[dba-Tech] Voice Recognition Software

I've played with voice recognition software before.  I never really got used 
to it.  I usually mumble when I talk so the computer never really understood 
what I said and it was not smart enough to fill in the gaps.  When I clear 
my throat, it types in something.  When I type on my keyboard, it registers 
as something too.

I tried feeding sounds from the dvd movie into my microphone but voice recon 
software does not record it properly.  Maybe it is because the characters in 
movies talk too fast and there is too much background noise.  To use voice 
recognition software effectively, they recommend talking like a newscaster 
(ie. clearly, speaking evenly) in a quiet room.

I don't think I talk with an accent but my American neighbours probably 
think I have a Canadian accent, eh?  Not sure what they are talking a boot.  
I handed my microphone over to someone with a heavy Chinese accent but 
software was not able to adapt too well.

Billy

>From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
>Reply-To: Discussion of Hardware and Software 
>issues<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software 
>issues	<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Voice Recognition Software
>Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:12:44 +1000
>
>On 8 Feb 2005 at 18:08, Arthur Fuller wrote:
>
>  So the question is, suppose I played a DVD and
> > somehow piped the dialog into the Voice-Rec software. Would it produce a
> > text file of some sort?
> >
>Yes. But whether it will bear any resemblance to the original dialogue is a
>debatable
>
> > Ancillary question: Assuming the above is true, what happens with
> > various accents? Let's use a few examples of possible Englishes --
> > Chicago black American, Jamaican, Irish, Quebecois and Alamba.
> >
>
>You have to spend several hours training the software to your own voice and
>even then the quality of results depends on the environment you are
>speaking in, whether you have got a cold etc, etc.   Even two people with
>the same regional accent need to train it separately to get  acceptable
>results.
>
>...
>
> > Am I dreaming
>
>Afraid so at this stage.
>
>
>--
>Stuart
>
>
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