This document provides information about speech recognition software and its potential benefits for students. It discusses how speech recognition works by translating spoken words to text. Using dictation could improve writing for students with learning disabilities by removing barriers from mechanical issues. Speech recognition may support writing quality by removing motor demands and increasing productivity. It also allows access for students unable to use a keyboard. While consistency is important, speech does not need to be perfect. Speech recognition requires cognitive skills and works best for students reading at a third grade level or higher. The document reviews various speech recognition programs and considerations for training and use.
This document discusses speech recognition technology. It begins by defining speech recognition as the process of converting spoken words to text. It then discusses some key companies in the space, including Nuance Communications which was founded in 1994 as a spinoff from SRI to commercialize speech recognition technology. The document also outlines some features and applications of Dragon speech recognition software, as well as limitations, opportunities, and the future of speech recognition technology.
This report provides an overview of speech recognition technology, including how speech recognition systems work, common applications, and future uses. It discusses key concepts such as utterances, pronunciation, grammar, accuracy, and training. The report also examines speech recognition software and provides examples of free and commercial speech recognition programs. Overall, the report finds that speech recognition has various applications in fields like education, healthcare, gaming, and more, and the technology is expected to continue advancing to support additional future applications.
Speech recognition systems face challenges related to accuracy, responsiveness, performance, reliability, and fault tolerance. Accuracy can be impacted by audio quality and talk-over problems, which require solutions like echo cancellation and barge-in. Responsiveness requires delayed recognition to avoid processing before resources are ready. Performance issues stem from large grammar sizes and collisions, addressed through optimization and special tokens. Reliability over long periods requires automated testing and drive tests. Fault tolerance involves modular system design that allows restarting components without affecting others.
Voice input and speech recognition system in tourism/social mediacidroypaes
Voice input devices allow users to input data or commands using speech instead of other input methods like keyboards. Some voice input devices recognize words from a predefined vocabulary while others need to be trained for a specific speaker. When a word is spoken, the matching input is displayed on screen for verification.
Speech recognition is the process of converting spoken language to text using computer programs. It draws from linguistics, computer science, and electrical engineering. Applications include voice assistants, dictation software, call routing, and more. Accuracy depends on factors like vocabulary size, presence of similar sounding words, whether the system is designed for one speaker or many, and whether speech is isolated, connected or continuous.
This document provides an overview of speech recognition technology. It defines speech recognition as the ability to translate spoken words to text. The key components of a speech recognition system include an audio input, grammar, speech recognition engine, acoustic model, and recognized text output. The speech recognition engine uses the acoustic model and grammar to analyze the audio input and return recognized text. Applications of speech recognition include dictation, data entry, and assisting individuals with disabilities. While speech recognition technology has advanced, challenges remain around digitization of speech, signal processing, and accurately recognizing different speakers. The future of assistive technology using speech recognition in education looks promising.
This document provides an overview of speech recognition technology. It defines key terms like utterances, pronunciation, and grammar. It describes how speech recognition works by explaining the acoustic model, grammar, and recognized text. It also discusses standards, performance measurement, and provides an example of Google Search by Voice.
Speech recognition systems convert spoken words to text in real-time. They are used in dictation software and intelligent assistants. Design challenges include background noise, accent variations, and speed of speech. Speaker dependent systems recognize one voice, while speaker independent systems recognize any voice without training. Speech is broken into phonemes and a hidden Markov model identifies phonemes and language models recognize words. Components include signal analysis, acoustic and language models. Applications include healthcare, military, phones, and personal computers. Siri and Google Now are examples of intelligent assistants using these techniques.
This document discusses speech recognition technology. It begins by defining speech recognition as the process of converting spoken words to text. It then discusses some key companies in the space, including Nuance Communications which was founded in 1994 as a spinoff from SRI to commercialize speech recognition technology. The document also outlines some features and applications of Dragon speech recognition software, as well as limitations, opportunities, and the future of speech recognition technology.
This report provides an overview of speech recognition technology, including how speech recognition systems work, common applications, and future uses. It discusses key concepts such as utterances, pronunciation, grammar, accuracy, and training. The report also examines speech recognition software and provides examples of free and commercial speech recognition programs. Overall, the report finds that speech recognition has various applications in fields like education, healthcare, gaming, and more, and the technology is expected to continue advancing to support additional future applications.
Speech recognition systems face challenges related to accuracy, responsiveness, performance, reliability, and fault tolerance. Accuracy can be impacted by audio quality and talk-over problems, which require solutions like echo cancellation and barge-in. Responsiveness requires delayed recognition to avoid processing before resources are ready. Performance issues stem from large grammar sizes and collisions, addressed through optimization and special tokens. Reliability over long periods requires automated testing and drive tests. Fault tolerance involves modular system design that allows restarting components without affecting others.
Voice input and speech recognition system in tourism/social mediacidroypaes
Voice input devices allow users to input data or commands using speech instead of other input methods like keyboards. Some voice input devices recognize words from a predefined vocabulary while others need to be trained for a specific speaker. When a word is spoken, the matching input is displayed on screen for verification.
Speech recognition is the process of converting spoken language to text using computer programs. It draws from linguistics, computer science, and electrical engineering. Applications include voice assistants, dictation software, call routing, and more. Accuracy depends on factors like vocabulary size, presence of similar sounding words, whether the system is designed for one speaker or many, and whether speech is isolated, connected or continuous.
