IBM's Speech Recognition

Having been an early and faithful user of "Dragon Dictate Naturally Speaking Preferred Edition", the use of voice processing direct into a document has been a great benefit.

There has been only one problem: Frequent small sips of water were needed, or else I became hoarse, after several hours.

"Typing in excess of 300 words" per minute became possible, once I had "trained' the software for my voice characteristics.

The software was extremely expensive in the early days, and now I am some three Versions behind Nuance's recently offered version 10.

Kind Regards....

I haven't tried speech recognition in years. Is it actually improving? I thought it was still frequently wrong. Seems a little risky for use in a battlefield situation. Although perhaps the mis-translations will so confuse or amuse both parties that the hostilities will stop!

Soldier: "Stop! Let down your duck! We do not wheelbarrow to your red hats!"

*blank look from enemy soldier*

Enemy soldier: "Please bake it twice! We will hide the cheese canoe with the dawn!"

*blank look from soldier*

Everybody just shrugs and goes home.

I recall my first trial with speech recognition way back in the 80's. A then-new Texas Instruments PC (I think) that came equipped with a rudimentary recognition program that controlled basic functions. It sort of worked, but all we did with it was sit around giggling when we would give it false input. Saying "blue" when it asked you to say "green", etc. Ahhh...the foolishness of youth eh?

ROFLMSAO!!! Now THAT would be an improvement! Another would be if you'd consider registering here as a member - I assure you of being welcome!

What apparently is NOT an improvement, is that the Army is biting the hand that feeds it by ignoring the IBM offering in favor of a competitor's product for the medical records function. How ungrateful of them! I believe in competition, but is the other product so superior that this is why it was selected? Can't tell...

Fine. You (and others) have finally worn me down. The Registration Sanctifiaction is now done. I am now me. Bask in that which I am become!!!!

Welcome me. WELCOME ME! I demand this as per your promise.

OK, enough of that. Let's just cut to the chase. When do I start getting money for this gig?

Welcome aboard! You get the same pay as the rest of us. We've all settled for "entertainment value" as coin of the realm. Try to earn what you get, eh?

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Looking forward to seeing more of you here.

Kind Regards....

Add one more Welcome!

Although we'd love to know more, such as what continent you live on, at least we won't be wondering whether Guest was responding to self, and if you have a question, I am much more likely to respond.

Dick