On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:50:06 -0400
Robert Huff articulated:
Polytropon writes:
Speech recognition requires training. Both the user and the
system have to learn from each other. But you have a learning
curve everywhere, be it typing, talking, or reading from a
Braille output.
On 03/27/12 20:41, Jerry wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:50:06 -0400
Robert Huff articulated:
Polytropon writes:
Speech recognition requires training. Both the user and the
system have to learn from each other. But you have a learning
curve everywhere, be it typing, talking, or reading
Jerry writes:
There are a couple of ports that claim to do speech
recognition. Does anyone have experience with them?
I sincerely hope you can find a truly useful application to suit
your needs.
In my case, it's want, not need.
(But that's the want of gee,
Polytropon writes:
That's correct. However, unlike a Braille readout which
gives tactile information (through the reader's hands),
synthetic voice cannot easily accomodate to the reader's
habits and reading speed. Scanning text is not possible
as the generated voiced text is played in linear
Jerry je...@seibercom.net wrote:
When it comes to speech recognition, the only two applications
that seem to work reliably at all levels are Siri on iPhone 4S
and Dragon NaturallySpeaking, neither of which are obviously
available on FreeBSD. I don't believe that there is even a
*nix/BSD
On 03/28/12 15:28, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
Jerryje...@seibercom.net wrote:
When it comes to speech recognition, the only two applications
that seem to work reliably at all levels are Siri on iPhone 4S
and Dragon NaturallySpeaking, neither of which are obviously
available on FreeBSD. I
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:21:04 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
By the way, math done by any method other than Braille
is darn next to useless. Equations in Braille can be formatted
very much like they are in print and there is a whole Braille
system for reading and writing math.
On 03/25/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote:
Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he wants my
advice
about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for information
on hardware
and/or software for him. However, I vaguely remember someone on this list
Op 26 maart 2012 09:42 heeft Arthur Chance free...@qeng-ho.org het
volgende geschreven:
On 03/25/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote:
Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he
wants my advice
about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for
On 25/03/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote:
Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he
wants my advice
about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for
information on hardware
and/or software for him. However, I vaguely remember someone on this
On 03/26/12 19:32, Keith McKenzie wrote:
On 25/03/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote:
Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and
he wants my advice
about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for
information on hardware
and/or software for him.
On 26/03/12 11:12, Da Rock wrote:
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I'm going to have to dredge up my copy and check that out - it sounds
very interesting primarily because the techniques could be easily
adapted here :P
On version 6; not sure if it came earlier.
Keith
--
Sent from Free Open Source Software (FOSS).
There may be several people on this list who are blind,
meaning no usable vision to see a screen. I definitely fit that
description so I will gladly try to answer questions which
breaks my usual practice here of asking beginner-level questions
even though I have been using FreeBSD for
Martin McCormick wrote:
There may be several people on this list who are blind,
meaning no usable vision to see a screen. I definitely fit that
description so I will gladly try to answer questions which
...
Hi Martin, cc questions@
Might you be prepared to write a page for the FreeBSD
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:21:08 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
The easiest and most economical interface for computer
users who are blind is spoken speach.
That's correct. However, unlike a Braille readout which
gives tactile information (through the reader's hands),
synthetic voice cannot
Polytropon writes:
Speech recognition requires training. Both the user and the
system have to learn from each other. But you have a learning
curve everywhere, be it typing, talking, or reading from a
Braille output.
In the case of speech recognition, that's a curve many might be
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:33:05 +1100, Barbara La Scala wrote:
Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he wants
my advice
about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for
information on hardware
and/or software for him. However, I vaguely remember
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