> It's been over 10 years since I first heard about this stuff, and it's > still not ready. I don't think it ever will be in our working lifetimes. >
That had been my disappointing observation since the mid-90s. I gave up on the hype, and figured it would be a long time before it really worked. Funny thing, in 1984 when I told my father that I was going to get into the PC industry by learning to program he told me about a newspaper article he read. Some guy (in LA?) had claimed to have perfected a voice-to-text program, and planned to sell it for $10 to anyone who wanted it. "How can anyone make any money if he can do that?, he asked. I introduced him to the concept of Vaporware, and how so soon into my fledgling effort I had already seen enough of that crap to know that often reality is more founded on intersecting points of desperation, FUD, greed, ignorance and outright "hucksterism". He really did not belive I knew what I was talking about, and dismissed my intentions as rather silly. Even funnier, my successes are measured by myself more in relationships than in cash flow. But I am not doing all that badly, not at all. But it was not until I picked up a Medical Center in Seneca Falls, NY, (in 2001) that my father finally decied I may just succeed at this computer thing after all. So what is so funny about that? I do all my work for the Medical Center on a Pro Bono basis. They have the money to pay me, but I admire their social outreach program, and the philosophy of the ownng physician. So this is one of the ways I try to give back a little something to society. My father has no idea I do my medically related work, which persuaded him to believe I was going to do okay, for free! I do not have the heart to tell him. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MB Software Solutions > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Speech-To-Text software opinions sought > > > Vince Teachout wrote: > > Sorry to hear about your pain, I hope you recover fully, and quickly. > > > > I can't give you any actual usage based feedback, but the last time I > > looked seriously into purchasing one of these programs (including > > Dragon), the feedback Google brought up was all negative. The > consensus > > was "it ain't there yet." YMMV. > > > > It's been over 10 years since I first heard about this stuff, and it's > still not ready. I don't think it ever will be in our working lifetimes. > > -- > Michael J. Babcock, MCP > MB Software Solutions, LLC > http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > http://fabmate.com > "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
