I hate to post a "me too" message but I was thinking this morning if an app existed that would let you convert a spoken audio file into text. I know that programs such as Dragon Naturally speaking do something similar with the spoken word as does Dictate as Sandy discusses in her message below. With the technology existing to do the conversion, it would seem possible that for example, an mp3 file made of a lecture or other spoken content could be processed and converted to text.
Does anyone know of an app or a computer program that does such a thing? Alternatively, I would be interested in an app that would let you record and would also allow you to convert what was recorded to text maybe later after some offline processing. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandratomkins Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 6:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: The potential of the dictation function? Hi there! I was just playing around with my phone and I opened the notes app. Then, in a new note, I started off the dictation function. I then walked into the kitchen, where my partner was eating lunch, the radio was playing, and there was some ambient noise. I told him I wanted to carry out a small experiment with dictation and asked him to talk to me. We then had a short conversation. I stopped the dictation function and waited to see how much of the conversation my phone had picked up. It actually did very well, probably, digitising about 30/40% of our conversation. Something I noticed was that when my partner spoke the dictation made a new paragraph For him. So, what do I conclude? I am thinking that the phone has the potential, under the right circumstances, to, say, digitise a whole lecture. I think, it would need to actually record the lecture first and then take its time over the digitising from spoken to text. But I am sure it could actually do it as things stand right now. That is, I think it can do it but it with me to have its own space for the processing. Has anyone else played with this function? Perhaps, there is already an app to do it? I would be very interested to hear people's comments on this as, I think, it may have greater potential, I E, in transcribing radio programs for people who at the moment can't access them due to hearing loss. Or for students, journalists, and who knows what else? My thanks for any responses, Sandy Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
