KnowBrainer Speech Recognition - General Topics / Other

Error

pdbecht — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:30:52 EST

have an error message saying a third-party application is causing problems with Dragon. What does that mean? At the time that I get this error message. There are no other applications open, except perhaps, Internet Explorer

Best way to improve copy editing skills for a job interview?

wheelstb — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:54:18 EST

Here is my situation. I'm a recent graduate, I've been looking for a job for a while. I suspect that I will be receiving a second interview for a position that I would be a great fit for. The one problem is that the position involves copy editing and I have been told it will be part of the second interview.

Does anyone have any tips on how I can improve my copyediting skills over the next few days? I know that I cannot become a master copy editor in such a short period of time but, I will take any bit of improvement I can get.

I have done some googling but it really has not provided me with anything worthwhile. I figured this forum would be the perfect place to find advice because so many people here use Dragon to help with the writing process.

Any advice would be appreciated. If anyone has any ideas on how to address my lackluster skills during the interview I would be open to hearing that as well.

Using Headset/Microphone for Phone Calls

DavidZ — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 08:47:23 EST

Is it possible to use a headset/microphone for phone calls? What software and/or hardware would you need to do this? I'd prefer a software only solution.

Say Hello to Dragon Notes

OmegaMan — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:50:51 EST

I am somewhat intrigued by this product as it appears as though it is not server dependent and could run on a pretty low level processor as long as the tablet is running Windows 7 or 8.

Would this tablet running Windows 8 instead of RT be competent for these tasks?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=891238&Q=&is=REG&A=details

Unexplained error message

Frank Long — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:13:40 EST

I am using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5 Premium, on windows XP SP 3,

Microsoft office 2010

I have had intermittent problems with dragon, and recently uninstalled and reinstalled DNS 11.5.

Dragon was working well for a while, until I got this error message when working in Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Word.

”Your Dragon Naturally Speaking installation is damaged. Please run Set-Up again to repair your installation or contact technical support for assistance”.

After that I got another error message “COM returned an unexpected error code. Details are E_NOTIMPL"

The whole toolbar was greyed out, except for Modes, which was not grey but did not respond, so the only way to close Dragon was to turn off the computer. When I restarted the computer everything worked and has been working since. I have a feeling these problems arise when I have been using Dragon for an extended period.

I have searched unsuccessfully for the second error message in the Nuance knowledgebase.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Input appreciated

PsyMandi — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:24:25 EST

Hi all,

I'm new here, so please forgive me if this question has been asked multiple times. I have not found a thread for this.

I need help figuring out if it is possible to "convert" an MP3, MP4 or .wav file to text. I have been manually transcribing (good old foot pedal version) these files and would really like to free up some time. These are podcasts and class lectures that I have recorded. So the voices are not my own, but multiple people. The audio quality on most is relatively average. I don't mind editing the text, but would like to know if there is a way to save time by uploading the audio file I already have into some software or system. As long as it's relatively reliable, that's probably better than my current system. I have been doing a lot of Google searches lately and it looks like unless it's my own voice I'm out of luck. Does anyone here know of something different?

Thanks so much!

windows 8 DNS Medical 11.5

cyberdoc2 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:51:52 EST

will DNS Medical (latest) 11.5 run under win 8 ?

should I get office 365 vs 2010

Tks

steve bencze

Thoughts and prayers to those around Boston

GDS — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:43:07 EST

Nuance is based in Burlington, MA and I see the Dragon logo at Fenway Park in Boston every night during baseball season. My thoughts and prayers go to all of those affected by today's horrific tragedy in Boston.

Smart phones with voice recognition recommendations?

Kiwikate — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:31:56 EST

Hi, I have RSI in forearms, but need a smartphone. I am a long time blackberry user, have an old model that has the old keyboard and track wheel. Phone is about to give up the ghost, I think, and I wondered if anyone has any recommendations or thoughts about phones that have good speech recognition as well as a decent keyboard? Thanks.

Anyone use "Getting Things Done "productivity system?

brooklyn cabin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:18:35 EST

I have been using the "Getting Things Done" productivity/workflow system by David Allen for a year or so. I find it really helps me stay organized and keep my ideas from wandering away unfinished. But I'm challenged to find a platform that allows me to execute this system without hurting my hands. I can't type and I can't really press more than a few buttons on my iPhone, and I can write for maybe about 15 minutes at a time before I need to stop.