This document provides an overview of speech recognition technology. It defines speech recognition as the ability to translate spoken words to text. The key components of a speech recognition system include an audio input, grammar, speech recognition engine, acoustic model, and recognized text output. The speech recognition engine uses the acoustic model and grammar to analyze the audio input and return recognized text. Applications of speech recognition include dictation, data entry, and assisting individuals with disabilities. While speech recognition technology has advanced, challenges remain around digitization of speech, signal processing, and accurately recognizing different speakers. The future of assistive technology using speech recognition in education looks promising.
This document provides an overview of speech recognition technology. It defines key terms like utterances, pronunciation, and grammar. It describes how speech recognition works by explaining the acoustic model, grammar, and recognized text. It also discusses standards, performance measurement, and provides an example of Google Search by Voice.
Speech recognition systems convert spoken words to text in real-time. They are used in dictation software and intelligent assistants. Design challenges include background noise, accent variations, and speed of speech. Speaker dependent systems recognize one voice, while speaker independent systems recognize any voice without training. Speech is broken into phonemes and a hidden Markov model identifies phonemes and language models recognize words. Components include signal analysis, acoustic and language models. Applications include healthcare, military, phones, and personal computers. Siri and Google Now are examples of intelligent assistants using these techniques.
Speech Recognition in Artificail InteligenceIlhaan Marwat
Speech recognition, also known as automatic speech recognition, allows a computer to understand human voice commands. It works by converting analog audio to digital signals, separating speech from background noise, and analyzing phonetic patterns to recognize words. There are two main types - speaker-dependent software requires training a user's voice, while speaker-independent software can recognize any voice without training but is generally less accurate. Speech recognition has applications in fields like military operations, navigation systems, radiology, and call centers. It offers advantages for people with disabilities but also faces challenges from variations in human speech and filtering noise. The technology continues to improve with advances in processing power and algorithms.
The document is a seminar report on speech recognition that discusses how speech recognition technology works. It explains that speech recognition systems convert spoken words to electrical signals, break the words down into phonemes, and then match the phonemes to character combinations to output text. The document provides background on speech recognition, covering how the human vocal system produces speech sounds and how early systems from the 1960s aimed to recognize speech, though technology is still being improved.
This is a ppt on speech recognition system or automated speech recognition system. I hope that it would be helpful for all the people searching for a presentation on this technology
Speech recognition, also known as voice recognition, allows a user to control systems and enter text through speaking. It works by converting analog audio of spoken words to digital signals, then using acoustic and language models to analyze phonemes and context of words. Recent improvements have increased accuracy rates and compatibility. Current popular software options include Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Philips FreeSpeech, IBM ViaVoice, and Lernout & Hauspie Voice Xpress, with Dragon generally performing best according to reviews. The future of speech recognition is expected to include more seamless speech-based user interfaces and command/control capabilities.
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Complete power point presentation on SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.
Very helpful for final year students for their seminar.
One can use this presentation as their final year seminar.
Speech Recognition is a very interesting topic for seminar.
Hugo Moreno discusses speech recognition and its applications in control. Speech recognition is the process of converting speech signals to sequences of words through computer algorithms. It involves feature extraction from speech and matching patterns to vocabularies. Speech recognition can be used for applications like elevator control, robot control, translation, stress monitoring, and hands-free computing. It provides an acceptable level of accuracy but improving accuracy reduces speed. Speech recognition involves matching voice patterns to acquire or provide vocabularies.
The document discusses voice recognition using MatLab. It introduces voice recognition as the process of converting acoustic signals to words. Voice recognition can be used for transcription, command and control, and information access. It discusses the principles and methods of voice recognition, including text-dependent and text-independent approaches. The document outlines the key components of a voice recognition system, including feature extraction using mel-frequency cepstrum coefficients (MFCC), recognition models, and applications like device control and mobile phones. It also reviews the advantages, limitations, and future of voice recognition technology.
This power-point presentation contains 45 slides. It describes SR system (a brief intro), what are the applications, the biological architecture of human speech recognition vs machine architecture, recognition process, flow summery of recognition process and the approaches to the SRS. All this is described in the first few slides (the first part, let's say), after that, this presentation describes the evolution process of SRS through the decades (the middle part), and at the last this presentation describes the machine learning approach in SRS. How neural net enhance the efficiency of a SRS.
This report looks at the patenting activity around voice control of mobile devices and also captures key litigations and NPE’s operating in this area. Patents were categorized as per key algorithms and application areas and analyzed for generating different trends within PatSeer Project.
Our speech to text conversion project aims to help the nearly 20% of people worldwide with disabilities by allowing them to control their computer and share information using only their voice. The system uses acoustic and language models with a speech engine to recognize speech and convert it to text. It can perform operations like opening calculator and wordpad. Speech recognition has applications in areas like cars, healthcare, education and daily life. Accuracy depends on factors like vocabulary size, speaker dependence, and speech type (isolated, continuous). The system aims to improve accessibility while reducing costs.
The document discusses voice recognition systems and their key components. It describes:
1) Sphinx, an open source tool used for speech recognition that uses Hidden Markov Models and applies feature extraction, language modeling, and acoustic modeling.
2) The CMU lexical access system which hypothesizes words from a phonetic dictionary using syllable anchors.
3) Key parts of speech recognition systems including feature extraction, acoustic modeling, language modeling, and the use of HMMs to match features to models.
