New to the iPhone 4S will be a software personal assistant named Siri. Simply by speaking a request in natural language, Siri will perform a task to the best of its ability. This is a big deal. If you don’t believe me, just ask Bill Gates.
Nuance, makers of speech recognition engines such as the Dragon suite for mobile and desktop platforms, has announced that it is offering the Dragon Mobile SDK through a self-service website as part of the Nuance Mobile Developer Program. The SDK will work for developers looking to create iOS or Android apps and will be available [...]
Software Advice writes today about how they wish a Mac Tablet would materialize, especially as applied to Electronic Medical Records (EMRs). Coincidentally, Forrester Research also writes about customer experience, namely how the Windows experience ranks behind OS X. The common bond behind the two posts being that customer experience matters. In today’s battered economy, capital [...]
Nuance updated Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 so it will run on 64-Bit editions of Vista and Windows 7 Beta. Dragon Naturally Speaking 10.1 extends Dragon’s capabilities to Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3. Dragon Naturally Speaking transcribes speech and allows users to control their computers with voice commands. Dragon Naturally Speaking 10.1 also supports Internet [...]
Yesterday I let loose with a terrifically violent sneeze while sitting at my desk. It was so violent that I felt a large twinge of pain in my shoulder. About 10 minutes later, after I have continued to type I reached with my right hand to grab something on my desk. At that point I [...]
After a few weeks’ worth of use, I must say I am continually impressed by Nuance’s latest offering of voice recognition software. Things have been slow going as I have been completely bogged down with school, but with sporadic use while watching television (with the sound low) and late-night use in bed, the Motion F5 [...]
Dragon Medical 10 has surpassed my expectations! I didn’t expect to be writing this first sentence since I am a long-time user of Dragon, going back almost 1 decade. I have historically found that each new version of Dragon has some improvements but not necessarily great improvements. I have developed certain expectations regarding Dragon’s accuracy [...]
I’ve been using the Motion Computing F5 Tablet PC in conjunction with Dragon NaturallySpeaking software over the last few days as the novice-beginner user in John Gannon’s Speech Series. The training program was very easy and allowed me to get used to the program as well as train myself in how to speak to a [...]
I have just completed my first total week of using Dragon Medical 10 along with my electronic medical record program TexTalk. I must admit in the beginning of the week I had some concerns about how well this program was going to work on my Motion 1600 tablet computer. For those of you who read [...]
New speech forum: there is now a forum for Microsoft speech. It has just opened for business. For those who use Vista speech or those considering using Vista. Give it a try! MS Speech Forum · The Windows Speech Recognition and Macro Forum
Hi everyone! Well, we are finally starting off on our series regarding speech recognition. It has been a slow start, but I hope interest will peak as we become more actively involved with the future of speech recognition and tablet computers. Did you notice Craig’s post earlier in the week? I was very happy to [...]
Finally, I have installed Dragon Medical 10 after having had some installation issues. Commonly, I had just had to uninstall the previous version of Dragon Naturally Speaking and then install the new version. During this installation I ran into an error message. I think that the problem originated from not all of the files being [...]
GBM’s resident speech evangelist, John Gannon, has challenged some of us to use various the speech recognition tools to complete our daily work. I have volunteered to use Vista’s speech recognition. The first time that you use speech recognition in Vista you’ll be guided through a wizard to configure your microphone and a tutorial [...]
Hi everyone! We have several interesting events that will occur in the near future with speech recognition. Beginning September 20, several of our staff writers including Warner, Craig and Truc have agreed that they will begin to use Vista speech recognition or Dragon NaturallySpeaking professional version 10. I am very excited to see how well [...]
Setting up Dragon Naturally Speaking Version 10 Professional has been interesting. I have installed it on my old Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop. My processor speed is a 1.9 GHz and I have 1 GB of RAM. I am running windows XP professional. This barely qualifies for the minimum standards for this latest version of Dragon. [...]
Hi everyone, I was just able to obtain some of the promotional material on the latest version of Dragon Naturally Speaking version 10. My first posting will be about the differences between the preferred version and the professional version. Hope this wets your appetite for more. Which Product is right for you? While all products [...]
Hi everyone! It has been several weeks since I have posted anything regarding speech recognition. During this time, I have been actively working behind the scenes on developing a fairly involved project that should hopefully generate more interest in speech recognition as a primary input. Another piece of news that I would like to tell [...]
Today’s microphone, for review, is called the Buddy Flamingo microphone. It is another model from InSync Speech Technologies. This is a very different style of microphone than the stylus microphone we have previously shown although it is from the same manufacturer. I found the Flamingo to be very accurate over all with approximately 97-98% accuracy. [...]