Up until now, I've been using Outlook for email related things, an old-fashioned paper calendar, and a little notebook. I'm now finding that the notebook where I put all my tasks and projects, is becoming too taxing on my hands and arms. Any recommendations for capturing notes and ideas on the go hands-free, as well as any specific organizational tools that you found helpful that are hands-free?

Thanks,
Dan

Lots of Questions! Could Really Use Some Help.

Senspar — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:16:04 EST

I will try to be as brief as possible with this, because there is a lot of info I need to give in order to receive the help necessary!

Basically, I am trying to find a speech to text solution that will work for me. I am in a rather difficult situation in that I am disabled, but the government (United States) refuses to recognize it. I am on my third appeal, but the grounds for dismissal of my disability claim is that all of my medical records disagree with the government doctors findings. This doctor, very literally, didnt even look at me during the single exam (she was staring at the ceiling the entire time, which I still find very strange). She also took no imaging (xrays, MRI, etc). So, despite all medical records showing otherwise, I am not considered disabled.

My issue is that I have severe early onset osteoporosis, which has resulted in breaking my hip (twice in the last year), and several vertabrae in my back along with herniations in other areas. The stress from this has precipitated into epilepsy as well. Obviously, there is a lot more to the story, but to the point;

I am looking for something that I can use without being limited to which software packages I can use it with. The most important being the Adobe Suite (mainly dreamweaver). There is SO much information out there, that even after weeks of study, I still feel completely lost.

I plan on using a programmable pad (Logitech G13) in conjunction with the speech to text software to hopefully bring in some sort of income so I can continue my much needed treatment (we still do not know what is wrong, I am 28). I also am in dire need of income so I can get a service dog. Moving my hands laterally (even the slight movement needed for typing) is very, very painful after about thirty minutes total in one day.

I would also like it to work with things like video games. As far as I know, it seems that the Dragon software is the closest fit, but I cant find anything that says how "open" the software is to being used with programs like Adobe Dreamweaver much less something like Guild Wars 2.

I am hoping to get back to as normal of a life as possible. But, to do so, I need the speech to text software to work with Dreamweaver (I am a website designer, amongst many other hats I wear).

What software is out there that will work with dreamweaver specifically? I plan on using the G13 pad for specific commands and commonly used cuts. For content, I plan on using some type of speech to text software, but cant find any information on how well this will work. I am very comfortable with computers and programming, so even doing something myself isnt too out of the question, as long as I can do it with the speech to text software itself. My limit of typing in one sitting is about the length of this post (roughly five minutes, I type at ~100wpm).

I can answer any questions that are needed to help you help me. Is there anything out there that can fit my needs? I am essentially looking for speech to text software that will simply input what I say into -ANY- text box I select, in ANY program I use. I do not need it to serve the functionality of a mouse, or open programs, or anything like that. Just put what I say into any text box I have selected, regardless of program or software package (though Dreamweaver CS5 is the important one). I am very limited on funds as well, so some multi thousand dollar custom software and system is not possible.

Thank you in advance. And apologies if this seems disjointed, I am trying to cover as much ground as possible!

Graduation project - Translating silence into type

Lyanne — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:53:07 EST

Hi,

My name is Lyanne and I study Graphic Design at the art academy in Utrecht. Currently, i am doing my final exam. For this I started a research on silence and the different effects that silence can have on people.

During my research I discovered that in the typography we currently have, you can not read silence. There are of course comma's, wordspaces, returns, but not much more than that. And that while using silence you can cause many good effects like creating a focuspoint and let people think about what they just have heard or read, this makes them being able to remember and comprehend the person telling the story. The speeches of Obama are a good example of this. He plays his audience with the silences that he drops into his story.

What I would like to do for my graduation project is to make sure that these silences that people use during a speech, also are readable in typography. My question therefore is if its possible to dictate silences. So if, for example, if there is three seconds of silence, I connect these seconds to a character. When you dictate it will turn into a character and therewith can catch the silences in typography.

I allready called someone from AVT who told me I need the DNS profesional software and she also gave me the link of this forum. With the DNS profesional software it should be possible to do this with at least 1 voice. But beside that I really need some help of a programmer, because i have no knowledge of these programs.

Now my question. Can someone tell me more about the possibilities of the program? Is there perhaps somebody who can tell me what to or who can help me doing this?

I really hope anyone can help me further with this project!

