speech to text

moudy · Post by **moudy** » 02 May 2009, 12:03

hello guys
i know this might seem silly, but is there any application that can transform spoken words via a mic into text. I read some where that its available, but im not sure of this.
thanks for any reply

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 02 May 2009, 12:26

You can do this in MS2003 and MS2007 (if you are using windows).

moudy · Post by **moudy** » 02 May 2009, 13:21

i do have windows vista, and i do have ms2007...
do u have any idea how ?

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 02 May 2009, 13:43

Now that I look into it, it seems that this feature was only in MS2003 for word not for 2007 too.

. Bizarrly this feature is still available in Excel 2007.

Here are some Alternative programmes you may want to look into:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_to_ ... middleware

Post by **DNR** » 02 May 2009, 14:02

yea I think it was an old idea M$ had back in the 2003 version - a text reader tool to vocalize text being typed or read. It had some problems and I think M$ elected not to support it any more. There are third-party vendors that offer these tools, probably for cost.

Speaking of tools go look for Shit talker by the Phone Losers of America - its a great tool with premade speech or it will take your input text. Stuff like "Can I speak to the manager" to "Do you want to buy robot insurance?" You can change the voice freq/pitch to sound like a man, woman or a fly. Great for drive-up window wifi hijacking or prank calls!
You can use IP-Relay.com to have an operator speak what you type over the phone.

DNR

moudy · Post by **moudy** » 02 May 2009, 17:00

Thanks for the info guys
i appreciate it

n3rd · Post by **n3rd** » 03 May 2009, 07:59

this is the best out there I think http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking ... nsumer.asp

This is the core of my macbook pro speech to text program, which works insanely well.

moudy · Post by **moudy** » 03 May 2009, 09:09

This is what i was exactly searching for !!!
But what i want is a free version

Thanks any way, ill try to search for some thing similar

Lyecdevf · Post by **Lyecdevf** » 03 May 2009, 13:47

When I took a typing class at my high school the very first thing that our teacher said was that after seeing all the available products out there not one can substantially deliver. So I spent the next few months taking in my mind probably the best class in high school. Now I can type with out looking at my keyboard, with all ten finger and type very fast. It is some thing that you need to learn Period. That is why I can type now so much. I could type even more if I wanted to. It would only take another minute.

moudy · Post by **moudy** » 03 May 2009, 13:53

hehehe
lyec, im really good in typing too

but i wanted to experiment with such a tool (on condition its free), the same way i once experimented with OCR's. I found such an application cool at that time, and experimented with many versions. So now if I have any paper I want to type, I can do that in minutes (theoretically)

So thats my issue with the application I'm asking for right now

I would appreciate it if I find some thing handy and neat and simple