RE: Microphones

["Paul Miller" <pmiller@xxxxxxx>]

I would say your observations coincide with my previous message "the
only VR
app I was impressed with was HAL and once again it was NOT reliably enough
IMO to offer 24/7 VR for my family and thus found to be - not
suitable." to
expand on HAL, I too used the trial sw and found it to be very good at
recognising adult males without even training it but it really struggled to
understand the wife and children, hence the not suitable tag being
attached.

-----Original Message-----
From: Eamon O'Gorman [mailto:eamonogorman@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 February 2001 21:41
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Microphones


I used the demo version of HAL with a bog standard microphone built into my
Compaq monitor. I actually found the recognition pretty reliable, more so
than trained Homevoice. Again I don't know what this would be like with
limiter/gates using the expensive ceiling mounted microphones, but I'm
hoping it will be as good!!!

Maybe having an Irish accent is the solution!!!!

Eamon

-----Original Message-----
From:	Paul Miller [SMTP:pmiller@xxxxxxx]
Sent:	Monday, February 19, 2001 7:58 PM
To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject:	RE: [ukha_d] Microphones

<< File: ATT00003.htm >> My personal feeling are with a good UK
engine you
may stand a chance but
while the majority of engines are US based forget it..

Sorry

-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver Pell [mailto:odp@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 February 2001 19:53
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Microphones


Hmmm. So it sounds like most of the problems with voice recognition are
more to do with the software than hardware failings.

Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Miller
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 7:49 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Microphones


with the expensive mics I have used Homeseer, Homevoice and Microsoft's
freebie, I have used the dragon engine but not with the pressure mic
although I wasn't impressed (I may not have given it a chance, I was more
than a bit peeved by then if my memory serves me) the only VR app I was
impressed with was HAL and once again it was NOT reliably enough IMO to
offer 24/7 VR for my family and thus found to be - not suitable. I may be
asking too much from this generation of software, but saying that I am
really impressed with the VR on my Nino WinCE PDA. so who knows??

The volume is more of a problem, the clarity when recorded using sound
recorder is superb so much clearly than headset or free standing cheepo PC
multimedia mics.


-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver Pell [mailto:odp@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 February 2001 19:32
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Microphones


What voice recognition program are you using? Even with a headset I
had terrible results with Homeseer & the Microsoft recognition engine
but
when I switched to a pre-trained Dragon engine things got much better. What
kind of audio do you get out of the mics (volume, quality etc)?

Oliver.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Miller
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 6:23 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Microphones


are you talking the 100 quid a throw pressure zone or something
like
that microphones, if you are I have one along with the rolls compressor
limiter gate, I do not find that voice recognition is useful for anything
other than 'playing' with, amusing friends or the kids when certain
untraind
words set light on and off - like oranges.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Cockerton [mailto:alancc@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 February 2001 18:42
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Microphones


Those of you who have played with voice control, what microphones
have you used, has anyone tried the posh ceiling mounted ones and the
limiter/gate unit?

Alancc