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
>>
>>
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