Dictation Software for Linux?

[Mark Robson]

I don't remember from my days in sales for a computer
distributor ever seeing that Scansoft had any R/D,
they're a sort of aggregator bringing together other
companies' products.  
I trolled around on IBM's site, and found this:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/download.html
There are links in the Websphere information here and
other places that combine AIX and IBM Voice (not
viaVoice, note), and Linux, but I don't have any
familiarity with Websphere to say if it meets your
req's.  
Unless "open-source and low cost" figure in: reference
your earlier comments about them controlling the
market.  "Blue" is all about the green.




--- Asheville Joe <josephj at main.nc.us> wrote:
> 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:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>-- 
> >>>>
> >>>>----------------------------------
> >>>>"Our life is frittered away by detail ...
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>Simplify, simplify." -Thoreau
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
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