Subramani, This question is asked about once a week on some of the Dragon forums I frequennt. Unless you have a very clear recording you cannot transcribe interviews. You can have a go at it using univoice but the proposition is not really workable even with Dragon Naturally speaking version 10 which can be run without training.
Pranav On 11/12/08, Subramani L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But Pranav: a lot of people have recommended Dragon Naturally speak > (though I pretty much normally operate PCs with fingers), suggesting > that I can convert audio recordings of persons I interview instantly > into text --which, come to think of it, is actually a dam good thing. > But I often wondered if it is possible. Because I think Dragon doesn't > recognise any and all voices and one needs to train the software to > recognise the voices. So, is that suggestion entirely unworkable, or do > you think by having Dragon+J-Say I can still convert my interviews into > text? > > Subramani > -----Orig > > > inal Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pranav Lal > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 6:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Accuracy of Speech Recognition softwares? > > Hi, > > It is indeed possible to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking without J-Say. > however, if you do not use J-Say, the following limitations apply. > > > 1. You cannot control Jaws for Windows. So, you would still be using > your > hands to issue Jaws commands. > > 2. The training interface of Dragon NaturallySpeaking is not natively > supported by Jaws for Windows. This means that the initial training that > you > need to-do before using Dragon NaturallySpeaking is going to be very > difficult. > > 3. You cannot hear what you have dictated in real-time. That is, when > J-Say > is being used with Jaws for Windows and Dragon NaturallySpeaking, you > can > hear what you have dictated in real-time. This capability is not > natively > supported by Jaws for Windows. > > 4. There are several commands that J-Say has to facilitate the use of > Microsoft Office and other applications. You can indeed get similar > commands > with Dragon NaturallySpeaking however, you will be subjected to > excessive > verbiage when those commands execute since, all they do is send various > key > presses to the computer. > > As regards the pricing, I have discussed this with Terry Clasper who is > the > chairman of T&T Consultancy who are the makers of J-Say. He did hint > that he > would be willing to reduce the price for the Indian market. However, we > need > to take specific action in this context like what has been done with > Wayfinder Access. > > Pranav > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
