Thread: Is there a program that does...

there is i saw itn on TV but youhave to say period and comma and shit and you haave to prononoucne evrything perfectly

Do a google search for speech-to-text programs, I know there are text-to-speech programs out there.

i have a text-to speech on my fone

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

Is there a program that allows you to talk into something and then have what you say show up in typed form on the computer? My roommate was asking me if I knew the name of it and I thought such a product was riduclous and isn't on the market..

Anybody want to settle this?

This feature is built into microsoft office if you have a microphone on your computer. It sucks though and you would have to tweak it a bunch.

c-print

Ofcourse there is.

Yes there is, if it's still in the market it's called Dragon speaking if I am correct.
I brought it a few years ago and it's pretty good except that it takes a while for it to learn your voice.

There are, but they suck. That's the summary.

I was getting that kind of a jist, Witchblade. Thanks for summarizing, haha.

They are a pain. You have to speak very clear and sometimes that still makes mistakes but this was years ago.
Maybe it's improved.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

They are a pain. You have to speak very clear and sometimes that still makes mistakes but this was years ago.
Maybe it's improved.

It's dragon-speak

Funny this thread came up because i go to RIT (NTID is a college here where 1,100+ deaf students come here) and they provide many different access services for them. They have C-Print, CART, Dragon-speak, interpreters, notetakers and so forth.

I participated in a research study (30 students divided into three groups of ten) and we all had the chance to use each system.

Basically, the teacher would wear a headset/microphone and just lecture for 10 minutes. One group would use the dragon-speak (voice-to-text), one group would use C-Print (a nearby professional in the same room types what the teacher is saying) and one group would use CART (a professional from Chicago would hear the teacher via microphone and type what she says ... similar to c-print but slightly different).

Each group would rotate and use each system (3 different lectures) and write down what system they liked best and the pros/cons of each system.

The majority chose CART for several reasons but i won't get into that unless you want to know. It was a very interesting and cool experience. We also got paid $40 for our time.

Originally Posted by shiznit2169

The majority chose CART for several reasons but i won't get into that unless you want to know.

OK now i have to know!

Originally Posted by squanto

OK now i have to know!

I know eh! Talk about cock tease.

You guys are always the last to know.

With Dragon Naturally Speaking you have to train it to recognize your voice which takes forever to get perfected....they say 5 minutes but that's a lie.....but it does eventually learn your voice...

It works just a little better than those 411 speech recognition services, "What Listing Please?"
"The Caulk Shop"
"Now dialing 'The Cock Shop', thank you for using 411info"

Originally Posted by maniclion

With Dragon Naturally Speaking you have to train it to recognize your voice which takes forever to get perfected....they say 5 minutes but that's a lie.....but it does eventually learn your voice...

It works just a little better than those 411 speech recognition services, "What Listing Please?"
"The Caulk Shop"
"Now dialing 'The Cock Shop', thank you for using 411info"

Originally Posted by maniclion

With Dragon Naturally Speaking you have to train it to recognize your voice which takes forever to get perfected....they say 5 minutes but that's a lie.....but it does eventually learn your voice...

It works just a little better than those 411 speech recognition services, "What Listing Please?"
"The Caulk Shop"
"Now dialing 'The Cock Shop', thank you for using 411info"

hahahha

Originally Posted by squanto

OK now i have to know!

Alright, here goes. With CART, the text is more easily readable and there are less errors (example: i want to go their .. when it should be "there").

Also, the text shows up like this as if you were writing a paper. It is able to tell when you start a new paragraph, when to use bullet form, outline form, and also has proper grammar and many other things.

1) Example here

2) Example here

You get the idea.

The biggest thing would have to be consistency. The text is spot on with what the teacher is saying and does not lag behind (very rare). Another significant improvement is that when the teacher asks questions, most of the students in class will already have given their input BEFORE the students who use c-print or dragon-speak even receive the question from the teacher. It puts them at a disadvantage and the teacher would already have moved on without allowing them to participate in the discussion. With CART, speed and consistency is up to par.

With dragon-speak and c-print, everything is integrated into ONE full paragraph. Basically, it looks like this. (i am just copying the above paragraph and showing you what it looks like when you use these two systems).

Alright, here goes. With CART, the text is more easily readable and there are less errors (example: i want to go their .. when it should be "there"). Also, the text shows up like this as if you were writing a paper. It is able to tell when you start a new paragraph, when to use bullet form, outline form, and also has proper grammar. 1) Example here 2) Example here. The text just goes on and on and it can be very confusing and frustrating when there is no space in between paragraphs and even more frustrating when there are several spelling errors and grammatical mistakes. (See danny's posts for further clarification).

As you can see, it is ridiculous and is also harder to read. The text also lags 3-5 seconds behind the speaker which makes it aggravating for the students. However, some of them prefer to use that system so to each his own. I personally would prefer to use CART for the reasons stated above.

CART and C-Print sound like Dictation Services or more like having a sign language person standing next to a speaker except they are typing...

I think he is looking for specific software, not a court stenographer...