Comments on: Men’s voices harder to understand for speech recognition http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/input-devices/mens-voices-speech-recognition/ an RSI sufferer's thoughts and wisdom Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:40:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: alanf http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/input-devices/mens-voices-speech-recognition/comment-page-1/#comment-6206 alanf Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:40:47 +0000 http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/?p=753#comment-6206 Hi Adrian, You are partly correct, my encounter with speech recognition was 4 years ago now and I expect the software has perhaps improved a bit by now. However the reserach quoted in the article about male voices being harder to recognise was from a March 2010 article quoting presumably recent research done by Edinburgh University, so I'd say that whatever they found isn't 'dated' unless of course they are using outdated software too! Alan Hi Adrian,

You are partly correct, my encounter with speech recognition was 4 years ago now and I expect the software has perhaps improved a bit by now. However the reserach quoted in the article about male voices being harder to recognise was from a March 2010 article quoting presumably recent research done by Edinburgh University, so I’d say that whatever they found isn’t ‘dated’ unless of course they are using outdated software too!

Alan

]]> By: Adrian Kelly http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/input-devices/mens-voices-speech-recognition/comment-page-1/#comment-6205 Adrian Kelly Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:21:09 +0000 http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/?p=753#comment-6205 Hi. I read your article with interest, but would, respectfully, point out that it sounds rather dated. For a start, Dragon Naturally Speaking 10.1 - the latest version - is remarkably quick to learn your accent and for general use does not require much training at all; it can be honed for dialects; is remarkably accurate. So, I really suggest you get the latest version of this software. I think you will be surprised to see how far it has advanced since your, apparently, first use of it. Best wishes, Adrian Hi. I read your article with interest, but would, respectfully, point out that it sounds rather dated. For a start, Dragon Naturally Speaking 10.1 – the latest version – is remarkably quick to learn your accent and for general use does not require much training at all; it can be honed for dialects; is remarkably accurate. So, I really suggest you get the latest version of this software. I think you will be surprised to see how far it has advanced since your, apparently, first use of it.
Best wishes,
Adrian

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