On 24 Nov, Michael Still wrote:
>  This is interesting. Speech recognition is based on a large database of 
>  sample speech. For this database, the accent of the speaker matters a lot. 
>   
>  If the Linux version is only trained with American voices, as it is only 
>  for sale in the states, then I would expect it it not work very well at 
>  all here. 
>   
>  Perhaps you should look into this a little further before buying? 

Actually, I believe it is on sale in the UK as well.  And I know that
this version does require each person to `trial it' with their own voice
(which all good systems should do).

Basically, for the price, I'm willing to take a gamble.

luke

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