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Which Speach Recognition program is the best? (multi-lang support?)

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I wonder which is the best speech recognition program out there and is there a program witch can recognise more then just english....

Links, opinions ... are most welcomed

Thanks 🙂
 
now consider that I only played with it for a few hours before giving up in complete disgust, but dragon naturally speaking is a complete joke. The only use I saw for it would be single words like yes and no. Anything complicated it turns into gibberish gobbleygook. That's the only one I've tried, and it sucked.
 
There was this program that came with my Sound Blaster Live! card that worked pretty well. You had to practically read a book first, but after all the speech recognition lessons, it worked well. Anyone know the name of this program?
 
Speech recognition sounds a great idea until you actually try it.
1) do you really want to talk to your computer all the time?
2) do you want to spend so much time wading through the absurd mistakes the program makes, in order to train it to a 95% maximum efficiency? You never get total efficiency with them.
3) are you comfortable with the crazy resources that are required?
4) when a better program comes out you will have to go through the customisation all over again.

I had ViaVoice 98 and Millenium. I have a high powered computer with quite a fast HD. Viavoice 98 is tolerable resource wise, but even with 128MB millenium will access the HD ALL THE TIME. That isn't good enough because it slows things down and is ANNOYING. I still got absurd and inconsistent mistakes with the program and ultimately I can't be bothered with it because I think my minimum of 50 wpm typing is good enough generally.
 
Rigoletto -

ViaVoice 98 or Millenium acsess the HDD all the time?

I have ViaVoice 98 - but I can't enroll - I need to read everyting at least 5-20 times for ViaVoice to recognise it - and I need to read 3 BOOKS to, finish it.

I need a better alternative .... 🙂
 
I was contemplating the thought of getting a speech recognisation program. After reading these posts, i know where my decision lies....hehe
 
Maybe I was a bit hard on speech recognition. Please remember that you need a quality soundcard and microphone to really make it work. The one in millenium is quite good though a standard microphone is sharper and slightly better, just rarely so practical.
I'm not claiming I have the definitive answer on these things.
 
Dragon Natrually Speaking is excellent. Although I don't LIKE to use them (my parents think i'm insane speaking to the computer, and I feel a little strange myself doing it), but I highly recommend DNS
 
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing!

Flush the speech recognition until the bugs are worked out.It has no redeeming quality,especially in an office invornment.If you want to speak into a mic and have what you say typed,invest in a transcription device and a good secretary.
I have tried them all and have them in various use in the company I do part time IT work for, and they all suck badly.The learning curve is non productive time wasted,because mistakes are inherent invoice recogniton programs and the way they must be used.
This is an educated opinion,I am not humbly submitting it.
 
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