Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 725.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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[1] From: "Patrick T. Rourke" <ptrourke@mediaone.net> (11)
Subject: Re: voice recognition software?
[2] From: Han Baltussen <han.baltussen@kcl.ac.uk> (1)
Subject: Re: 14.0721 voice recognition software?
[3] From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk> (11)
Subject: voice-recognition software
[4] From: Martin Holmes <mholmes@uvic.ca> (27)
Subject: Re: 14.0721 voice recognition software?
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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 07:34:13 +0000
From: "Patrick T. Rourke" <ptrourke@mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: voice recognition software?
I've worked a bit with Dragon Systems Naturally Speaking for Windows 9x. It
requires a lot of training (of the software by the user, not of the user)
and somewhat clear, relatively accentless pronunciation, and is not 100%
keyboard free, but (the preferred version) can be trained to learn nearly
any word so long as it is in the Latin alphabet and the pronunciation isn't
too far from English (I trained it to recognize a number of transliterated
words). It integrates with Microsoft Word as well as the operating system,
and I believe it still integrates with WordPerfect.
> I have been diagnosed with the beginnings of carpal tunnel
syndrome. Do you
> or anyone on the humanist list know anything about software that allows one
> to talk to one's computer?
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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 07:34:51 +0000
From: Han Baltussen <han.baltussen@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: 14.0721 voice recognition software?
there is a software package by IBM, now also in a Mac version called ViaVoice.
HB
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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 07:35:10 +0000
From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: voice-recognition software
A Google search (www.google.com) on "voice recognition software" turns up a
fair bit of stuff. An interesting review may be found at
<www.io.com/~hcexres/tcm1603/acchtml/recomx7c.html>; this seems to be a
presentation by someone named David A. McMurrey to medical office
administrators. It concludes with a list of 15 links to various reviews.
Yours,
WM
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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 07:36:04 +0000
From: Martin Holmes <mholmes@uvic.ca>
Subject: Re: 14.0721 voice recognition software?
Hi there,
At 07:09 AM 06/03/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I have been diagnosed with the beginnings of carpal tunnel syndrome. Do you
>or anyone on the humanist list know anything about software that allows one
>to talk to one's computer?
Slightly off-topic, but this is what I've done in the last couple of years
to overcome these problems:
1. Use the mouse on one side at work, and the other side at home. Getting
competent with the mouse on the wrong side is quicker than you think.
2. Get a mouse with lots of buttons and a wheel, and set one button to the
double-click.
3. Get a good chair -- your institution will probably have workplace safety
guys who can tell you the best options.
4. Get an ergonomic keyboard -- again, there's some adjustment time but
it's worth it.
5. Get a mousepad with one of those little jelly wrist supports.
For anyone doing a lot of work on the computer, talking to it isn't really
a serious option yet, as far as I can tell. It's painfully slow compared
with typing or mousing.
Cheers,
Martin
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Martin Holmes
University of Victoria
Humanities Computing and Media Centre
mholmes@uvic.ca
mholmes2@compuserve.com
mholmes@halfbakedsoftware.com
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