This document discusses speech recognition systems and their components. It explains that speech recognition systems involve breaking speech into small sound segments called monophones. They also use grammar and vocabulary files which are compiled into dictionary and finite automata files for execution. The document discusses speaker-dependent, speaker-independent, and speaker-adaptive systems. It also describes isolated word, connected word, and continuous speech recognition. Finally, it provides a high-level overview of the speech to text conversion process.
Voice recognition software allows users to control their smartphones using voice commands instead of the touchscreen. Popular examples are Siri and Google Now. The document discusses the common functions of Siri and Google Now such as making calls, sending messages, setting reminders and alarms. It then compares the two in areas like voice recognition, speed, searching capabilities, and music identification. Both have advantages like convenience and saving time, as well as disadvantages like inability to always recognize commands accurately. A survey is presented that gauges user experiences with voice recognition software and their views on advantages and disadvantages.
This presentation was delivered to a "Web Enabled Business" class at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. The topic is speech recognition technology, and the presentation covers its origins, how it works, issues, latest trends and future opportunities.
Esophageal Speech Recognition using Artificial Neural Network (ANN)Saibur Rahman
Esophageal Speech Recognition using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). In our presentation shows that how to recognize normal speech and Esophageal speech using ANN. We compared our method with other methods and show that our method is better then other method.
Speech recognition, also known as automatic speech recognition or computer speech recognition, allows computers to understand human voice. It has various applications such as dictation, system control/navigation, and commercial/industrial uses. The process involves converting analog audio of speech into digital format, then using acoustic and language models to analyze the speech and output text. There are two main types: speaker-dependent which requires training a model for each user, and speaker-independent which can recognize any voice without training. Accuracy is improving over time as technology advances.
Speech recognition technology allows users to communicate through spoken commands. It works by converting acoustic speech signals captured by a microphone into text. There are two main types of speech models - speaker independent models that can recognize many people, and speaker dependent models customized for a single person. The speech recognition process involves an audio input being digitized, then broken down into phonemes which are statistically modeled and matched to words in a grammar according to a dictionary to output recognized text.
Also known as automatic speech recognition or computer speech recognition which means understanding voice by the computer and performing any required task.
Medical Transcription is a process of converting physician dictated audio into text format. Physician dictation would include any type of medical treatment, procedure, diagnosis etc.
These documents should be recorded into patient’s permanent medical record.
This document discusses different methods for creating patient records, including handwriting, dictation, structured data entry using electronic medical records (EMRs), and speech recognition technologies. It notes that while EMRs have advantages, direct data entry by physicians is time-consuming. Dictation allows physicians to focus on patients rather than documentation and is the most efficient method. Outsourcing transcription to a medical transcription service can save costs compared to in-house transcription or physicians directly entering notes. The document promotes the services offered by TranScribe Medical Transcription.
Speech Recognition in Artificail InteligenceIlhaan Marwat
Speech recognition, also known as automatic speech recognition, allows a computer to understand human voice commands. It works by converting analog audio to digital signals, separating speech from background noise, and analyzing phonetic patterns to recognize words. There are two main types - speaker-dependent software requires training a user's voice, while speaker-independent software can recognize any voice without training but is generally less accurate. Speech recognition has applications in fields like military operations, navigation systems, radiology, and call centers. It offers advantages for people with disabilities but also faces challenges from variations in human speech and filtering noise. The technology continues to improve with advances in processing power and algorithms.
The document is a seminar report on speech recognition that discusses how speech recognition technology works. It explains that speech recognition systems convert spoken words to electrical signals, break the words down into phonemes, and then match the phonemes to character combinations to output text. The document provides background on speech recognition, covering how the human vocal system produces speech sounds and how early systems from the 1960s aimed to recognize speech, though technology is still being improved.
This is a ppt on speech recognition system or automated speech recognition system. I hope that it would be helpful for all the people searching for a presentation on this technology
Speech recognition, also known as voice recognition, allows a user to control systems and enter text through speaking. It works by converting analog audio of spoken words to digital signals, then using acoustic and language models to analyze phonemes and context of words. Recent improvements have increased accuracy rates and compatibility. Current popular software options include Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Philips FreeSpeech, IBM ViaVoice, and Lernout & Hauspie Voice Xpress, with Dragon generally performing best according to reviews. The future of speech recognition is expected to include more seamless speech-based user interfaces and command/control capabilities.
speech recognition,History of speech recognition,what is speech recognition,Voice recognition software , Advantages and Disadvantages speech recognition, voice recognition,Voice recognition in operating systems ,Types of speech recognition
Complete power point presentation on SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.
Very helpful for final year students for their seminar.
One can use this presentation as their final year seminar.
Speech Recognition is a very interesting topic for seminar.
Hugo Moreno discusses speech recognition and its applications in control. Speech recognition is the process of converting speech signals to sequences of words through computer algorithms. It involves feature extraction from speech and matching patterns to vocabularies. Speech recognition can be used for applications like elevator control, robot control, translation, stress monitoring, and hands-free computing. It provides an acceptable level of accuracy but improving accuracy reduces speed. Speech recognition involves matching voice patterns to acquire or provide vocabularies.