Lyanne

L&H Speech Recognition SDK

kbhvw — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:58:13 EST

Hi,

A long time agoo (in a previous life, somewhere in the early 199?) I bought the Belgian Lernout & Hauspie VoiceXPress which worked extremely well for the Dutch language. I also downloaded the free Software Development Kits (SDK) 4.5 and 4.52. I developped different text-to-speech and voice-recognition applications in Visual Basic (VB). The SDK itself (or VB) was very unstable but when it runs it work a 100%. Unfortunately it only operates on Win98.

So I contacted Nuance for a development kit. You have to sign a non-disclosure agreement plus pay a 4500 dollar for the development kit.

I discovered that Virtual PC 2007 supports a virtual Win98 machine and runs well on WinXP/Win7 and Win8. My speech applications also run fairly well on these virtual machines.

Now I would like to (re-)develop the applications in my favourite development language C++ (Borland Builder 5). Using the serial port as a communication channel. So received plain ASCII text received by the comport is spoken out and recognized spoken text is send through the serial port.

Unfortunately the ActiveX interface (to be able to develop in C++) seems not to work as it should. The documentation also is not up to date.

My question is: is anybody else interrested in speech applications, C++ and L&H?

Just let me know,

Thanks

Henk

SimSim : A Low power sunthesizable speech recognition IP Core

pankaj2701 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:39:51 EST

SimSim : A Low power Synthesizable Speech Recognition Core

Speech based MMI (Man Machine Interface) is becoming a reality in everyday devices.
Though the technology has great potential for enhancing user experience, it hasn’t been
able to gain due traction because of heavy processing power requirement and power
consumption.

To address these issues we at 3iLogic-Designs are pleased to introduce
a Synthesizable HW solution for speech recognition. Being an end-to-end solution this
one of a kind IP can offload the entire speech recognition task leaving very little to the host
processor resulting in a very small foot-print and power optimized solution for localized Speech
recognition in embedded systems making truly “Always Listening” systems a reality.

The solution is FPGA proven and is also well suited to make FPGA based speech recognition systems with fast time to market.

We have posted a demo video at youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv9BxklZdes

For more details please visit our website (www.3ilogic-designs.com) or write to us a
info@3ilogic-designs.com for requesting a demo, seeking more information, providing
comments or feedback.

Microsoft SR Macros vs Dragon 12 Premium Macros

Electric Rider — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:36:29 EST

What is the differance between MS SR Macros and Dragon 12 Premium Macros? ( I am using Windows 8)

I want to learn SR and or use macros for voice command in Windows 8.

First, I don't understand the difference on using MS SR or Dragon 12 Premium SR by themselves to voice command the PC or why I would need to use Macros for this at all.

( I assume using Macros is easier or creates a shortcutted streamlined way to set up voice command but I don't know if thats a fact)

That said, If I do need to use Macros, whats the difference between the functionality / limitations between Microsoft's marco's and Dragon 12 premiums macros?

I am looking to set up voice command and incorperate some type of avaitar, be it a chat bot or Rainmeter theme such as the popular Jarvis theme and or have some type of limited AI such as Alice incorperated if possible. I don't know that either MS SR, Dragon 12 Premium or the Macros features of either program can help me with this at all - but I'm on a fact finding mission.

I do not use Knowbrainer software.. don't even know what that is, but I joind here because it said it was the best SR forum on the net.

DNS 12 with Knowbrainer on Encrypted Drive

DavidAZ — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:00:08 EST

Greetings,

I'm curious if anybody has any experience using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 premium and KnowBrainer 2012 revision D where the main system drive, the entire drive is encrypted? Currently, I'm using BitLocker full disk encryption without TPM (using a USB with startup key code). It would also be interested if anybody is using DiskCryptor which does transparent encryption which if I recall correctly engages the upper filters instead of the lower filters.

Reason I am asking is that I installed KnowBrainer 2012 revision D this afternoon and encountered quite a bit more CPU usage than noted with the earlier version of revision B. I was suspicious, so I suspended BitLocker (a feature which is available in the control panel for BitLocker where one can suspend or decrypt the drive) I uninstalled revision D. Rebooted back into the main system drive, suspended firewall and anti-malware activity and Malwarebytes, proceeded to do a repair on Dragon NaturallySpeaking premium 12 SP1, rebooted The noted suspensions above, repaired office installation then rebooted. Reinstalled KnowBrainer 2012 revision D. Unsuspended the BitLocker encryption and I did notice is the CPU out put was back to normal (nominal output) closer to the prior state I had founded after installing KnowBrainer 2012 revision B with BitLocker not suspended.

