine, and in most cases, you'll install it from one of two sources.
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The Microsoft SRE for Windows XP is available in Office XP applications, such as Microsoft Word 2002, or Microsoft Excel 2002. If you have Office XP, or one of these programs on your computer, then you probably already have access to the SRE. You simply need to install the SRE as explained below.
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If you do not have one of these programs, then a less expensive option for installing the SRE is to purchase the Windows XP PLUS! Pack. This is available for less than $30 from Microsoft and other online vendors.
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A third option is available for advanced users. The SRE is provided for free as part of the Microsoft Speech Software Development Kit 5.1. Microsoft provides no technical support for this software and it is not generally recommended for end users.
Link amháin http://www.microsoft.com/speech/download/sdk51/
Link eile http://surguy.net/articles/speechrecognition.xml

Don't forget - It's easy to wreck a nice beach.

Keep an eye out for microphones ,some have bundled sw ( picked up an old copy of the IBM software for a tenner many years back )

There is probably a gnu project out there too.

Seth Brundle

cheers folks!