On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Jack <[email protected]> wrote: > I am looking for inexpensive appliances that will do speech to text. > > My father-in-law has had poor hearing, but was just diagnosed with > a disease that should finish making him profoundly deaf soon. It is > progressive with no real turning back. > > I have played with the lame speech to text built into Vista recently. > It is OK, but not good enough. My son mentioned applications for > iPodTouch and iPhones. But I am trying to find more options that > will make my father-in-law not feel isolated in a speaking world. > > My FIL is still pretty spry for 80+ but fine motor skills (like texting > or to much typing) are not in his skill set. He has claimed that much > of his hearing was lost working in Phillips Petroleum Research in the > combustion lab where they ran test gasoline engines without mufflers > (or much other sound safety equipment) for years. ... The lab has > changed now, but it is 40+ years to late, plus we just determined > that it may be partly genetic in his case. ... > > My hearing loss is mainly attributed to spending to much time in a > computer center > in College working between high speed printers with the covers up and > running bursting and decollating machines at minimum/slave wages ($1.25/hr) > > Any links, leads, or information would be appreciated. > >><> ... Jack > > --
I have seen alot of ads for the transcribing home phones recently, it is a free service, dont know about the cost of the phones themselves though and google voice does transcribe voicemail that is all I know that isnt info years old, I hope it helps -- -- NOT sent from an iphone,blackberry,Nokia, or any handheld. -- I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) AND I RUN LINUX!!! Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone has their favorite, but we all get the same smile regardless of which we choose to scoop. - Samuel Johnson - "Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of othe... - http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/27331.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en.
