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palcal Guru  Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1873 |
Has anyone had any experience with Microsoft Word Voice to Text, or any voice to text app for that matter. I don't want to buy something and find out it is crap. "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4036 |
I know that if you are bored in a Teams meeting then you should turn on auto-captioning as the results are frequently hilarious. Best wishes, Tom Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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| Andy-g0poy Regular Member  Joined: 07/03/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 56 |
As with many things like this there is a huge "it depends" inviolved. It takes a lot of practice to be able to dictate to such things. I've tried several systems but since I moved to Linux many years ago I've not really bothered that much as there as not any sox available back then. I do use the google voice to text system in google docs and that is very useful to get something down, but it always needs a lot of editing after. I would suggest that you try that first, as it will prob, be better than most stand alone software. It will give you a better idea of what it can do. Andy |
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TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6098 |
A long time ago I used and sold Dragon-dictate. You had to put a lot of time in training it to your voice. Once trained it wasn't too bad but I think typing is quicker. Or it was when I could type better than I can now. Now I can't talk well enough either... I had a client who was keen on using dragon-dictate but his strong Eastern European accent was too much for it. He ended up marrying his secretary instead. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| twofingers Guru Joined: 02/06/2014 Location: GermanyPosts: 1241 |
Another important point is the use of a good microphone. I have had good experiences with the microphone (with amplifier circuit) that was included in a old Dragon naturallyspeaking package. I am always amazed at the performance of Google on the smartphone. Michael causality ≠ correlation ≠ coincidence |
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Geoffg Guru Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 3194 |
I use Word's Dictate feature all the time and it is fabulous. A little while ago someone gave me a couple of pages of handwritten text and I just read it out loud and the Dictate function got it almost perfectly, including most of the punctuation. Even in ordinary composition I use it to enter just a few words, it is a one button click and much quicker (and accurate) than typing. I'm not sure if the Dictate feature of Word is the same as what you called "Microsoft Word Voice to Text" but it comes free with the later versions of Word (I use Word 365). Geoff Edited 2024-07-08 22:52 by Geoffg Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net |
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| palcal Guru Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1873 |
Yes that's the one Geoff. My daugter is studying and this term has 10 essays of 15,000 words and she is a two finger typist. At $109/year I might give it a try. "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6098 |
You may not need MS Office Jim I will have to give it a try and see if Windows is capable of understanding me... VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| palcal Guru Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1873 |
Thanks Jim, the laptop is running Win10 but I can upgrade it to Win 11. I have Win 11 on the machine in my workshop I'll try it. "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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Rickard5 Guru Joined: 31/03/2022 Location: United StatesPosts: 463 |
Thwill I really want to Comment on the reasons for this but it will turn in to another Guy Fawkes Day, lots of Noise but no real progress on the problem and I end up Executed LOL :) :) :) :) I may be Vulgar, but , while I'm poor, I'm Industrious, Honest, and trustworthy! I Know my Place |
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