Monday, January 30, 2012

Speech recognition in Windows and Apple

Is speech recognition software finally coming of age? Apple's Siri listens and responds to you, and the Dragon Dictation Apple  app seems to work quite well too.  There is also now speech recognition built into Windows 7, so staff and students can now access this at any Windows 7 machine, through the Start button and Control Panel.  Watch this simple voice recognition example, or follow the excellent built in tutorial. As with any software there is a learning curve, and it is still no magic solution; you do need to have a certain discipline in speaking.  However if for you a keyboard has always been an obstacle,  it may be just what you have been waiting for!

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