The document discusses voice recognition using MatLab. It introduces voice recognition as the process of converting acoustic signals to words. Voice recognition can be used for transcription, command and control, and information access. It discusses the principles and methods of voice recognition, including text-dependent and text-independent approaches. The document outlines the key components of a voice recognition system, including feature extraction using mel-frequency cepstrum coefficients (MFCC), recognition models, and applications like device control and mobile phones. It also reviews the advantages, limitations, and future of voice recognition technology.
This power-point presentation contains 45 slides. It describes SR system (a brief intro), what are the applications, the biological architecture of human speech recognition vs machine architecture, recognition process, flow summery of recognition process and the approaches to the SRS. All this is described in the first few slides (the first part, let's say), after that, this presentation describes the evolution process of SRS through the decades (the middle part), and at the last this presentation describes the machine learning approach in SRS. How neural net enhance the efficiency of a SRS.
This report looks at the patenting activity around voice control of mobile devices and also captures key litigations and NPE’s operating in this area. Patents were categorized as per key algorithms and application areas and analyzed for generating different trends within PatSeer Project.
Our speech to text conversion project aims to help the nearly 20% of people worldwide with disabilities by allowing them to control their computer and share information using only their voice. The system uses acoustic and language models with a speech engine to recognize speech and convert it to text. It can perform operations like opening calculator and wordpad. Speech recognition has applications in areas like cars, healthcare, education and daily life. Accuracy depends on factors like vocabulary size, speaker dependence, and speech type (isolated, continuous). The system aims to improve accessibility while reducing costs.
The document discusses voice recognition systems and their key components. It describes:
1) Sphinx, an open source tool used for speech recognition that uses Hidden Markov Models and applies feature extraction, language modeling, and acoustic modeling.
2) The CMU lexical access system which hypothesizes words from a phonetic dictionary using syllable anchors.
3) Key parts of speech recognition systems including feature extraction, acoustic modeling, language modeling, and the use of HMMs to match features to models.
This document discusses speech recognition systems and their components. It explains that speech recognition systems involve breaking speech into small sound segments called monophones. They also use grammar and vocabulary files which are compiled into dictionary and finite automata files for execution. The document discusses speaker-dependent, speaker-independent, and speaker-adaptive systems. It also describes isolated word, connected word, and continuous speech recognition. Finally, it provides a high-level overview of the speech to text conversion process.
Voice recognition software allows users to control their smartphones using voice commands instead of the touchscreen. Popular examples are Siri and Google Now. The document discusses the common functions of Siri and Google Now such as making calls, sending messages, setting reminders and alarms. It then compares the two in areas like voice recognition, speed, searching capabilities, and music identification. Both have advantages like convenience and saving time, as well as disadvantages like inability to always recognize commands accurately. A survey is presented that gauges user experiences with voice recognition software and their views on advantages and disadvantages.
This presentation was delivered to a "Web Enabled Business" class at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. The topic is speech recognition technology, and the presentation covers its origins, how it works, issues, latest trends and future opportunities.
Esophageal Speech Recognition using Artificial Neural Network (ANN)Saibur Rahman
Esophageal Speech Recognition using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). In our presentation shows that how to recognize normal speech and Esophageal speech using ANN. We compared our method with other methods and show that our method is better then other method.
Speech recognition, also known as automatic speech recognition or computer speech recognition, allows computers to understand human voice. It has various applications such as dictation, system control/navigation, and commercial/industrial uses. The process involves converting analog audio of speech into digital format, then using acoustic and language models to analyze the speech and output text. There are two main types: speaker-dependent which requires training a model for each user, and speaker-independent which can recognize any voice without training. Accuracy is improving over time as technology advances.
Speech recognition technology allows users to communicate through spoken commands. It works by converting acoustic speech signals captured by a microphone into text. There are two main types of speech models - speaker independent models that can recognize many people, and speaker dependent models customized for a single person. The speech recognition process involves an audio input being digitized, then broken down into phonemes which are statistically modeled and matched to words in a grammar according to a dictionary to output recognized text.
Also known as automatic speech recognition or computer speech recognition which means understanding voice by the computer and performing any required task.
Medical Transcription is a process of converting physician dictated audio into text format. Physician dictation would include any type of medical treatment, procedure, diagnosis etc.
These documents should be recorded into patient’s permanent medical record.
This document discusses different methods for creating patient records, including handwriting, dictation, structured data entry using electronic medical records (EMRs), and speech recognition technologies. It notes that while EMRs have advantages, direct data entry by physicians is time-consuming. Dictation allows physicians to focus on patients rather than documentation and is the most efficient method. Outsourcing transcription to a medical transcription service can save costs compared to in-house transcription or physicians directly entering notes. The document promotes the services offered by TranScribe Medical Transcription.
The Impact of Duplicate Medical Records and Overlays on the Healthcare Industry RightPatient®
Duplicate medical records and overlays continue to be two pressing issues for the healthcare industry as we usher in the age of electronic medical records, health information exchanges, and integrated delivery networks. Although these two issues can seriously jeopardize patient safety, increase the likelihood of unnecessary treatments and a misdiagnosis, raise the cost of care, and have a detrimental effect on the revenue cycle for medical facilities, they are different in size and scope and until only recently, have not been getting the attention they deserve from C-level executives.
Healthcare and similar industries have stringent regulations and requirements when managing patient records and documents. Learn how you should handle these files and the proper ways to destroy them when their retention periods are up. For additional information, check out www.shrednations.com.
