8 Jun
Im trying speech recognition and vista. I thought this was going to work very So far, it has been unbelievably painful. I think with some training, this can work well, but I’m not sure I want to put the time into this. Typing text into web forms a seems to not work, so I am forced true dictate in wordpad then copy and paste into web forms.
As you might be able to tell, I am using voice recognition to type his Block Post. In concept, the idea is sound but its execution is a week at best.
Despite difficulties with dictation, other windows commands work well. By seen coming from and words, like ” maximize,” act as intended.
Edit: The above was posted only using Vista’s speech recognition. Everything from opening the browser and logging into my account to typing out that text and posting it. While the dictation leaves something to be desired, getting around the computer without a mouse or keyboard is pretty nice. I found myself talking like a robot for most of it, and I assume that as Vista gets used to my voice, I will be able to use a more casual tone.
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They’ve been trying this for years. I remember getting a copy of IBM’s Naturally Speaking. You had to train that sucker for hours to get it to recognize your voice. It sounds as if they haven’t made much progress.
There is something very cool about blogging via speech recognition. Very meta.
Seems like we’ve been waiting for SR for a long time.
The most frustrating part about this is that when it works, it is so damn cool. Telling my PC what to do with touching anything is really awesome. So when it starts screwing up, it is very disappointing.
Generally, commands work very well. Starting programs, moving the mouse around, and navigating websites work well enough and is almost enjoyable. I was able to log into the site and navigate Wordpress’ backend to approve your comments.
The dictation, especially when trying to say the name of a website, is hit-or-miss. I can’t even get to my own website without it thinking I want to go to Williams and Sonoma’s site.
I will remain optimistic and hope that it will get better as I work with it.
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