Dictation Software for Linux?

[Asheville Joe]

Thanks.  That explains a lot!

Do you have any idea if Scan Soft intends to develop the product?

Since IBM is pushing Linux these days, I'm surprised they aren't doing 
something with ViaVoice, etc. (unless it just wasn't good enough).  
Maybe they just want to build it in to enterprize solutions for the big 
boys and keep the rest of us out of the game.

Joe

Mark Robson wrote:

>What your search is affected by is the
>bankruptcy/failure of Lernout and Hauspie after they
>bought Dragon Naturally Speaking.  After that, IBM
>became king.
>
>The retail version is Win-only.
>http://www.scansoft.com/naturallyspeaking/
>
>Commercial installation of Dragon is now supported by
>a community of VARs and integrators, not generally
>available for free. 
>
>http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Speech_Technology/Resellers/
>
>
>
>--- Asheville Joe <josephj at main.nc.us> wrote:
>  
>
>>Thanks.  I looked into those.  The problem is, they
>>all rely on ViaVoice 
>>which as far as I can tell, IBM gaveth and IBM
>>tooketh away.  There's an 
>>Xvoice-Sphinx project, but my first impression from
>>looking at a few 
>>posts, is that it's in the very early stages.
>>
>>Right now, it looks like Windoze or no dictation
>>(and I'm still not sure 
>>how good it is on Windoze.)
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>Robert Meyer wrote:
>>
>>    
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>>>The best place to find software for Linux is
>>>      
>>>
>>'freshmeat.net'.  A real quick
>>    
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>>>check (search for dictation turns up:
>>>
>>>1. Speech for Java
>>>A Linux Java interface for incorporating IBM's
>>>      
>>>
>>ViaVoice speech technology.
>>    
>>
>>>2. Tcl/SMAPI
>>>A Tcl/Tk extension for the IBM ViaVoice speech
>>>      
>>>
>>recognition API.
>>    
>>
>>>3. XVoice
>>>Enables speech to text for many X applications.
>>>
>>>Looks like the first two may meet your criterion
>>>      
>>>
>>for IBM ViaVoice...
>>    
>>
>>>Cheers!
>>>
>>>Bob
>>>
>>>--- Asheville Joe <josephj at main.nc.us> wrote:
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>I just hit Google for about two hours and have
>>>>        
>>>>
>>come to the tentative
>>    
>>
>>>>conclusion that there is no dictation software
>>>>        
>>>>
>>(ready to use as opposed
>>    
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>>>>to a developer's package) for Linux. Once upon a
>>>>        
>>>>
>>time (around 2000) IBM
>>    
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>>>>ViaVoice was available, but seems to have gone
>>>>        
>>>>
>>away.
>>    
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>>>>I need to buy and set up a computer for enduser
>>>>        
>>>>
>>dictation for my partner
>>    
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>>>>who has a great deal of writing to do for the
>>>>        
>>>>
>>forseeable future.  I know
>>    
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>>>>there are products for Windoze - notably Dragon
>>>>        
>>>>
>>Naturally Speaking, but,
>>    
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>>>>if at all possible, I want to run Linux so it's
>>>>        
>>>>
>>safe(r) on the internet,
>>    
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>>>>etc. (and all the other benefits).
>>>>
>>>>The computer will be a new dual boot notebook with
>>>>        
>>>>
>>Linux and XP/Pro.  It
>>    
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>>>>could run Crossover Office or VMWare, etc., if
>>>>        
>>>>
>>that would help, but if
>>    
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>>>>the dictation happens on the windows side (and it
>>>>        
>>>>
>>looks like it happens
>>    
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>>>>on the windows side), then the natural tendency
>>>>        
>>>>
>>will be to do everything
>>    
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>>>>else there too.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas on how to tackle this would be greatly
>>>>        
>>>>
>>appreciated.  The
>>    
>>
>>>>system is needed now (the only time anybody in
>>>>        
>>>>
>>computing ever needs
>>    
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>>>>anything, other than yesterday ;) )
>>>>
>>>>And, (on or off list as you feel appropriate) I
>>>>        
>>>>
>>would like to hear from
>>    
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>>>>anyone who has had experience using dictation
>>>>        
>>>>
>>software that ran on any
>>    
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>>>>system and was good enough to use.  Does this
>>>>        
>>>>
>>stuff really exist, or is
>>    
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>>>>marketing just selling promisses and upgrades?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>Joe
>>>>
>>>>
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