MediTrans is a medical transcription business model that breaks transcription work into discrete microtasks suitable for mobile workers. Physicians' patient audio recordings, typically 2-5 minutes long, are distributed to microworkers who transcribe them into text format. The transcripts are quality checked and collated by patient before being returned to the client in digital format. Microworkers can earn $0.20-$1 per minute of transcription, providing an opportunity to earn $6-24 per month. The model leverages the large network of mobile workers while addressing challenges like quality control and medical terminology requirements.
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Translation and Transcription Process System information. Medical Transcription Service Company. Affordable transcription and accurate translation services
Medical transcription involves translating oral dictation into written medical records. It serves to document patient care and facilitate healthcare services. Physicians verbally dictate notes which transcriptionists transcribe to save time. Training for medical transcription involves extensive study of medical terminology and body systems. The field provides accurate documentation of patient histories but faces challenges regarding available trained professionals and competitive salaries.
Voice & Speech Recognition Technology in HealthcareCaroline Macleod
Can Hands-Free Voice/Speech Recognition in Home Care, Care Homes and Community settings bridge the gap between increased clinical efficiency and enhanced patient-led care? Learn more about voice technology solutions that enable clinical data to become potentially accessible through integrated computer networks for the purposes of improving health outcomes for patients and creating efficiencies for health professionals. Language (Voice Recognition) technologies hold the potential for making information easier to understand and access.
Universal Patient Identity: eliminating duplicate records, medical identity t...3GDR
This document discusses challenges in healthcare such as medical identity theft, duplicate patient records, and payment fraud. It argues that existing approaches using enterprise master patient indexes have limitations and do not fully address these issues. A single universal patient identity approach is needed that uses a unique health safety identifier coupled with multi-factor authentication. This could eliminate medical identity theft, duplicate records, and payment fraud by providing a consistent patient identity across the healthcare system. It would improve data quality and support value-based care delivery.
1. The document discusses transcription, the process by which RNA is synthesized using DNA as a template.
2. There are three main types of RNA - mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA - which have different functions like encoding proteins, transporting amino acids, and constituting ribosomes.
3. Transcription involves initiation, elongation, and termination stages. Initiation requires promoters, elongation uses RNA polymerase to add nucleotides, and termination ends RNA synthesis.
Medical Records is a foremost important in the healthcare accreditation bodies like JCI,NABH are very adherent about its documentation,retention and confidentiality.
This document summarizes a speech recognition system (SRS). SRS uses speech identification and verification. Speech identification determines which registered speaker provided an utterance by extracting features like mel-frequency cepstrum coefficients and comparing them. Speech verification accepts or rejects an identity claim by clustering training vectors from an enrollment session into speaker-specific codebooks using vector quantization. Applications of SRS include banking by phone, voice dialing, voice mail, and security control.
The document provides information on medical records including what they are, their components, functions of the medical record department, and processes for receiving, retrieving, completing, and releasing medical records. Some key points:
- Medical records chronicle a patient's medical history and care, including notes, test results, reports, and other documentation entered by healthcare professionals over time.
- Records are used for documenting treatment, communication between providers, collecting health statistics, and legal/insurance matters.
- The medical record department is responsible for filing, retrieving, completing, coding, and evaluating medical records as well as compiling statistics.
- Strict processes are followed for receiving records at discharge or death, retrieving records for care or authorized
10 World’s Leading Speech or Voice Recognition Software That Can 3X Your Prod...nehachhh
Are you looking for voice recognition software that allows you to search, edit, share, and organize your transcripts? Here are 10 voice & speech recognition software.
Are you looking for the best speech recognition software? Deepgram, voicegain, google cloud, are the best speech recognition software.
Speech Recognition Software helps in converting speech into readable text with a high degree of accuracy via AI, ML as well as NLP techniques. In this content, you will find Top 10 Best Speech Recognition Software for Mac or another device (as well as platforms) in 2023.
This document summarizes Google Voice-to-text technology and its applications. It discusses how speech recognition can help those with disabilities interact with computers using voice. It then outlines several applications of speech recognition including in cars, healthcare, the military, air traffic control, education, and entertainment. The document also discusses key performance metrics and factors that influence accuracy such as vocabulary size, speaker dependence, and speech type. It provides an overview of the system block diagram and its main components: the acoustic model, language model, and speech engine. Finally, it describes Google Cloud Speech API and how it can be used to transcribe audio and create subtitles for videos.
Voice recognition software allows users to control a computer through speech and dictation. It has benefits like hands-free use and eliminating spelling errors, but also drawbacks like noise interference and requiring training to individual voices. The document discusses using voice recognition software in classrooms, noting it could help students draft work more quickly but that they would still need to edit output for organization and grammar.
The document provides an overview of automatic speech recognition, including: describing the process of speech recognition which involves feature extraction from voice and using acoustic and language models; listing common types like speaker-dependent and independent; discussing applications in areas like dictation, in-car systems, and voice security; and noting both advantages like reducing errors but also challenges involving filtering noise and accommodating various speaking styles.
Speaking Dynamically Pro (SD Pro) is a communication software that uses a computer as a speech-output device and can create interactive educational activities. It costs $363 and can be ordered online. It is intended for individuals with speech output problems like cerebral palsy or autism. SD Pro has interactive activities to improve reading, writing, schedules, and more. It also provides assessments, symbol training, and supports curriculum concepts. Features include text-to-speech, recorded speech, pop-up boards, and ability to launch other programs.
