Pentti
Thanks for your note, which leaves me confused!
I read that the software can handle 10 voices, "but it can be
> taught to convert about 10 different speakers' voices. In that case all the
> persons which are speaking should need a personal computer at this moment,
> because one "FreeSpeech" is able to recognise only one voice at a time."
Does this mean that I could have 1 copy on my PC, and when I "play" the
recording, it can a) separate out the 10 voices and b) recognise speech
from each of them and make, say, a 90 per cent accurate "translation"?
I assume that I need the voice characteristics file of each of the 10
speakers on my PC, or is this no longer needed?
Regards..
Roy Greenhalgh
Quoting Pentti Luoma <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hi
>
> When I asked Päivi Rissanen, if the speech to text -option were only "an
> urban myth", her answer was "no". She kindly promised me to forward her
> views (see below) on the use of Philips Free Speech Viva to the list.
>
> I'll send a copy of this message to Päivi, too.
>
> Regards
>
> Pentti Luoma
>
> -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
> Lähettäjä: Rissanen Päivi [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Lähetetty: 18. joulukuuta 2006 9:45
> Vastaanottaja: [log in to unmask]
> Aihe: Re:VL: Transcription software
>
> Hi Pentti,
>
> I think that it isn't just an urban myth, while it's possibilities are
> limited. It doesn't work directly with group discussions etc., but it can be
> taught to convert about 10 different speakers' voices. In that case all the
> persons which are speaking should need a personal computer at this moment,
> because one "FreeSpeech" is able to recognise only one voice at a time.
>
> I have used it in my interwiew-research. The method I used was not
> comfortable. Background information: I had to tell the story of the person
> whom I had interwiewed on a video. But, the program was rather good and
> "willing to learn to be better" recognizing my style of speech during the
> work. It took less time to speak and correct than to write it manually.
>
> The step which every researcher of human sciences has dreamed about is still
> far away. Meaning that the program works like a quick secretary:
> immediately, when you or any member of a group has said something, even with
> an accent, the program writes it correctly and it also uses different fonts
> with different speakers.
>
> The giant step after that would be the program, which recognises the
> thoughts of the interwiewed persons - so that they don't even have to speak
> during an interwiew - or is that only a dream of the future? :-)
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Päivi Rissanen
>
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