Speech Recognition - Advanced Topics

[Malamber]

Since my injury I've done a lot of research into topic of speech recognition. I currently use Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the Windows platforms, but found that it was not all-inclusive. since I'm also a software developer myself, I started looking at the possibilities of using existing libraries to incorporate speech capabilities in applications that I needed. I thought I might post this information for anyone that might be interested.

Microsoft distributes a set of libraries called the Microsoft Speech SDK. it is an ActiveX component that can be linked to any application to recognize speech. the nice thing about it is that it is distributed freely for any application developer. bear in mind that it is also not for the faint of heart to use. here's the link: Microsoft Speech SDK (http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarmulmed/html/overviewapi.asp).

Also, my father was one of the original developers that worked on the In3 project many years ago. Recently, the owner, Bob Adams, has retired and declare the source code for this project to be open source. the project was designed to be a cross-platform speech-recognition application for both Win32 as well as UNIX. I've begun delving into this project to see if they can be revived as a usable free speech recognition source. I will definitely be posting again once I can get something going.

[PN]

Malamber: Welcome to the community, and thanks for posting this information about voice recognition. One of our members wants to know if Dragon will work on a Mac, and perhaps you can answer this question. After doing a Google search I think the answer is "yes," but I don't know for certain. If this question isn't resolved today, I will post it tomorrow.

Dragon for Macs (http://www.voicerecognition.com/news/05_10_99.html)

PN

[Steven Edwards]

Malamber,

A nearby Professor also wrote an open-source voice activated program with the Microsoft Speech SDK called SuiteKeys. If it's of any use, feel free to go for it and send him a note.

-Steven
"Sometimes, its enough to plant the seed, walk away, and let the flower grow on its own."

[Malamber]

yes it will, some of the main components run within Macintosh.

something of note as well, OSX is based on the UNIX kernels, therefore porting speech recognition from UNIX to Macintosh is trivial all things considered. unfortunately, I'm not fluent in the ramifications of porting such applications. my experience with Macintosh is limited.

Malamber
C6-Complete...ly cool!

[Steven Edwards]

Sorry, I forgot to provide the link: SuiteKeys (http://www.suitekeys.org/).

-Steven
"Sometimes, its enough to plant the seed, walk away, and let the flower grow on its own."

[David Porter]

I went to the web site for the link you had published and that link is dead... but I did find this and I thought of you with the developer in you http://www.msspeechpartners.com/speechtech/partner/default.aspx?EventType=hp
Originally posted by Malamber:

Since my injury I've done a lot of research into topic of speech recognition. I currently use Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the Windows platforms, but found that it was not all-inclusive. since I'm also a software developer myself, I started looking at the possibilities of using existing libraries to incorporate speech capabilities in applications that I needed. I thought I might post this information for anyone that might be interested.

Microsoft distributes a set of libraries called the Microsoft Speech SDK. it is an ActiveX component that can be linked to any application to recognize speech. the nice thing about it is that it is distributed freely for any application developer. bear in mind that it is also not for the faint of heart to use. here's the link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarmulmed/html/overviewapi.asp.

Also, my father was one of the original developers that worked on the In3 project many years ago. Recently, the owner, Bob Adams, has retired and declare the source code for this project to be open source. the project was designed to be a cross-platform speech-recognition application for both Win32 as well as UNIX. I've begun delving into this project to see if they can be revived as a usable free speech recognition source. I will definitely be posting again once I can get something going.