Resources to support inclusive practice. An overview of freeware assistive and enabling technologies to assist staff and students in schools, colleges and universities.
Tulsa Techfest 2008 - Creating A Voice User Interface With Speech ServerJason Townsend, MBA
The document discusses creating voice user interfaces with Microsoft Speech Server 2007. It provides an overview of Speech Server 2007 features like support for VoIP, workflows based on Windows Workflow Foundation, and integrated reporting capabilities. It also covers best practices for developing voice applications, including constraining grammars, avoiding open-ended prompts, and letting callers drive the conversation.
Assistive Examination System for Visually ImpairedEditor IJCATR
This paper presents a design of voice enabled examination system which can be used by the visually challenged students.
The system uses Text-to-Speech (TTS) and Speech-to-Text (STT) technology. The text-to-speech and speech-to-text web based
academic testing software would provide an interaction for blind students to enhance their educational experiences by providing them
with a tool to give the exams. This system will aid the differently-abled to appear for online tests and enable them to come at par with
the other students. This system can also be used by students with learning disabilities or by people who wish to take the examination in
a combined auditory and visual way.
The document provides a historical overview of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) from the 1950s to the present. It discusses various milestones in the field such as the development of early communication devices in the 1950s-1960s, important legislation and expansions in technology in the 1970s-1980s, and the 2001 Medicare coverage policy changes. The document also outlines considerations for selecting AAC options based on an individual's abilities and needs at different stages of communication impairment.
The document discusses a proposed customized speech recognition system that can recognize any regional language. It does this by using Microsoft SAPI to convert words in regional languages to phonemes and store them in a custom grammar database along with their associated actions. During use, a user's spoken words are converted to phonemes using SAPI and compared to the custom grammar database to identify the associated action to perform. This allows the system to recognize and respond to voice commands in any language by training itself on a user's specific regional language.
Assistive technology supports students with learning disabilities and difficulties by helping them complete academic tasks more efficiently and independently. It includes devices, software, and tools that aid communication and education. Assistive technologies should be integrated into the general classroom curriculum using a school-wide approach. When choosing assistive technologies, it is important to select options that suit each student's individual needs and abilities. There are many free and paid assistive technology options available to support students with difficulties in areas like writing, organization, reading, and more.
This document discusses tools that teachers already have access to in their classrooms that can help support diverse learners, including tools in common software programs like operating systems, word processors, and web resources. It emphasizes that the cornerstone of Universal Design for Learning is flexibility, and teachers have flexible digital tools like text-to-speech, spelling and grammar checks, and highlighting features in the software they currently use everyday. It also provides examples of free tools and resources teachers can try to further support students' access to curriculum.
Problem Solving and Program Design in C_1.pdfjlu08167
This document provides an overview of different types of computer software:
- System software includes operating systems, language processors like compilers and interpreters, and device drivers. It acts as an interface between hardware and application software.
- Application software is specialized to perform specific tasks like word processing, spreadsheet calculations, database management, presentations, etc.
- Utility software assists system software and users by performing supportive tasks like antivirus scanning, backup, file management, etc.
Speech recognition systems translate spoken words to text. They have evolved from discrete dictation to continuous dictation and have gotten smarter with grammar rules. Accuracy can be measured to examine a recognizer's ability. Some systems require training to a specific speaker while others are speaker independent. Computers do speech recognition by digitizing the audio, analyzing it acoustically and linguistically, and interpreting it based on phonemes and a grammar. Speech recognition has applications in navigation, mobile phones, home automation, education, security, and wearable computers. Generators are programs that create other programs, such as password generators, code generators, and random number generators used for licensing keys or testing.
This document defines and discusses different types of instructional software. It outlines various instructional software programs like Rosetta Stone and WhiteSmoke Writer that teach language skills through immersion and grammar/style checking. The document also covers advantages like better learning and motivation, as well as limitations such as equipment requirements and limited intelligence.
Our speech to text conversion project aims to help the nearly 20% of people worldwide with disabilities by allowing them to control their computer and share information using only their voice. The system uses acoustic and language models along with hidden Markov models to recognize speech and convert it to text. Accuracy can vary based on factors like vocabulary size, speaker dependence, and speech type, but the technology has applications in fields like car systems, healthcare, education and more.
Abstract
The technology of voice browsing is rapidly evolving these days. It is because the use of cell phones is increasing at a very high rate, as compared to connected PCs. Listening and speaking are the natural modes of communication and information gathering. As a result we are now heading towards a more voice based approach of browsing rather than operating on textual mode. The command input and the delivery of web contents are entirely in voice. A voice browser is a device: that interprets voice input and interprets voice markup languages to generate voice output. That interprets a script which specifies exactly what to verbally present to the user as well as when to present each piece of information. Benefits Voice is a very natural user interface which speeds up browsing.
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2. What Exactly is Speech
Recognition?
• Speech Recognition is the process of
translating spoken words into text
words on the computer.
• Through a speech recognition
program/application, the computer is
able to process words you say and
turn them into text on the screen just
as if you had typed them on the
keyboard.
3. How Speech Recognition
Can Benefit Students
Dictation has the potential to
improve the writing performance of
students with learning disabilities by
removing the barriers created by
the difficulties with mechanics.
