Another approach for Dictation

[Asheville Joe]

Can you elaborate?  Do you mean an external unit or a program recording 
Mic input on the PC?  Once you have the file, what do you do with it?

Thanks.

Joe

ron browning wrote:

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> */Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>/* wrote:
>
>     I would recommend using the native Windows OS for Dragon. It was
>     made for it and will run better. As far as wanting to do
>     everything else in WIndows land, is not the threat of viruses
>     enough to migrate her for other things?
>       Viruses are my greatest pitch to get my people to use Linux.
>     There is no way I would use Windows for online stuff anymore, no
>     matter what kind of anti-virus you might have, just playing the
>     definition update game is enough to keep your head spinning.
>     On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 13:15, Asheville Joe wrote:
>
>>/At this point, it looks like dictation on Linux isn't going to be
>>available as an end user package for quite some time, so I'm looking for
>>ideas on how to proceed.  Below, I mention some scientifically wild
>>a..ed guesses on what might work.  The things I can think of are beyond
>>my level of expertise to implement, but some of you folks might be able
>>to do it for me and if that becomes a possibility, we can discuss that
>>off list.  This is not a research project.  I need to get something
>>working now, and it has to be something an end user can deal with (e.g.
>>rebooting between dictating and editing would not be acceptable).  The
>>sytem is going to be heavily used for writing material for publication
>>and needs to be moderately secure (e.g. no old version wi fi that
>>anybody can hack into ( on the Windows side at least)).
>>
>>What I want to accomplish is running Dragon Naturally Speaking (or
>>another package) on WIN XP/Pro.  I f I stop at that, the natural
>>tendency for the user (Rita) will be to want to do everything else in XP
>>too and if there's any way around that, I *really* want to avoid it.  So....
>>
>>First idea:  Get VMWare (anyone know if plex86 could handle this?) and
>>run both XP and RH 9 on the same notebook (a new, fast one).  Then,
>>dictate on Windoze and hot key back over to Linux for editing and
>>everything else.
>>
>>Second idea:  Dedicate a machine to dictating and do everything else on 
>>another Linux box  (after transferring the files or accessing them via 
>>samba or null modem?).
>>This would probably be the easiest - could even transfer files by 
>>sneakernet, if necessary, but it would require buying two notebooks and 
>>carrying them both around as we travel (and Rita would need to take both 
>>of them when she goes anywhere without me).  That's probably a lot more 
>>hassle (and expense) than it's worth with batteries to charge and making 
>>sure both notebooks are always physically secure, etc.
>>
>>Any ideas would be appreciated.
>>
>>Joe/
>>
>     -- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com
>     <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>>
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> I use a digital recorder and work away.  When needed, then go 
> windooz.  The digital recorders alow mutiple files to help you 
> orginize.  My machine is a XP/RH boot.
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