Speech Recognit… Recognit… Recogmushroom June 15, 2006
Posted by Martin in : Computers , trackbackI wasted an hour today installing ‘iListen’ on my computer. This was my first experience of voice recognition software and considering the technology is about 10 years old now and that computers have gotten much more powerful I was really excited to try it out.
After a pointless hour trying to get the damn program to correctly hear the words ‘The’ and ‘I’ I was informed that everything was configured perfectly.
Here’s my test …
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
One for the master, one for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Bob, black sheep have you can you well yes yes the back for one
Oh, the grand old Duke of York he had ten thousand men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
and he marched them down again.
When they were up, they were up
and when they were down, they were down
and when they were only halfway up
they were neither up nor down.
I have you would you all you like he had ten thousand
You showed that got to the top male
I assume not sure that the old and get
Not do not what they were not
It into with Diana and they were –
In the work in the highest point,
If that all the
I guess this is the software people are using to subtitle pirated DVD’s out here and it may well be the reason some Thais have the most appalling grammar.
… better to concentrate on my typing skills for now than to waste another second on this pile of ‘cup’.
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Ha, brilliant.
I remember trying IBM’s ViaVoice about ten years ago and being bitterly disappointed. I’d have assumed that things would have improved since then, but apparently not!