Dear Peter,
I have experimented with Transcriber and Dragon Naturally Speaking:
Dragon Naturally Speaking is a great software to transcribe spoken text; i.e. write what is spoken into the microphone,
IF !!! if !! and only if:
+ you train Dragon over several months in a very intensive way with your! voice = the voice of the user
+ if you train yourself to speak slowly and clearly (no slang!
+ if the diversity of technical terms is limited; i.e. if you can avoid that new terms come up at every new session
+ if there is no background noise
You can use Dragon to write for you whatever you dictate under the above mentioned conditions, like letters, reports, tec.
You also can listen to interviews by ear phones and speak into the microphone what you hear. But this is not easy and needs training; and of course the above mentioned conditions are valid too (terms used, slang, etc.)
I believe you yourself can answer your question now
I never managed to use Dragon to correctly transcribe the O-tone of interviews directly nor Focus group discussions.
Kind regards
christian r. vogl
Peter Stratton <[log in to unmask]> wrote on 15.12.2006 09:25:
> I have heard of a version of Dragon which will convert recordings of
> focus groups directly to text. It can cope with a variety of voices.
> Has anyone had experience of this or similar software?
>
> Or is it an urban myth?
>
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Peter
>
> From Peter Stratton
>
> Professor of Family Therapy, Leeds Family Therapy and Research Centre
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> From: qual-software on behalf of Harald Klein
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> Hi Timo,
>
> you will find more information on transcription software on
> http://www.textanalysis.info <http://www.textanalysis.info/> . There
> are test versions available for downloads, and my advice is to test the
> software before you buy. I hope the links on the site are useful.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Harald Klein
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