I've been using Dragon Naturally speaking since version 1 or so as an adjunct to document creation (mostly with Word, PPT, and email) and the last 2 versions are finally useful. I've taught several people with various repetitive strain injuries how to use the tool and use it often myself. I'm often surprised at what the software will now recognize out of the box, but as others have noted, to get it really useful requires training and some dedication, more for the commands than the actual voice input. If you put the time in to train the system, take advantage of features like the tool that searches your documents for particular words in your domain that are uncommon for general speaking, and buy a really good microphone (not the cheap one in the box) and you have a really powerful computer, you can have quite a useful system.
Chauncey On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Alan Wexelblat <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm interested in finding out if anyone has recent data or evaluations > of voice recognition software for general interaction purposes with > desktop/laptop computers (not specifically voice UIs to stand-along > apps and not voice-only UI such as telephony). > > I'm interested in data on both absolute recognition success and > anything on general user satisfaction with using the software. The > obvious application here is for people who cannot use keyboard/mouse > either due to disability or because hands are occupied with other > things. > > Pointers and feedback greatly appreciated. Thanks, > --Alan > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