Hi everyone! The latest microphone for review is very interesting. It is distributed by a company named InSync Speech Technologies. This Canadian company has obviously been thinking about tablet computers for quite a while. The microphone is called the Buddy Stylus Microphone. This truly is a stylus and microphone combination. It is a USB device [...]
I have spent the last week using the Revolabs xTag microphone in a variety of situations. At the end of all this testing I feel somewhat conflicted. There are many quality features that make this a very positive microphone. And then there are several features that really hold me back in screaming with joy. First [...]
Looking for a microphone that is small? How about wireless, small and with good accuracy? My initial impression is that the Revolabs xTag supplies all of these answers. The small amount of usage I have had while on vacation has given me the initial impression that this could be an excellent microphone in a QUIET [...]
Hilton Locke, a former Microsoft Tablet PC team member, posted a very interesting response to Craig’s Microsoft Tablet PC Marketing article. He offers some unique observations, especially from someone who used to work on the team. Here is what Hilton has to say regarding Microsoft, Tablet PC, and marketing: I don’t have any inside info [...]
The testing is in! The Sennheiser ME3–N has turned out to be a phenomenal microphone. I have used it for a number of days in everyday practice. The final accuracy appears to be right around 98%. I have found this microphone at least as accurate as my highly rated Sennheiser M.D431. The cost for the [...]
98 — 99% accuracy on day one! That sort of says it all doesn’t it? I have never used a microphone that had that degree of proficiency out of the box. Even my trusty Sennheiser 431 MD always has required several days of use before it becomes 98% recognition accuracy. So for those who are [...]
Wow, here is some exciting news. I have already received two of the many microphones I want to review. The first, courtesy of emicrophones.com is the Sennheiser ME3-N. I have set up this microphone and created a user file and already I can tell the recognition accuracy is going to be high. I will use [...]
This microphone article is going to reveal my secret inner geek qualities. I’m going to show a part of myself that never is revealed to anyone other than my family. It may border on appearing as though I use a pocket protector. Yes, unfortunately, I am a closet microphone freak. I’ve tried to hide it [...]
Microsoft’s Rob Chamberlin points to a great new tool from the Office Labs team called Search Commands, which helps you find commands, options, and wizards in Office apps. Rob takes the Search Commands a bit further by developing a speech macro for it. Check it out!
I received an email earlier today that shows Nuance is discounting Dragon Professional and Legal versions for 50% until June 30. Sale prices are 499.99 for the Professional and 695.00 for the Legal. Here is the site: Hope some of you will take advantage after reading about how useful speech recognition can be.
Several comments regarding previous articles have had people asking me to explain more about macros. Vista speech recognition is currently beta testing their macros and I cannot comment about them since I have not used Vista speech as of yet. (I will be testing Vista speech in the near future.) Macros are not available for [...]
I installed the Microsoft speech engine this past weekend and played around with it. I have to admit that I’m not overly pleased by Microsoft XP Speech Recognition. I found it cumbersome and not very intuitive. Perhaps I am overly used to working with Dragon Naturally Speaking. The recognition accuracy with the Microsoft system was [...]
Boy oh boy, people are tough! Just several days on the job and I did not expect the amount of comments that are already taking place regarding the differences between the three versions of Dragon Naturally Speaking. This article was originally going to be about what I use Dragon for. I now recognize that I [...]
Ever have those moments in a presentation when you have wandered away from your PC, without a mouse, and needed to advance the slide in your PowerPoint presentation? Microsoft’s Rob Chambers has a solution for you in this Vista Speech macro that will advance or go to the previous slide just by speaking the words [...]
Today’s article will explain in a little more detail about the history of Dragon Naturally Speaking. Dragon was first developed in the 1980s. The first version was called Dragon Dictate and according to Wikipedia it cost $9,000 for a user license. Over the next several years the price dropped and the quality of the program [...]
As I mentioned several weeks ago, we are rounding out the natural input technologies that we cover on GottaBeMobile.com, by adding speech recognition to our regular content coverage. Well, good news is in store. John Gannon has agreed to come on board as a contributing writer for GBM covering speech recognition. As a self-described heavy [...]
I’m speechless. New Scientist is pointing to a possible new innovation in speech technology that basically allows you to communicate without speech. The neck band intercepts nerve singals from the brain to the vocal chords and transmits them as if they were spoken words. Of course folks who hate to listen to others on talk [...]
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