4. Speech Recognition
To support quality of writing
Removes the motor demands of writing
Written Productivity Profile = difficulty with both
writing & keyboarding
More restrictive
Requires quiet environment, consistency is more
important than articulation
Typically not used for note taking, but for homework
and independent written work
5. Speech Recognition
To support access
For students who are not able to physically
access the keyboard and mouse
Requires quiet environment, consistency is more
important than articulation
Most likely require a program that provides full
control of the computer (i.e. Dragon Naturally
Speaking)
6. Benefits and Challenges
Visual Motor
Spelling
Ergonomics
Hands-free use
Endurance
Concentration and
attention
Reading and speech
Pronunciation and
articulation
http://www.customtyping.com
7. Cognitive Skills
• Proficiency in the use of speech
recognition requires good levels of
concentration, memory and other cognitive
skills. In order for a student to use speech
recognition independently, good cognitive
skills are essential for memorizing
commands as well as making effective use
of correction strategies.
http://www.customtyping.com
8. Consistency of Speech
Consistency of speech and pronunciation is one of the most
important prerequisites for success in using speech
recognition. As long as any user is able to say words and
phrases in the same or similar manner each time, speech
recognition programs can learn to recognize individual
patterns of speech. way each time.
The user's voice quality, such as volume and pitch, and
breath control should also be taken into account.
The bottom line in terms of speech, is that it should be
intelligible and consistent, but it need not be perfect in terms
of articulation, pronunciation and quality.
http://www.customtyping.com
9. Reading and Writing
Students who read at a third-grade level or
higher, and who achieve scores of 1 on most
of the items on the evaluation form, have
extremely high potential for using speech
recognition independently. In addition those
students who are able to accurately isolate
word recognition errors and make
corrections/edit their work will do well with
speech-recognition.
http://www.customtyping.com
10. Student Evaluation Form -
Free
http://www.customtyping.com/tutorials/sr/reproducible_forms/e
11. QIAT ResourceQuality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services
This document
contains
information from
various sources on
handwriting and/or
keyboarding rates.
http://natri.uky.edu/assoc_projects/qiat/documents/re
12. Speech Recognition: MS Office 2003
Open MS Word→ Tools → Speech
• This enables the language bar for both
speech-to-text and text-to-speech options
• You will be guided through training needed to
create a user voice profile (15 minutes)
• You will need a microphone
• Can dictate directly into MS Office, not other
applications
13. Built into the Operating System
Open Speech Recognition by clicking the Start
button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Ease
of Access, and then clicking Speech
Recognition.
Click Set up microphone, follow the
instructions in the wizard.
Dictate into almost any application (i.e. word
processing, internet).
Speech Recognition –
Vista and Windows 7
22. Tazti Speech Recognition for
Windows XP and Windows 7
Tazti (pronounced 'tasty')
features include jot-a-
note dictation, advanced
voice search internet
search sites, playing your
favorite PC games,
controlling iTunes,
bookmark control, & web
navigation. Create and
use your own speech
commands.
http://download.cnet.com/Tazti-Speech-Recognition-
Software-for-Windows-XP/3000-7239_4-10702965.html
23. My Voice Controller
• My Voice Controller allows you to emulate
mouse and keyboard inputs by using your
voice.
• Common uses for this software are gaming
and assistance for the disabled/injured.
• This software is free and is compatible with
XP and Vista.
http://www.5hyphen.com/mvc/index.htm
24. e-Speaking Voice and
Speech Recognition
• Free Download of software
• Over 100 commands built-in
• Ability to add more commands
• Runs in Windows2000 and
Windows XP
• Utilizes latest technologies from
Microsoft
• Seamlessly integrate with Office
• Voice commands of Mouse events
http://www.e-speaking.com/
32. Success vs. Effort
• An extremely important point when
considering the potential use of speech
recognition by students with learning and
physical challenges, is that speech
recognition is not a plug-and-play
technology, but a complex technological
solution requiring extensive training,
patience, perseverance and support.
33. Not Appropriate for
Everyone
• Speech recognition will not work for all
students, and it is important to go through an
initial evaluation in order to determine if the
student has the potential to cope.
A positive note about the future of speech
recognition, is that since it is becoming more
accurate and the technology is improving,
we will find that more and more students are
able to use this program in the future.
