[dba-Tech] Voice Recognition Software

...voice recognition software is not what you want Arthur ...as FT noted,
even the best has to be trained to a particular voice and vocabulary ...HTH
:)

William Hindman
Government is not reason, government is not persuasion,
government is force. It is a dangerous servant." G. Washington

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful at rogers.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 4:00 PM
Subject: [dba-Tech] Voice Recognition Software


> I haven't played with this stuff at all. So here is a question. I just
> purchased one of my favorite movies of all time on DVD (Miller's Crossing,
> by the Coen Brothers, probably my fave writer/director combination of all
> time; this one starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney and John Tarturro).
>
> Question: assuming I install some sort of voice recognition software, then
> play said DVD while activating said VR software, will it copy all the
dialog
> into a file? Or do I have to watch it scene by scene, hitting Pause
> frequently while I catch up? Does the VR input have to come from a
> microphone or can it come from any integrated device? Could it recognize
> song lyrics? (I can imagine that would be VERY tough.) But at the moment I
> don't care about song lyrics; I just want to memorize the entire script to
> Miller's Crossing.
>
> You's fancypants, allayas :-) (A quote from Scene 1, "Ethics", probably my
> fave Scene One of all time, including Touch of Evil's famous
border-crossing
> Scene One).
>
> Arthur
>
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