Speech to text - how?
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O/H has recorded a one and a half hour long meeting on her phone. I've transferred the file to my PC for safe keeping but she's now asked me if I can output it as a Word document.
I've no idea where to start or even if it's possible, any suggestions? We have Win 10 laptops and a Win 7 PC.
I've no idea where to start or even if it's possible, any suggestions? We have Win 10 laptops and a Win 7 PC.
Doesn’t help with your current query (though may help for the future), but I rely on dictation heavily for my job. I’ve used various things like Bighand and others over the years, which went to auto typing.
However, the best I’ve used is simply my iPhone/iPad. I just dictate into outlook or similar and then press send. I then can copy it into Word etc.
The text appears as I type so I can correct as I go along. I’ve found it to be a lot more accurate than actual dictation apps like Bighand.
However, the best I’ve used is simply my iPhone/iPad. I just dictate into outlook or similar and then press send. I then can copy it into Word etc.
The text appears as I type so I can correct as I go along. I’ve found it to be a lot more accurate than actual dictation apps like Bighand.
Cudd Wudd said:
Doesn’t help with your current query (though may help for the future), but I rely on dictation heavily for my job. I’ve used various things like Bighand and others over the years, which went to auto typing.
However, the best I’ve used is simply my iPhone/iPad. I just dictate into outlook or similar and then press send. I then can copy it into Word etc.
The text appears as I type so I can correct as I go along. I’ve found it to be a lot more accurate than actual dictation apps like Bighand.
If the OP has an iOS device he could hit play on the computer and do the speech to type in an email and leave it running for 1.5hrs? However, the best I’ve used is simply my iPhone/iPad. I just dictate into outlook or similar and then press send. I then can copy it into Word etc.
The text appears as I type so I can correct as I go along. I’ve found it to be a lot more accurate than actual dictation apps like Bighand.
The_Jackal said:
Its not an easy thing to do accurately, thats why it isnt cheap to do.
Does your wife realistically expect you to do it? If so, she is treating you a bit lke a secretary, who gets paid to do that kind of donkey work.
She's WFH and has three or four Skype conference calls a day. One of them on Friday had over 50 people logged and she drew the short straw to minute it, something she's never done before. She asked if I'd record it to make her task easier as she's only been in post for three weeks and isn't yet familiar with all the departmental jargon.Does your wife realistically expect you to do it? If so, she is treating you a bit lke a secretary, who gets paid to do that kind of donkey work.
I tried a number of speech detection software programmes over the years. I'm a touch typist and faster and cleaner than my wife who used to be a professional copy typist and dictaphone user. However, as the years have caught up with me I've had a number of problems with repetitive strain injury. The only thing that cures it, albeit temporarily, is complete rest, which means using a wrist support and not using my hand for typing.
I've tried all the free ones, with varying degrees of success. The only one that has proved accurate and fast has been Dragon Naturally Speaking, which is what I'm using at the moment. One significant feature of DNS is that it improves the more you use it. It's not cheap. However, the version I'm using is 11 and I think the current one is 15 so if you spread the price over the four or so years I've been using it it becomes more reasonable.
I use the basic version as I don't need all the bells and whistles of the full fat one that you can use when on a browser.
When I started using DNS I made frequent errors and it did seem for a while that I had wasted my money but I stuck with it and within a few weeks the error rate dropped. Now it is down to what I would do if I was touch typing; two, maybe three mistakes in this post.
I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who will be willing to work with it, especially in the early stages.
Edited to add:
It is shown as £140 for the Home edition, which might well have more features than my, much earlier, version. If it does work in noisy environments then it is a leap ahead. £35 per annum ain't bad.
https://shop.nuance.co.uk/store/nuanceeu/en_GB/Con...
I've tried all the free ones, with varying degrees of success. The only one that has proved accurate and fast has been Dragon Naturally Speaking, which is what I'm using at the moment. One significant feature of DNS is that it improves the more you use it. It's not cheap. However, the version I'm using is 11 and I think the current one is 15 so if you spread the price over the four or so years I've been using it it becomes more reasonable.
I use the basic version as I don't need all the bells and whistles of the full fat one that you can use when on a browser.
When I started using DNS I made frequent errors and it did seem for a while that I had wasted my money but I stuck with it and within a few weeks the error rate dropped. Now it is down to what I would do if I was touch typing; two, maybe three mistakes in this post.
I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who will be willing to work with it, especially in the early stages.
Edited to add:
It is shown as £140 for the Home edition, which might well have more features than my, much earlier, version. If it does work in noisy environments then it is a leap ahead. £35 per annum ain't bad.
https://shop.nuance.co.uk/store/nuanceeu/en_GB/Con...
Edited by Derek Smith on Sunday 21st June 20:50
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