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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
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>



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