Hugh, did you find any difference in the ability to add new
vocabulary/words between the two programs ? I heard it can be done with
Dragon, but less well or not at all with IBM
Mark Joyce, M.D. Tel:(4O3)239-3231
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On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Hugh de Glanville wrote:
>
> I have played with both IBM and Dragon's new continuous speech programs.
> They are both mighty impressive, and almost unbelievably clever if you ask
> them to understand quite complex, academic-type ('management-type') sentences.
>
> Where I suspect they fall down is when you want to dash off a short message
> like: Dear John, Thanks for yours. See you at the club in a day or two and
> we can talk things over. Yours, Jack.
>
> This latter kind of sentence can take exasperatingly long to correct and get
> right leaving you convinced even your keying would be better.
>
> IBM speaks back to you when you question an error or a suspect word, which
> some people may like. Dragon just lets you overwrite a highlit word with a
> second attempt, or correction from a menu.
>
> It's horses for courses, and I am not sure that the until recently current
> opinion that voice recognitioin is for the disabled and for those who use a
> fairly limited vocabulary to produce multiple similar reports &c has yet to
> change. For solicitors, and for radiologists and the like it can be very
> efficient indeed. I do not see many people deliberately buying the older
> dalek-type software today when the continuous stuff costs relatively little
> more and is obviously the way things are going.
>
> Personally I prefer Dragon's Naturally Speaking to IBM's Via Voice, but when
> I last checked the former was twice the price of the latter (ca. #150 vs
> #89) but prices change all the time.
>
> (On the other hand, if Dragon doesn't remove the intolerably priggish
> looking prat from the cover of their CDROM and literature, leaning back in
> his chair looking at his computer without a microphone in sight, they don't
> deserve the sales they might otherwise get.)
>
> Hope all that helps.
>
> Hugh de G
> aka the temporarily disabled Senior Lurker.
>
> At 02:51 PM 1/4/98 +0000, you wrote:
> >I have no experience of IBM product but I have used Dragon Dictate and it
> >works reasonably well. I have seen but not used "Naturally Speaking"!,
> >Dragon's new product which uses continuous speech recognition which is
> >extremely impressive!! I have heard of one or two people who have used the
> >older version and seem quite happy with it. Hope this helps.
> >
> >Alan Black
> >
> >At 07:43 04/01/98 EST, you wrote:
> >>Help!
> >>
> >>Am in relapse of my gadgetophilia. Current manifestation is impulse to buy
> >>voice recognition s/w but last vestige of conscious reason tells me it might
> >>end up like many of the others i.e. in the back of the cupboard with K-Tel
> >>records and electronic diary.
> >>
> >>Has anyone used products like IBM Simply Speaking (Gold) and if so, are they
> >>any PRACTICAL use on a daily basis e.g. for dictating letters (esp. if in a
> >>hurry). I just have this sneaky feeling that they may work well in the
> >>showroom but be less impressive on the hard drive
> >>
> >>Any comments from gp-uk listers would be appreciated.
> >>
> >>Graham
> >>
> >
> >
>
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