This would work if you only care that you get very rough phonetic spellings as Don implied. If you think about it humans cannot do any better. I know personally - I have to spell my name all the time. Perhaps your app could ask them to spell their name, which actually has a shot at reliability of not useability.
j On Sat, 31 Jan 2009, Kurian Thayil wrote: > Hi Alfred, > > There is a research project by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) on a very > versatile Speech Recognition Software. Its Sphinx > http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/html/cmusphinx.php . This application is in > raw state and the Version 2 of sphinx could be integrated with Asterisk. > Festival (Text to Speech application) that is widely used in asterisk is by > CMU. Refer http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Sphinx . I hope this gives a pretty > good start. > > Sphinx needs to be trained with a language model. But since your requirement > is just names it should not be complicated. Also have a look at > http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/Communicator/ . Something I have not looked > into much (and I don't know if it has anything to do with Asterisk). I hope > this helps. > > Regards, > > Kurian Thayil. > > > On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Alfred Monticello <ajmce...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> >> I wouldn't have a database to compare names to, each one would essentially >> be unique and unknown. It's sounding like this idea may be not >> possible...What high end options are available? I read about lumenvox, but I >> believe that compares to a known list of names (such as a directory, or Yes >> No, Digits, etc).... >> >> Hum... >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Don Kelly <d...@donkelly.biz> >> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion < >> asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> >> *Sent:* Friday, January 30, 2009 7:41:02 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Ideas on how to convert spoken name to >> text (orwav to text)..speech recognition software? >> >> There are solutions ranging from free to many thousands of dollars, with >> effectiveness ranging from nearly worthless to almost pretty good. >> >> >> >> A lot depends on your application. >> >> >> >> The most successful application would match an utterance from a known >> speaker to a known list of a couple dozen names. For example, if I say >> "Alfred Monticello," the application can easily distinguish this from other >> list entries such as "Don Kelly" and "Robert Smith." >> >> >> >> The least successful would attempt to convert an utterance from an unknown >> speaker to text (which is what your inquiry implies). Even if it clearly >> "understands" the speaker, the result could easily be "Alphret Mahntichelo." >> >> --Don >> >> Don Kelly >> PCF Corp >> People Come First >> >> 651 842-1000 >> 888 Don Kell(y) >> 651 842-1001 fax >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto: >> asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Alfred Monticello >> *Sent:* Friday, January 30, 2009 9:25 PM >> *To:* asterisk-users@lists.digium.com >> *Subject:* [asterisk-users] Ideas on how to convert spoken name to text >> (orwav to text)..speech recognition software? >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm interested in taking a persons spoken recorded name (First, Last) and >> converting the two spoken words to text. Is there any solutions out there >> that would make this possible? >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users