If anybody else uses encryption noticed anything such as what I'm describing or had any difficulties with encryption disks? Any checklists from anyone using encryption would be appreciated.

Prior to final notation, have also experienced mild hanging with the DNS premium 12 and KnowBrainer 2012 with Malwarebytes installed. This disappeared after I put both program folders in the exclusion section of Malwarebytes.

Postscript, the crucial M4 solid-state drive has provided me with considerable speed gains in both speech recognition processing and video audio etc. stuff that I work on. I suspect anyone with a machine older than two years (even I should have taken my machine into a technician for SSD install) may experience some complications more than what I encountered ( the ACHI drivers for installation) even though I've read in some sections that they're not needed. I would have an expereinced person save me some headache installing the solid-state drive, and not have to do multiple drive reimaging headaches.

Sincerely, David

Is there any way to have a Microsoft Word document set to 100% but still fill the screen?

wheelstb — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:33:15 EST

I've been sending out a lot of resumes and cover letters lately, I am fortunate enough to dictate with a larger monitor so, I need to set the size of the word document to more than 100% so it fills the screen.

However, when I send out the resume or cover letter I don't want the person reviewing them to have to go through the extra step of changing the size. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to make them fill my screen but, still be a reasonable size when someone else opens them?

Airline 77 volume control

kayakingglenn — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:53:06 EST

The instructions that came with my airline 77 are written as if it is set up to an amplifier. I have not touched by volume control since I purchased the unit from knowbrainer. The volume is set vertically about midway through the dial. Is there a way to set the volume while it is hooked up for DNS?

Eneloop Bateries

kayakingglenn — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:51:21 EST

I was wonering how many cycles these batteries are rated for? My Dictation quality seems to be dropping while my airline 77 lites are all lit. When I change batteries the quality seem to peak for a while then it dies down again. Maybe the whole bunch I baught together are expended.

Which browsers do you recommend with DNS?

G555 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:54:43 EST

IE has become increasingly more unstable on my computer lately, therefore I am looking for another browser. I have tried Firefox and Chrome, but neither of them is very easy to use with DNS.

I would appreciate your suggestions.

Carrie

HOMELAND SECURITY WARNING

Lunis Orcutt — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:32:52 EST

When Homeland Security announces an official warning that our computers are at risk, it is something to consider. Apparently there are some major security holes that you can drive a truck through and until Oracle fixes this problem, your Java browser plug-in should be disabled. Click Gizmodo for a step-by-step on disabling the Java plug-in for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.

Before we buy would appreciate your comments.

spider — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:44:22 EST

I am attempting to investigate for my local museum and archives if a speech recognition programme, such as Dragon, would be a useful tool for us to use.

We are gathering a small team of volunteer interviewers to gather the memories of residents in the community who were here in the 70's & 80's. Information our archives are sadly lacking.

I am toying with the thought of having the interviewers tape record the interview and then repeat what is heard on the tape into Dragon, or from notes.

Nuance website is dramatically positive about Dragon, but I am looking for advice here. I understand that it takes time for Dragon to learn a single person's speech patterns. How easy is it for it to unlearn and learn a new voice? Thinking that after 6 months or so we may have some volunteer turnover.

Thinking too of installing on a laptop, for portability, but should it be pc or mac? Currently searching availability of grant money for this community project which if we are succesful would enable us to purchase more Dragon's and laptops. There is a bit of urgency on this as the people we are trying to interview are in their 70's now and many are having to leave the community to be closer to medical services and family.

All your comments, suggestions, how to's, versions, hardware will be most appreciated.

Thank you

Siri, the "Dictation" feature built in to iOS6 and Dragon Dictation app on an iPad

Alan — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:03:54 EST

With Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the advice was always given that one should speak in complete sentences or at least long phrases to capitalize on the program's ability to use context to help decipher what one is saying versus being totally dependent upon just the acoustic model.

Does Siri, Dictation (as built in to iOS6) and the Dragon Dictation app on an iPad all work the same way in that if one can speak in sentences or at least phrases, the recognition accuracy should be better than if one just dictates "word by word" or two or so words at a time? Does Siri, Dictation and the Dragon Dictation app use a language model that considers context in addition to just the acoustic model?

