Speech Recognition Software

[IBDEWEY]

Hey I was wondering if anyone out there knows of a decent speech recognition program that works in Access. Also another customer of mine is looking for some sort of software or hardware that he could use to see what is happening on his workstations. Actually he has about 10 workstations that are used for one specific task, but he has his beliefs that people are not always doing what they're supposed to on them. He thinks he has seen software were he can view what is on their desktop at anytime. He looked at one hardware solution called black box or something like that. Any suggestions would probably save me some time. Appreciate the help.

[thirdfey]

for speech, I am unsure, maybe dragon dictate or something. As for his "spyware" he can try VNC Viewer which is freeware. He has to load it on each computer on the LAN and boom, he can A) view what they do B) take control of their computer. Good for practical jokes too

VNC Viewer is extremely easy to use. also, try www.labmice.net for more cool utilities

[xtac]

Yes, VNC is great. It is very similar to Pcanywhere, but free and a lot less of a resource pig. + it works on Win and Linux platforms

For speech recognition I might suggest L+H Voice Express or Pro. It is by far the best voice recognition software right now. Unfortunately, they are being investigated for fraud. A few hundred million disappeared from their Asian financial books. So, who know how long they are going to be around. IBM will probably buy them out.

[Eagle PC Diagnostech]

For speech I would recommend Dragon Naturally Speaking, about $250.00 and works very well with MS Office.

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[pga]

the only thing i dislike about speech recognition software is that they are resource hogs and after using them for an hour, they tend to crash most systems.

I usually tell customers that even if their typing is poor, it's usually faster and easier just to type. Aside from the resource issue, background noise, having a cold, training the program, homonym problems, etc are also issues.

It is very beneficial for those with disabilities though (amputee, people who do not have full or any use of their hands, arthritis, etc..). The benefits for these people outweigh any issues that I mentioned.

I agree about Dragon, that would be my first pick.

[This message has been edited by pga (edited December 06, 2000).]

[xtac]

Hardware is not fast enough for Speech recognition yet. It is a huge resource hog. Most of it gets loaded onto the hard drive. I have never heard my hard drive work as hard as when I had Speech Software running.

By the way: L+H bought Dragon about a year ago.

[UsePost2000]

Hey, I have a written LD so I have alot of experience with Speech Recognition Proggies..
Now the best Recognition is as follows..
1.IBM Voice Products.
2.L&H Voice Products.
3.Dragon Voice Products.

Dragon used to be the best, I still use an older version because my voice files are so 'tuned' and I plan to migrate to IBM as soon as I can get to the store....

[NeuromancerIV]

I teach courses for PD and LD individuals using Dragon Nat Spking. Yes, it totally is a resource hog, take the minumum requirements and double them, and you really need 128mb ram or better to run Dragon Professional editions. But these programs, while in their infancy, have allowed a number of the people I deal with to lead more active lives using their computers. I can hardly wait for hardware to really be able to do more for these types fo programs.

[IBDEWEY]

Thanks for the quick information. I would like to ask a little more about this spy software. Is there something out there where you can view everything being sent over a network. For instance, view the mail of employees. I wouldn't really want to do that, but my customer seems to really want to look into a couple of his employee's mailboxes.

[iamtheman]

You need to look into a sniffer/packet capture software package. There are some good ones out there. Check out www.eeye.com, their Iris package is possibly what you need. Be warned though I work in Intrusion Detection/Content Inspection and I am constantly amazed at what I see people surfing.

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