Re: Voice Recognition Software Recommendations

Hi Andre,

In the message "[Micronet] Voice Recognition Software
Recommendations", dated 2005-03-01, Andre Porter wrote:

>Does anyone have recommendations for voice recognition software for
>the PC and Mac?

   A brief Google search has left the impression that the following
may be a consensus opinion on the Macintosh side (from the discussion
at
<http://www.codecomments.com/MAC_Applications/message263274-4.html>):

>ViaVoice doesn't work [well, at least under Mac OS X. ...] iListen
>has potential, but has not arrived yet.
>
>The answer is that for a good voice recognition experience one needs to
>run Dragon Naturally Speaking on a [Windows PC].

  This note is also being cc'd to the MAGNet list, in case some
members might have direct experience with Macintosh voice recognition
products ...

   Finally, here's a 'composite review' - aggregating results from
individual reviews - of several Windows products, which also mentions
iListen for the Mac:

   http://wsj.consumersearch.com/computers/voice_recognition_software/

Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group

P.S. No speech recognition software as yet, even with significant
training, comes close to a skilled human transcriber. It's a
difficult art ...

P.P.S. One low-traffic maillist that discusses voice recognition
software for the Mac is "MacVoice"; that might be another place to
ask this question, or to search the archives for past responses:

   http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/MacVoiceFAQ.html

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Received on Tue Mar 1 17:38:16 2005