[MV] Re: A couple of transcription comments.

[Chuck Rogers]

Actually, accuracy is relatively good. I see no difference in 
recognition from a CD where I have recorded speech as AIFF files input 
via the audio jack in my pismo vs. using the supported Olympic 
dictation recorder via USB. Once again (and I speak as someone who has 
actually tried multiple ways of inputing information into iListen), the 
program really doesn't care where the sound comes from, as long as it 
has been trained to recognize it.

The caveat really is three-fold:

1). Use a digital recording device.

2). Read the training stories into the recording device and play it 
back to create a profile for that device.

3). You MUST speak punctuation.

Now, that having been said - recognition is "relatively" good. While 
you may get recognition as good as the supported device, the user must 
still decide if 80-90 percent recognition is good enough to warrant 
using the device vs. just re-speaking or typing the information.

In my opinion, the only advantage of using a "supported device" is that 
you can transfer the sound files much more quickly - in other words, 
not in real time. I see no advantage whatsoever in accuracy of a 
"supported device" over other digital recording methods.

Best Regards,

Chuck Rogers


On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 12:13  AM, T. Patrick Henebry wrote:

>> First, transcription into iListen is possible without a supported 
>> device. You can hook up any audio device and transcribe directly into 
>> iListen. As long as that device is hooked up and can be configured as 
>> an audio input device, iListen won't know the difference. Granted, 
>> you will not be using iListen's special transcription features if you 
>> do it this way, but it IS possible. (And I STRONGLY suggest you not 
>> try to transcribe from a tape recorder - tape hiss renders speech 
>> virtually unusable for transcription through software.)
>
> [snip]
>
> Chuck, what you say is true. But in my opinion using an unsupported 
> device is a BAD idea. The horrendous accuracy problems just don't make 
> it worth it. I've been telling people for years that if the device 
> isn't supported (Mac or Windows) don't use it. This saves them--and 
> me--a lot of headaches.
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