Re: Debian speech recognition - end user information &/or forus
On 20/02/14 01:20, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I want essentially a note taking tool.
Assuming you mean speech to text....
> NO interest in voice activated control.
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> A brief search indicated voice recognition is an active project under
> Debian accessibility. What I found was developer oriented. I'm looking
> for fairly basic information aimed at prospective user.
Good luck - it's a complex subject developed by "need to scratch", which
means that it's unlikely "simple dictation" is the primary development
objective.
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> I've casually followed speech recognition since the 70's, though have
> never actually used it.
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> The goals of CMU Sphinx far exceed how I'd actually use it. [E.G. I
> don't need speaker independence, continuous recognition, nor real time.
Most of those capabilities are necessary in order to recognise words.
> I'm not sure if "large vocabulary" would be a requirement.]
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> Initially I intend to use Wheezy on a Lenovo R61 Thinkpad with a yet to
> be specified USB input device. The laptop will not be running any other
> application while voice recognition is being used.
>
> Pointers please. Thank you.
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AFAIK Simon is the only real candidate for your stated requirements.
http://grasch.net/node/19
Note that it uses CMU Sphinx so I guess your stuck with something that
isn't stripped down to suit your (perceived?) requirements. Still
undergoing development and yet to match a commercial product I use in WINE.
http://grasch.net/projects
OS speech to text is something I'm interested in, so I'd appreciate any
new information you discover.
Kind regards
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