Voice-activated TV Remote Controls

Gary — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:04:50 EST

I have PPMS and my hands have got to the point where where I don't think I'll be able to operate a TV remote control within the next 6 months.
As I only watch TV when I go to bed at night until I fall asleep, has anyone ever come across a TV remote with voice recognition please?
I'm worried that without this I'm going to be staring at the ceiling for hours until I fall asleep in the years to come!

Dragon 360 Medical - RDP/Terminal Services

rslivka — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:48:30 EST

I would like to allow users to use Dragon Medical through terminal services, rather than local installs. I am currently running into a user ini mapping issue when I try to set it up on Server 2008. All users logging in will be using one set of ini files, and with eventually 300+ users I want them to be able to view only their profile when opening Dragon and to a group specific data dist directory.

I know that Dragon 360 medical uses LDAP to direct a user to their own profile, and makes optimization and backups possible without locking a profile. So this seems like it would be a good fit.

Has anyone used Medical 360 with Terminal Services, and can give me some feedback on the result? Or any feedback on Medical 360 in general would be great too.

Any help is much appreciated.

A couple of good websites with information about gaming for disabled people.

wheelstb — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:39:40 EST

I found the sites to be pretty helpful. They have information on one-handed controllers and things of that nature

http://www.disabled-world.com/entertainment/games/gaming-controls.php

GameBase.info

http://benheck.com/store

I know it's not related to speak recognition software but I do think a lot of people who use this form could benefit from some of the products.

Error message in Dragon Medical Enterprise Network Edition 10.1

stonewalljaxn — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:58:43 EST

Recently tried to log in to DMENE and got the following error:

COM returned an unexpected error code: Details are DHNEER_ROAMING_MASTER_LOCK_EXISTS

Anybody got a solution?

One for Chucker

TeeSa — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:38:59 EST

We've been told since forever that humanoid accuracy in VR was imminent. With quad cores and the like the Singularity surely can't be far off. Before forums as this likely are redundant could you clear up something which has long perplexed me.

I regard the original Dragon Dictate (Windows) as, in its time and place, the most powerful program written. Ignoring specific applications and mind -sets what I mean is, it touched humanity's consciousness.
The strongpoint was the underlying scripting language. However this contained a 'flaw'. The 'Listenfromgroup' command did not natively implement itself. It required a workaround. Even more oddly, even though there may have been a technical solution, my own solution came about through sheer tenacity. Countless computers ALWAYS required the same procedure. When implemented however its effect was transformational. I even used it to 'cull' potential VR candidates because as I'm sure you and others realise not everyone's style suits voice.

The question remains. Why did Dragon (the Bakers?) nobble such a powerful feature -or did they have a vendetta against Oceanic Australia?

Thnx in anticipation. PS: I realise the deal of effort that you and others invested in the 'advancement' of Naturally Speaking. Please regard me as an elderly relative locked in the past (you likely do anyhow) and humour me. Resist the temptation to digress into areas (like continuous speech) obviously beyond my ken.

An electric fishing reel that seems like it would be a big help for disabled people.

wheelstb — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:14:21 EST

I am in no way affiliated with this company. I just know it is something that I have been looking for for a while and I think other people could probably benefit as well.

http://www.powerfishn.com/

Recording without a microphone attached

Bruce — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:46:53 EST

I was able to dictate into DNS 12, but with many mistakes. When I went Audio check I noticed the microphone I was using was switched to off. It was a Andrea ANC-600. The only other thing that could be associated with sound was speakers. I am using a Lenovo desktop computer. I am curious.

Bruce

Job search tips for someone in a wheelchair?

wheelstb — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:43:52 EST

I recently graduated from a state university last August. I started my job search last November. I use a power wheelchair and Dragon NaturallySpeaking to avoid typing. Those are the only accommodation/different things I would need when compared to the typical job searcher.

I have had a few decent interviews and some interviews I would call "interesting" I can't say for certain that my wheelchair had anything to do with it but, I can't say for certain that it didn't either.

I would appreciate any job advice Anyone Would Be Able to Throw My Way. Whether It Be Looking for a Job with a Disability, Dealing with a Disability or looking for a job in general.

I am able to drive myself but I am not the most experienced driver so I am trying to stay somewhat close to home. I live in a fairly large suburb of St. Louis.

