Thanks Bill and all who have replied. I'll be looking at your responses more carefully in a day or two. Got too many things on my plate!
Harry Monday, May 12, 200811:12 PMBill [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Harry- >I didn't have an answer to your speech-to-text question the other day, >but as I was listening to a podcast tonight, I may have found >something. Well, maybe not. After I just typed that, I re-read the >info about the product and I don't think it's speech-to-text. But in >the interest of passing on a new product, here it is: >Called Transcriva , it is transcription software, which sounds like >you listen and type. Not exactly speech to text. The product page >says: Transcriva does require you to do the listening and typing but >it gives you maximum flexibility, a beautiful, easy-to-use interface, >simple multiple speaker support, and plenty of polish. The result is a >powerful tool with a low price tag. Website = http:// >www.bartastechnologies.com > >A more expensive product is from >http://www.macspeech.com/ >called Dictate, costs $199.00, supposed to be really good at speech to >text. I think you have to 'train' the software to know your voice. >Would that be a problem if you are using it with different voices that >you have interviewed? I don't know. > >Take care, >Bill > >On May 10, 2008, at 5:39 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >> Anyone have experience with digital recorders. >> >> I was interviewing someone for my upcoming "Notes From the >> Motherboard" >> for the May Access article and the tape recorder ate the tape. I >> want to >> get a digital recorder that will record 1.5 to 2 hrs. and plug into a >> usb port on the Mac to transfer the file to the Mac. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Also, is there software available that will turn speech into text? >> Would >> it be able to transfer recorded speech as well as speech from the >> computer's microphone? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Harry >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be May 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > >_______________________________________________ >The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >be May 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >Posting address: [email protected] >Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be May 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
