My fella is acting disability officer for a third-level-college and they use the Dragony one - grand for dictating but NOT for transcribing is the response there. Er what?? (re:centrifugal thingie) Sarah Delaney -----Original Message----- From: Kanellakis-Reimer,CM (pg) <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 09 December 1999 17:37 Subject: RE: voice recognition software >Perhaps that is why no one even considers using it for their >transcriptions?!? > >Jim-is centrifugal the one that is the fugitive from the centre or is that >the centripetal force? > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nigel Fielding [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >> Sent: Thursday, 09 December 1999 17:23 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: voice recognition software >> >> Hilarious. I attended a conference in 1993 where an IBM representative >> gave >> a paper in which he claimed they would have a 100% accurate system within >> a >> year. Oops. >> >> At 12:01 PM 12/9/99 -0500, you wrote: >> >Chryssa, >> > >> >Have used IBMVoice recognition and Dragonspeak. I used IBM last year for >> a >> >small qualitative study on children with ADD and it was a disaster- >> failed >> >about 40% of time and when I had a cold, the system didn't recognize my >> >voice >> > >> >Dragonspeak is much better, especially if you are working with data for >> >medical or legal content matter- they have special lexicons for these. >> > >> >All in all, still wind up transcribing the 'old fashion' way >> > >> >best >> >rosa >> > >> >**************************** >> >Rosa Haritos, Ph.D. >> >Assistant Professor, Dept. Sociology >> >Research Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research >> >University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill >> >269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210 >> >Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-3210 >> >Office: 919 962-6876; 966-3387 >> > >> > >> >On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Kanellakis-Reimer,CM (pg) wrote: >> > >> >> Has anyone had experience (pleasant or not) using a voice recognition >> >> programme for interview transcription, such as IBM ViaVoice or Dragon >> >> Nautrally Speaking. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Chryssa Kanellakis-Reimer >> >> LSE >> >> >> > >> > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%