Dictation Software for Linux?

[Mark Robson]

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:
> 
> >The best place to find software for Linux is
> 'freshmeat.net'.  A real quick
> >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
> >>to a developer's package) for Linux. Once upon a
> time (around 2000) IBM
> >>ViaVoice was available, but seems to have gone
> away.
> >>
> >>I need to buy and set up a computer for enduser
> dictation for my partner
> >>who has a great deal of writing to do for the
> forseeable future.  I know
> >>there are products for Windoze - notably Dragon
> Naturally Speaking, but,
> >>if at all possible, I want to run Linux so it's
> safe(r) on the internet,
> >>etc. (and all the other benefits).
> >>
> >>The computer will be a new dual boot notebook with
> Linux and XP/Pro.  It
> >>could run Crossover Office or VMWare, etc., if
> that would help, but if
> >>the dictation happens on the windows side (and it
> looks like it happens
> >>on the windows side), then the natural tendency
> will be to do everything
> >>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
> >>anything, other than yesterday ;) )
> >>
> >>And, (on or off list as you feel appropriate) I
> would like to hear from
> >>anyone who has had experience using dictation
> software that ran on any
> >>system and was good enough to use.  Does this
> stuff really exist, or is
> >>marketing just selling promisses and upgrades?
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>Joe
> >>
> >>
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