Re: Top Ten Features You'd Like to See on Future Macs
- From: Mark Conrad <noneof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:49:50 -0700
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<wyvern-8562F0.11240024042008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Madwen <wyvern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Like right now, without moving my hands off the keyboard and
what I'm typing, I'd like to be able to say,
"Computer, open iTunes and play the Bach cello suites".
Correct, can't be done right now, but PC/Windows comes
kind of close, but not close enough to do what you want.
http://www.sonic-labs.net/en/products.html
Quote from that site:
"Enables dictation whilst other applications
are in the foreground. (background dictation)"
In other words, you could simultaneously type one
document, _while_ your voice is creating
another text document.
You would effectively be creating _two_ text documents
simultaneously! One by typing, another by using your voice.
Certainly might be confusing to you though, because most
people have a lot of difficulty trying to speak coherently
while they are typing.
True voice recognition, without having to wear a lot
of hardware or have a proprietary microphone 2 inches
from your mouth, is something I've been wanting
since I bought my first 128k Mac.
Again close with PC/Windows, but not native with Mac. (yet)
With any luck, the new "MacSpeech Dictate" app' will change
the death-grip that PC/Windows has on speech recognition,
when MacSpeech creates updates, hopefully within a year.
Freeing yourself from headsets, lugging around Macs, etc.
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I have a Sony digital recorder ICD-MX20 which is so small
that it "disappears" into my shirt pocket. It is therefore
about 8 inches from my mouth. ($300 recorder)
Lots of medical people prefer the high end Olympus line
of digital recorders, such as the newest DS-5000iD
which goes for a mere $600. <g>
<http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1369&fl=2>
(beware, only a few digital recorders are
supported by Dragon NaturallySpeaking software,
check ahead of time for the recorder of your choice)
I get 99% recognition accuracy with my "everyday" speech
at a dictation rate of 200wpm with the Sony recorder.
(much less speed with complex medical speech,
down as slow as 80wpm due to the lengthy
and specialized medical terms)
Later at my convenience, I dump the recording into the
Vista partition of my MacBook Pro, where the audio is
quickly and automatically changed into text.
Once changed to text, I move it over to my OS X partition,
because I dislike working with Windows any more than
absolutely necessary.
I have not noticed any noticeable difference in dictation
accuracy or speed when using the recorder, as compared to
dictating directly into my MacBook Pro.
Mark-
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