Dictating in Word with pre-existing templates

dbl00buk — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 21:55:50 EST

In my job I have pre-existing templates in Word which I have to fill in with text.
I'm somewhat new to Dragon but have read and researched to try to dictate text into these templates with Dragon. It seems that text will not enter as I'm dictating. Is there a step I missed somewhere? If there is information on this topic I would appreciate any help.

Want to use Dragon dictate with a cell phone that will not eat up my data plan.

wheelstb — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:38:51 EST

Currently I have an old school phone. I am looking to upgrade to a smartphone. I really don't like Apple products. (Just a personal thing.)

I know that some versions of Dragon dictate will eat up your data plan by sending your dictation out to the server to be transcribed.

I also want to try and get a phone that would allow for a large amount of hacking and customization. I'm thinking the android operating system would be a good choice but I'm not sure if the Dragon application is even available for android.

I'm a complete cell phone novice so I might be completely wrong. I will appreciate any input.

DMPE 11 on Remote Desktop Server Windows 2008 R2

jpornebo — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:01:34 EST

I've installed DMPE 11 on a Windows 2008 R2 Standard on Terminal Server mode (Remote Desktop). As I peruse around the possible menus I stumbled upon an error whenever I click on "Read text to improve accuracy":

"The program can't start because ctxsmcapi.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."

I attempted to google ctxsmcapi.dll but could not get relevant results but only about from Citrix's SDK installation has this dll file when installed.

Now, I don;t use Citrix, this is pure Windows with Remote Desktop services enabled. Why is DMPE complaining about a Citrix component ? Is it because their (DMPE) developer was using their DMPE installation on a Citrix Terminal server (instead of Windows native Terminal server) and has compiled DMPE 11 with it ?

Has anyone seen this problem before ? Please let me know.

TNX.

Jojo Pornebo

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Nitro pro PDF scrollbar too narrow

takenaback — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:18:37 EST

I have Nitro Pro PDF editor installed and I really like it apart from the fact the vertical scrollbar is too narrow which makes it difficult for my disability. I haven't been able to find settings to make it wider so I was wondering whether one of you geniuses may have an answer?

Cheers
Steve

Speech processing & recognition

chercheur12 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:18:55 EST

Hello,

I am a first year phd student ,I hold a master degree in computing,preparing a thesis on speech processing & recognition.

I would need help on how to get the required information to make publications and how and where to submit my papers, and also to know and select which conferences are important for me .

Thank you so much

A new Speech Recognition Program

scotmckenzi — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:20:16 EST

Hi Guys,

I have discovered a captioning program with speech recognition support.

I think it recognizes as accurately as youtube does, or maybe better.

I thought you might be interested.

voxcribe.com

voice power

cjbob — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:41:40 EST

Is anybody using voice power? Being extremely severely disabled, I'm always looking for every edge I can get. From reading their claims on their website, it looks like a home version for $99 might be worth it. They told me many of their users are also using knowbrainer successfully.

Any feedback would be most welcome and helpful.

Thanks,

Bob

PDF Converter Professional 8

Jomark — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 07:56:49 EST

New version is supposed to be DNS friendly.

What are the advantages over the previous version PDF Converter Professional 7?

what if... you have done all to gain speed, but still struggle?

LePecheur — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:23:31 EST

What if... you have an i5 processor, you have 8 GB memory, you defrag regularly, you clean all the garbage in your computer with Ccleaner, you have an excellent microphone, you have an excellent soundcard, you treated the registry to enhance your laptops performance/response time, and then...your system stutters...Dragon stops flying. Now, I know that there may be and myriad of issues that could occur, but... unless you would need to do a reinstall, what is the most logical solution to prevent your computer still hangs every other second and still stutters? Too many tweaks? Dragon takes over 400 MB (!), Outlook another 250, IE takes 200...it all used to work well, and now it does not anymore.

Canadian Dictionary

Nelson — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:14:21 EST

With each rendition of DNS, I am forced to choose between deploying the available dictionaries (U.S., British or Australian) since Nuance does not offer a Canadian dictionary. At times this is very frustrating and if you get too possessed about the preferred language to be used a lot of time could be spent correcting the language used or creating the changes in the Vocabulary Editor. For example, if I wanted to dictate "labour" it gets dictated as "labor". There are many, many diferences in the U.S. language model chosen and how a Canadian dictionary, if one existed, would dictate the word. Is anyone aware of any third party software that would add a Canadian dictionary to DNS?

