On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 21:59 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> On 03/30/2011 01:24 PM, toki wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 25/03/2011 18:22, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: > > > >> Do anyone know of any free Speech to text packages that work with > > LibreOffice, and used Ubuntu? > > > > I'd suggest Vinux, rather than vanilla Ubuntu. > > > I have dealt with Ubuntu for almost 2 years now, 14 months using it as > my default computer. > I never heard of Vinux. > > What I need is a good Speech to text for some Linux OS since the lady > that need it cannot afford to buy a faster used computer and buy a > Windows OS that is newer than the Win2000 she has on her PIII computer. > I spent my money on the fastest Quad desktop I could afford and did not > spend a penny on Windows. > > There are a plethora of patents hindering development of a reliable > > FLOSS speech to text package. The non-FLOSS players in that field > > usually have enough patents that cross-licensing deals can be easily > > worked out. > > > > jonathon > > - -- > > If Bing copied Google, there wouldn't be anything new worth requesting. > > > > If Bing did not copy Google, there wouldn't be anything relevant worth > > requesting. > > > > DaveJakeman 20110207 Groklaw. > > > > I looked up Vinux on Distrowatch, it is Debian/Ubuntu derivative for the visually impaired. I have not tested them yet. Their website is http://vinuxproject.org/ . Hope this helps your friend. -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted*
