Comments on: Voice recognition for translation – three myths, three facts http://lukespear.co.uk/voice-recognition-for-translation-three-myths-three-facts/ French to English Translation Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:18:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Luke http://lukespear.co.uk/voice-recognition-for-translation-three-myths-three-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Luke Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:53:21 +0000 http://lukespear.co.uk/?p=87#comment-332 I don't know anyone who's used MacSpeech myself, but I did have a peek around online. It seems to be based on the Dragon Naturally Speaking recognition engine. Priced at £120 on Amazon, it costs more than DNS. The leading review on the Amazon page seems well balanced, I quote: "Of course, what you dictate using Dictate will not be 100% right nor as accurate as Dragon 10 on Windows, (which is why professional writers may prefer the Dragon/ Windows option). But, for whatever reason you use this software, with MacSpeech Dictate, even when you've corrected whatever you've input, you will still be faster than if you had typed the whole document." http://bit.ly/86l7ag [amazon.co.uk] I did come across an open source alternative a while ago. It was called Sphinx, iirc. I contributed to the language sample bank. Not sure of the current status. I don’t know anyone who’s used MacSpeech myself, but I did have a peek around online. It seems to be based on the Dragon Naturally Speaking recognition engine. Priced at £120 on Amazon, it costs more than DNS. The leading review on the Amazon page seems well balanced, I quote:

“Of course, what you dictate using Dictate will not be 100% right nor as accurate as Dragon 10 on Windows, (which is why professional writers may prefer the Dragon/ Windows option). But, for whatever reason you use this software, with MacSpeech Dictate, even when you’ve corrected whatever you’ve input, you will still be faster than if you had typed the whole document.”

http://bit.ly/86l7ag [amazon.co.uk]

I did come across an open source alternative a while ago. It was called Sphinx, iirc. I contributed to the language sample bank. Not sure of the current status.

]]> By: céline http://lukespear.co.uk/voice-recognition-for-translation-three-myths-three-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-330 céline Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:39:15 +0000 http://lukespear.co.uk/?p=87#comment-330 Thanks for this, it's something I'm looking into at the moment. Do you know anyone who's used MacSpeech? Thanks for this, it’s something I’m looking into at the moment. Do you know anyone who’s used MacSpeech?

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