<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I am a Mac user and completely new to voice recognition software on any platform. I do a lot of transcription of voice recordings, and am interested in experimenting with using software to help minimize my workload. I understand that the software must be trained to recognize a speaker's unique voice and that ongoing training of the software is necessary to improve the accuracy of the translation over time.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Here's what I'm wondering: How involved is the initial training process? I am producing my voice recordings from personal history interviews with subjects who are active and willing participants. Would it be feasible to create a speaker profile for each of my interview subjects, have them go through the initial voice training process (on my laptop) and then playback their recorded audio with iListen or DNS/Parallels active? If anyone has any experience using either program for a similar purpose or to transcribe your own voice memos/speeches/performances/etc. I'd be very interested in the details of your process and how successful it is. My transcriptions are primarily for reference/editing purposes so complete accuracy is not as important as just having a rough text version of the audio that I then edit extensively anyway.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Any feedback is appreciated.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks,</DIV><DIV>Rena Bussinger</DIV><BR><DIV> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">The Story Foundry</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">We Make History. (Yours.)</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A href="http://www.thestoryfoundry.com">http://www.thestoryfoundry.com</A></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">206.349.8391</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>