Voice recognition software

**RichardCranium** · 1 September 2009, 19:10

Originally posted by Tingles View Post

The latest Dragon NS says it's 99% accruate and I've seen it used on Youtube at 200wpm.

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**Tingles** · 1 September 2009, 19:13

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Originally Posted by Tingles View Post
The latest Dragon NS says it's 99% accurate and I've seen it used on Youtube at 200wpm.

Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post

You've just got to love the Internet F***-Up Fairy.

Yes, yes ,yes.....

**Alf W** · 1 September 2009, 20:22

Don't! In 2000 some techy gonk sat opposite me spent two whole days trying to train it his voice and I nearly shoved his head through his CRT monitor in the end.

**Tingles** · 1 September 2009, 20:26

Originally posted by Alf W View Post

Don't! In 2000 some techy gonk sat opposite me spent two whole days trying to train it his voice and I nearly shoved his head through his CRT monitor in the end.

Perhaps things have moved on a bit since 2000?

**Moscow Mule** · 1 September 2009, 20:38

Originally posted by Tingles View Post

Perhaps things have moved on a bit since 2000?

Mate of mine has installed a clever voice recog phone system in a London council. Its bloody clever, recognises real voice commands even when they are not in the "right" format.

**OwlHoot** · 1 September 2009, 22:06

Originally posted by Tingles View Post

Anybody actually used it effectively?

The latest Dragon NS says it's 99% accurate and I've seen it used on Youtube at 200wpm.

It's pretty good for limited voice commands, and when trained for a known voice or a limited subject and vocabulary.

But it's still not much good for unknown voices in general conversation, as SpinVox know to their cost (according to the BBC).

**TimberWolf** · 1 September 2009, 23:26

How do they produce subtitles on TV? I sometimes wonder if they use voice recognition software, as when mistakes often occur, the spelling is close to a phonically similar sounding word. Either that or it's done on the much cheapness and plenty quickness.

**Pondlife** · 2 September 2009, 07:21

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**hyperD** · 2 September 2009, 07:48

Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

How do they produce subtitles on TV? I sometimes wonder if they use voice recognition software, as when mistakes often occur, the spelling is close to a phonically similar sounding word. Either that or it's done on the much cheapness and plenty quickness.

I believe they have a group of speed typists hence the corking errors.

Voice recognition software