Re: Voice Recognition

["V Ghyoot" vghyoot@xxxxxxxx]

Yes, some of the interpretation errors are inexplicable. However, ViaVoice also records your voice, which is useful for reconstructing what you were trying to say, when you check the transcribed text afterwards.
Valmond Ghyoot



On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Harry Binswanger mailto:hb@xxxxxxxx wrote:

My use of NaturallySpeaking to dictate a draft of a philosophy article was a failure. In this case, I think the problem was that I am too unfamiliar with the subject I was writing on (esthetics), so I can't just roll out stuff from the subconscious.




Also, watching the occasional errors appear on the screen was a distraction. I still think voice recognition would be good for drafting things that you *can* just blurt out and get usable material from. But I'd recommend not even looking at the screen. It would be good to simultaneously make a recording so you can hear what you actually said to correct what the voice recognition program output. You get weird "interpretations," such as "Oregon" when I said "art" and "design right" when I said "Ayn Rand." I think NaturallySpeaking does some audio recording itself, but I'm not sure. But digital recorders are cheap and have effectively unlimited storage (hundreds of hours).









Harry Binswanger

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