Best Voice Recognition Software

[Steve819]

I realize there are only two choices - IBM Viavoice 10 and Dragon Naturally Speaking 6, but I wanted opinions from the informed crowd here.

I will be using the software to provide real time transcriptions of conference calls (over the Internet and using the phone), phone calls, and possibly large meetings. I myself will probably not use the software for dictation purposes. With this in mind, what software and accessories would you recommend I purchase?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Steve819]

bump for comments?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Steve819, personally, I don't think any of the voice recognition software on the market is worth the purchase right now, they are getting better, but just not quite up to the level that would make me spend cash on either of them, hope this helps

 

[LeeTJ]

XP has it built in.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ
XP has it built in.

More specifically, the Office XP applications have voice recognition built in.

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: wje

Originally posted by: LeeTJ
XP has it built in.

More specifically, the Office XP applications have voice recognition built in.

why is that more specific?? XP Pro has it built in w/o Office XP. i'm not sure what your getting at here.

 

[ajayjuneja]

You can get the speech sdk from microsoft, which includes a recognizer.

Both viaVoice 10 and dragon 6 work very well with training, I've found Viavoice easier to use and write programs for.

(FYI, I do research in speech recognition, or more specifically, dialogue systems, at CMU)

 

[Steve819]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Steve819, personally, I don't think any of the voice recognition software on the market is worth the purchase right now, they are getting better, but just not quite up to the level that would make me spend cash on either of them, hope this helps

I don't know, $50 for IBM ViaVoice is pretty good for me.

Buying WinXP for $50 doesn't seem too hot when I can get the software for the same price.

Steve

 

[Anubis]

Dragon Naturally Speaking. my roomate has this. dont ask me why. itf kinda cool adn works well.

itll cost you like 400$ if you wanna pay for it

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

Originally posted by: wje

Originally posted by: LeeTJ
XP has it built in.

More specifically, the Office XP applications have voice recognition built in.

why is that more specific?? XP Pro has it built in w/o Office XP. i'm not sure what your getting at here.

I meant that it would be more useful if you were to use voice recognition with an application such as Microsoft Word XP. Just having voice recognition with Windows XP alone, doesn't seem too exciting. I don't think I'd waste my time controlling Windows XP through voice for the few commands that I'd typically issue the operating system to follow. However, if I was assigned the task of writing a 10,000 word term paper, the voice recognition under Office XP would probably be the best way to approach the project.

 

[MiserMan]

As of Feb. 16, Comp USA has Dragon Naturally Speaking 6.0 for 9.99 with a $40 rebate,
probably good for this week....

 

[bigrash]

I use Dragon NS6 and it's really good. It takes a while to train it.

I would not recommend it for conference calls though, because the software must be trained for the person that uses it or it's not accurate at all.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

I'll give you a rundown on my experiences.

"Train it" for a while

Say: See Dick run with spot down the hill
It Types : Sea click bun with dot sound the pill.

Me: Uninstall and type by hand.