voice recognition software for PC

abortretryfail · Post by **abortretryfail** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:03 pm

I’m looking for voice recognition software for my new PC, anyone know what I should get? I heard that Dragon Naturally Speaking ( http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/ ) is the best, true? Anyone used the latest version (9.0)? Does it work well? Any tips?

weber · Post by **weber** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:10 pm

abortretryfail;462536 wrote: I’m looking for voice recognition software for my new PC, anyone know what I should get? I heard that Dragon Naturally Speaking ( http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/ ) is the best, true? Anyone used the latest version (9.0)? Does it work well? Any tips?

I have TalkIt/TypeIt. I've never used it because I couldn't be bothered to take the time to teach it how to understand my words. I asked it to do something and whatever it did, I just uninstalled it for when I have mega time.

Post by **spot** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:22 pm

I used version 8 while I needed it and yes, it's wonderful. The Professional version lets you control the computer as well, the normal lets you dictate.

What sort of PC do you have? I did think that on anything much under a 2GHz machine or less than 512MB RAM it might get a bit sticky with other programs running, but that's just an opinion.

abortretryfail · Post by **abortretryfail** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:23 pm

spot;462547 wrote: I used version 8 while I needed it and yes, it's wonderful. The Professional version lets you control the computer as well, the normal lets you dictate.

What sort of PC do you have? I did think that on anything much under a 2GHz machine or less than 512MB RAM it might get a bit sticky with other programs running, but that's just an opinion.

Oh cool. I know that v. 9 lets you dictate via bluetooth and works on the Palm, which I've been interested in trying. Just got a new PC (yeah, I think that 9.0 requires you have those specs flat out) so that's not a problem. Did you need to train v. 8.0? How long did it take? 9.0 says no training necessary, but that it will improve the recognition if you do. I think I'll order this today.

Post by **spot** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:37 pm

abortretryfail;468058 wrote: Oh cool. I know that v. 9 lets you dictate via bluetooth and works on the Palm, which I've been interested in trying. Just got a new PC (yeah, I think that 9.0 requires you have those specs flat out) so that's not a problem. Did you need to train v. 8.0? How long did it take? 9.0 says no training necessary, but that it will improve the recognition if you do. I think I'll order this today.I gave it a half hour just for the fun of perfecting my Kentucky Drawl which it seemed to prefer. It'll run from the box without, but it does improve recognition to the point where gross speech defects can be bypassed as irrelevant.

Post by **spot** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:41 pm

I used it to dictate http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showp ... stcount=20 if you want an example, it was far quicker than my typing. I did proof it but there wasn't much wrong once I got the place and personal names recognised.

abortretryfail · Post by **abortretryfail** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:37 pm

spot;468086 wrote: I gave it a half hour just for the fun of perfecting my Kentucky Drawl which it seemed to prefer. It'll run from the box without, but it does improve recognition to the point where gross speech defects can be bypassed as irrelevant.

I got it over the weekend. Pretty nifty - it did indeed recognize me right away. I didn't train it, but I think it's getting better just from use.