RE: PC Speech Recognition

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IME ViaVoice wasn't an option as you have to train it.

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Hal2000 and HomeVoice didn't need training, so were more useable.

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Not sure about the VR in HomeSeer - anyone use this? I presume it uses the
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standard Windows VR?

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Paul.=20

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of C=
hris Hunter
Sent: 25 June 2006 14:31
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] PC Speech Recognition

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as part of our set-up, some VR would be useful ... as when hands are=20
full or mucky, when switches are on the other side of the room, and when=20
simple acknowledgements are required ...

Looking into it, though, identifies several issues likely to limit its=20
effectiveness - the vast range of people's accents & manners of=20
speaking; the complications of room acoustics & noise levels;=20
hardware fidelity / quality; and our very limited understanding of how=20
language actually works & words are actually used ... all in all,=20
there's still a long way to go !

We're going for Idratek, and VR is an option on offer ... perhaps with=20
IBM ViaVoice, although I've never heard of a user who doen't express a=20
lot of reservations about its capabilities, presumably because of the=20
very same issues ...=20

>From what I've seen of regular computer sound, the quality of the=20
hardware leaves a lot to be desired ... and yet we know from our own=20
experience that when sounds are clear they are much easier to hear &=20
understand, even if they are quiet ... the same must surely go for VR=20
! BTW, I've never heard of VR using stereo, and yet we know it makes a=20
big difference to our own ability to hear & understand sounds ...

Chris

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Saturday 24 Jun'06 - 19:33:11 -0000

to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>=20

darren_karp2001 darren.karp@xxxxxxx <mailto:darren.karp%40aog.co.uk>=20

With my longing desire to speak to & being understood by my PC =E1 la
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Trek, does anyone know if there has been any major development ii this=20
area ?

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