[Rhodes22-list] Re: voice recognition programs

[Bill Effros]

Tom,

The AI system in the latest generation of Dragon works so well you no 
longer need the world's fastest computers.  The system goes faster as 
you train it.  It does not work well for dyslexic people, or the blind, 
because they don't "see" when it makes mistakes, and fail to train the 
system to recognize their idiosyncratic syntax.  (They're; Their; There, 
They Are)

The systems come 98% correct out of the box, and can reach well over 
99.5% accuracy if you use them and train them.  They never make spelling 
errors, and have an amazing vocabulary reach which expands as you go.  
And I do mean amazing--they can spell many words that I know the sound 
of, but have never spelled in my life.  Words like "Hasmonean" which I 
used a few days ago and it got without a pause.

Take the time to let the system scan your documents before you start to 
use it.  It will pick out your grammar, usage, and unique word 
applications.  The first time I said "Effros" it knew how to spell it.  
The first time I said "R22" it wrote "R-22".  I do all my major writing 
and note taking using the Dragon system.  The major down side is if you 
work with other people -- then everyone can hear what you are thinking, 
and sometimes that might not be such a good thing.

The systems now work as well as you imagined they would when you first 
heard of them.  The "thinking out loud" aspect is what holds them back 
in the workplace.  Even with a Pentium III laptop I can input 110 words 
a minute.

Bill Effros


Michel Meltzer wrote:

>Bills right, drangon, but unless it running on the fastest computer out
>their (dual 4400+) the proformance sucks, even then I still find is
>wanting -mjm
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>>hi all
>>can anyone recommend an article which discusses voice commands and
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>>taking for a computer...ive found programs like dragon for upwards of
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>>and others as cheap as 15 dollars....any suggestions or
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>recommendations
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>>would be appreciated
>>thanks
>>tom
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