Thanks, Elliot--I'm learning a lot. You would think that someone would
solve this problem for us, wouldn't you?
Best,
At 10:33 AM 3/2/01 -0600, you wrote:
>At 10:06 PM -0800 3/1/01, Kristin Luker wrote:
> > <snip> How about voice recognition software? I suspect it can't work
> >off a tape, but how about a person who has "trained" the software repeating
> >a tape into the voice recognition mike? How about digital recorders that
> >have voice recognition built in? (I read in the New York Times about an
> >Olympus digital tape recorder that has this.)
>
>I use voice recognition software to transcribe, but it won't work the way
>you want it to. I have trained the software to my voice, so I listen to the
>tape and simultaneously speak the words into the mike. This works a little
>better (but not much) than just typing the words in. But, then, I am a very
>slow typist. I can also stop the tape recorder and dictate memos or
>annotations. I have found that after the first pass, I must go back and
>listen to the tape again and correct mistakes.
>
>The digital recorder also works reasonably well, but only for one voice.
>You cannot automatically transcribe an interview because the software will
>not recognize multiple voices at the same time.
>
>I had to upgrade to a pretty high end computer system to get what I
>considered satisfactory performance from the voice recognition software. I
>was using a 250 mhz AMD K6 computer with 96 mbytes of RAM. It was not up to
>the task. I am now using a 1000 mhz AMD Athlon (Thunderbird) processor with
>512 mbytes of RAM and it works pretty good.
>
>The software I am using is DragonSystems Naturally Speaking Mobile Edition
>(which came with a recorder). I expect IBM's ViaVoice would work about as
>well and have the same requirements.
>
>Hoping this helps, I remain electronically yours,
>
>Elliot
>
>
>Elliot Richmond
>PhD candidate in science education
>University of Texas at Austin
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>http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4758/
Kristin Luker
Professor of Sociology and Professor in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy
Program,
Boalt Hall School of Law
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