Recommend good voice recognition software?

old fashioned typewriter - this is an old fashioned typewriter, the likes of which you'll be hard pressed to find in any office today except under glass as a relic of the past.
United States
February 15, 2007 5:06pm CST
For various physical reasons, it's getting harder to type. A few years ago, I tried Dragon Naturally Speaking but it just wasn't accurate enough. Does anyone know if it's better these days? Or is there another that's good? Three sentences and I have to rest my hands. Not a good thing for a writer of novels like myself. It feels like I'm still working on an old fashioned typewriter, even though I have this great laptop computer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
4 responses
15 Feb 07
My partner suggests an IBM ViaVoice, a friend of his used it to get him through university and it is very good indeed. Hope this helps.
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• United States
15 Feb 07
Thanks. That and Dragon seem to be the two I've heard of. I'll look into it.
@maucute (979)
• Philippines
28 Mar 07
Thanks for the suggestion, I'm looking one for myself to use.. I'm afraid I might damage my keyboard because it's a bit sensitive.. :) Rated+!
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@runsgame (2031)
• India
13 Oct 07
well , i too thought of this line many a times but could not find a solution . if u come across any software of this nature would u please pass on to me the relevant information or link
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• United States
13 Oct 07
Check out the Demo on this page: http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/ It still needs training to your voice, but it's gotten much better than it was a few years ago.
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
19 Sep 07
I have a hard time typing, too, because of my cerebral palsy. I hate voice recognition software because I hate not being able to type along with my TV or music. If you find any good leads, esprcially ones which filter background noise let me know.
• United States
19 Sep 07
I got Dragon Naturally Speaking version 9 but I haven't had time to fully train it yet. I don't know about filtering though, sorry.
5 Mar 07
Thank you for the best response
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