Tablets: Dragon (dictate?), Or styluses

rsikam — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:04:40 EST

(I did search for this on KB, I thought it would be in one of the forums!)

I Google searched for "best tablets with voice recognition", etc. for a while, with mixed results, mostly no clear results.

I find especially this summer, I'm going to need portability on a computer, but I can't even text without arm consequences.

My guess is that the best speech recognition out there is some app (android being the best?) where you dictate into a box and then you have to transfer it over.

I also researched, or tried to, "best styluses with tablets". Nothing really clear there either. My fear is that with a lot of tapping on the screen, no, I won't be able to use it. Like, I read on here somewhere, the technology hasn't caught up yet. :-O

Thanks

Website for sale

Dragonuser76 — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:29:24 EST

Hi,

Some recent events have caused me to strongly consider putting up my website (

Disabled Online) and all of its entities for sale. If anyone wishes to inquire further detail, please PM me.

Thanks,

Jay

Voice memo database?

chris1969 — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:31:05 EST

Hello everyone

Please forgive what is probably a very basic question. I'm an amateur vegetable gardener and I'd like to have the capacity to record voice memos, tag them, and then retrieve them by speaking the tag into speech recognition software.

For example I might record a memo which records what I need to plant in May. I would then speak 'Plant May' into the software and it would automatically retrive and replay the relevant memo.

Is there any software which enables me to do this. Ideally I would like to use it on my iPhone, but my PC would do. I have the most basic Dragon dictation software on my iPhone which I find reasonably easy to use, but it doesn't have this sort of save and retrieve capacity.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Chris

Voice memo database?

chris1969 — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:44:56 EST

Hello everyone

For example I might record a memo which records what I need to plant in May. I would then speak 'Plant May' into the software and it would automatically retrive and replay the relevant memo.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Chris

Cannot reinstall KB2011 after virus removal

djbman — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:58:27 EST

After my laptop picked up a nasty virus while I was it in the hospital (ironic, I know) the geek squad at Best Buy "fixed" it for me. Since then I've been unable to use KnowBrainer. KB2011 seems to launch okay but whenever I tried to use a feature beyond DNS (such as "down 4" instead of "move down 4&rdquo I received this message:

Run-Time error '429': ActiveX component cannot create object

I learned the geek squad had installed and uninstalled Google Chrome and did a little research. I discovered uninstalling Google Chrome has a history of removing files, so I reinstalled Google chrome. I no longer get a runtime error, but KB still does not work. I've tried System Restore & uninstalling and installing the KB program a couple of times but doesn't help. I also learned this error sometimes occurred with KB2008 and Windows XP. This is strange since I am not using either. Any suggestions?

Separate Dictionary?

Rapier — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:19:15 EST

I want to enter single letters and single numbers.

Can I add/create a second/alternate dictionary that would be permanent for this purpose?

A-Z

0-9

IE9 crashes every time I try to open any PDF file online

Askeladden2007 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:31:22 EST

This computer was delivered with Nuance PDF reader. It works fine when I open PDF files on my computer. However, every time I try to open a PDF file online, Internet Explorer nine stops working. Typical example I wanted to read the NaturallySpeaking quick tips document on the top of the page here.

I have used this PDF reader for several years without any problems. I bought this computer at the beginning of this year and was happy it was delivered with a PDF reader I prefer. Unfortunately I have problems when I want to open a PDF file from the Internet.

Any advise would be appreciated!

Mosken

I want to learn how to automate some processes.

cjbob — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:44:15 EST

I've been using KnowBrainer to customize commands if I need something special so long I can't remember anything about using DNS professional scripting which I was struggling to learn because I didn't know of knowbrainer yet. I'm guessing if I want to create macros that will interact between websites and data on my computer, I should get a professional version and get to learning?

Could someone explain the main differences between the two, advantages and disadvantages, etc.? Does anyone know of any good tutorials on learning either? Videos preferably.

Thanks,
Bob

special so long I can't remember anything about using DNS professional scripting

Pressing specific keys

Woody — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:26:10 EST

I have looked up keyboard shortcuts which are very useful but many of them require the user to press the Windows key in conjunction with one or more keys. So I'm looking for a voice command to press that key using DNS 10.1 Professional.

Also, I have a Toshiba satellite laptop and it has several keys on the keyboard for useful functions such as muting sound and I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is any way to "train" DNS to press these keys verbally.