[Hidden-tech] Converting audio to text...

[Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography]

this is the app i was talking about and it works great... highly recommend:
http://www.nuancemobilelife.com/applications.html

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On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Jan Werner <jwerner at jwdp.com> wrote:

>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
> For relatively short audio files, you could try sending them to a Google
> Voice account as voicemail and retrieve the text transcriptions.
>
> What you want is not what GV was designed for, but its voice to text
> feature seems no worse than most of the high-priced commercial voice
> transcription products, and it's free.
>
> Jan Werner
> ______________
>
> Mark Firehammer wrote:
> >     ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's
> area.
> >     ** If you did, we all thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > HI David,
> >
> > Dragon /*will not do*/ what you have described /*unless */the audio file
> > was created with Dragon transcription in mind.
> > Dragon is utterance based rather than word based like the technology in
> > cars and automated telephone operator systems.
> > *
> > *It recognizes one voice that follows the guidelines for dictation;
> >
> >    1. Long utterances (10 words or more for best accuracy)
> >          1. It knows word forms based on the context given by 5 words
> >             before and 5 words after every word. i.e. bear or bare
> >    2. Spoken by same voice trained in the users profile. You can have
> >       multiple profiles.
> >    3. Clearly articulated, including punctuation commands (for best
> >       results).
> >          1. It will auto punctuate but only when spoken properly with
> >             pauses only where sentences end.
> >
> >
> > To transcribe successfully you'd also need to have followed these
> > guidelines:
> >
> >    1. One voice (no groups) that is the voice the specific Dragon
> >       profile has been trained to recognize.
> >    2. Recorded with a device that produces audio files that are
> >       compatible with Dragon. (proper File type and audio bandwidth)
> >    3. No background noise. A noise cancelling mic that is on the
> >       compatible hardware list is highly recommended.
> >
> >
> > *My advice is don't buy it for the reason you have stated. *
> >
> > I've been a Dragon user for for 10 plus years and can't live without
> > it!  Half the people who try Dragon end up disappointed simply because
> > they expected something from Dragon that it isn't at all meant to do.
> > This is quite tragic given the productivity boost it represents for
> > certain people when used properly.
> >
> > Mark Firehammer
> >
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> > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:43 PM, David F. Farkas <david at farkas.com
> > <mailto:david at farkas.com>> wrote:
> >
> >        ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the
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> >
> >
> >     Hi Mavens...
> >
> >     Thanx for all the input on boosting the audio for video files.
> >     Here's another question...
> >
> >     Nuance is offering me a deal on Dragon Naturally Speaking. The only
> >     feature I would really use is converting audio files (e.g. and MP3)
> >     to text.
> >
> >     Before I buy that I figured I'd ask if there is another free or
> >     cheaper app for doing that conversion. I'm on a PC running Win XP.
> >
> >     Thanx so much
> >     David
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