34. Excellent Resource for Speech
Recognition Programs
http://www.customtyping.com/tutorials/sr/speech_recognition.htm
SpeakQ only works for text – not use to control entire computer
Visual Motor - The mechanical aspects of keyboarding are reduced significantly. Apart from the reduced motor load with reduced need to use the keyboard, there is also a reduced visual motor load since there is far less movement of the eyes from the keyboard to the screen. Spelling - The student who has good spelling and good site word recognition, has the potential of a high level of independent use of the program. However, for those students to have very poor spelling and who are unable to visually isolate incorrect words on the screen, additional add-on programs such as Keystone ScreenSpeaker are invaluable in allowing the students to use speech recognition. No longer do students need to have high levels of literacy in order to use NaturallySpeaking. As long as the student has the potential to use both NaturallySpeaking and Keystone ScreenSpeaker in conjunction with one another, there is potential for using speech recognition. Ergonomics - Using speech recognition reduces the amount of keyboard and mouse entry required. This allows the student to be more flexible in terms of positioning and posture and also allows for more movement or alteration of posture while working. In addition, the prevalence of repetitive stress injuries with extended use of the keyboard or mouse is significantly reduced. Students who have difficulty maintaining attention and posture, will find the more relaxed postural requirements of using speech recognition more conducive to working and producing written documents. Ergonomics and body posture including head, body, arms and legs are still very important while working. Students should still maintain a good body posture with appropriate height of chair, table and monitor. Hands-free use - While using speech recognition, the user has the option of dictating most or all of the text using the microphone as well as performing some or all computer commands and control functions. What this means is that the option of moving the mouse, opening and closing programs, moving from one place to the next on the computer and clicking on buttons are all options provided by speech input. Users with learning disabilities often experience subtle problems with fine motor coordination and control. These users may choose to perform more functions by voice rather than using the mouse or keyboard. Users with significant physical disabilities may want to use full command and control options available in NaturallySpeaking. Apart from the options available in NaturallySpeaking, there are other programs such as QPointer Voice which primarily offer command and control functions with speech input. For students with physical disabilities wanting to use voice input to control the mouse as well as for computer functions, the use of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional is suggested. NaturallySpeaking Professional allows for custom macros and commands to be added which make the program extremely powerful for users with significant physical disabilities. Users are able to add their own macros, or can save a lot of time and efforts by purchasing third-party add on commands modules such as the KnowBrainer Command Software by Lunis Orcutt. Detailed information regarding computer commands and controlled by voice is provided in the curriculum on this web site. Endurance - For those students who experience greater levels of fatigue while working, using speech recognition is of benefit since reduced physical energy expenditure is required with more flexible and relaxed postural requirements. The option of setting in a more comfortable seated position with greater body support, leaning backwards, results in increased endurance for written work and greater focus on the content of work rather than focus on controlling and maintaining posture and arm movements required for keyboarding or writing. Concentration and Attention - Learning how to use speech recognition and using the program over time requires good amounts of concentration and focus. Students who have concentration difficulties may find initial training difficult, and the need for sustained concentration for editing and corrections challenging. However, through work over many years with learning disabled students, it is noted that for many students the positive outcomes in terms of increased quality of work and rate of work, as well as the process of improved rate and production of text results in improved motivation and also improved focus of attention. Speech recognition can be a significant motivator for a student who is experienced years of failure with producing written work. In addition, although speech recognition requires the cognitive skills of memory for commands and understanding when and how to make corrections, it reduces the amount of divided attention normally found in regular keyboarding tasks. Regular keyboarding requires the user to focus attention not only on the screen and the text which appears, but also attention on the keyboard and location of individual keys, as well as focus on maintaining good body posture and alignment for keyboarding. Speech recognition actually reduces the amount of divided attention by allowing the user to focus on their speech and producing text / brainstorming with editing and corrections taking place at a later stage in the writing process. Reading and Speech - the use of speech output together with speech input (speech recognition) is an essential part of the whole speech recognition process. Speech output in Dragon NaturallySpeaking occurs in two different forms: Digitized speech - in which the user's voice is recorded and can be played back. As the user dictates his voice is recorded and during playback each word is indicated to show what has been produced as text related to the user's speech. Synthesized speech - this is purely a text-to-speech process in which the computer reads the text which has been highlighted on the screen. This is played back in a computer/synthesized voice. The value of digitized speech output is that each user, regardless of their consistency of articulation or speech, is able to have their own speech or dictation read back to them in their own voice as they had initially dictated it. This allows the user to determine if an error was an error of dictation or an error of recognition. Many times, people may make errors of articulation and not be aware of it until they play back their own dictation. Synthesized speech or screen reading, allows users to have difficulty reading or editing their work, to have the computer or read back the exact words on the screen. If the computer has made an error in recognizing words that was said, the user will realize these errors either through reading the words or three hearing the words read aloud through the synthesized speech option. Synthesized speech is extremely valuable for students who have difficulty reading or isolating text errors on the screen. NaturallySpeaking has synthesized speech reading built in to the program (preferred version and higher), but this will only read text that has been recognized on the screen. An additional programs such as Keystone ScreenSpeaker is required to read other parts of text in NaturallySpeaking such as the training texts and the correction lists. Pronunciation and Articulation - in previous versions of NaturallySpeaking, users with poor articulation and was inconsistent pronunciation found the use of speech recognition extremely frustrating and in most cases nonfunctional. With the improvements in the accuracy of the program, more and more individuals with speech and articulation problems are managing to use the program and use it more successfully. An individual with speech challenges will find facts additional training and higher levels of ongoing corrections are required. However, these may be acceptable trade-offs for someone who is unable to type fast or who has difficulty with their spelling. The potential for using speech recognition if a user has speech challenges can only be determined on a one-to-one basis with each individual. At trial of speech recognition with significant support and a structured training program as well as much practice may result in an acceptable, functional level of use. For users with more significant speech in payments, Dragon NaturallySpeaking can be used in spell mode, together with add-on word prediction software, so that NaturallySpeaking is almost being used as a keyboard with individual keystrokes provided by voice input rather than finger on a keyboard. Visual Motor - The mechanical aspects of keyboarding are reduced significantly. Apart from the reduced motor load with reduced need to use the keyboard, there is also a reduced visual motor load since there is far less movement of the eyes from the keyboard to the screen. Spelling - The student who has good spelling and good site word recognition, has the potential of a high level of independent use of the program. However, for those students to have very poor spelling and who are unable to visually isolate incorrect words on the screen, additional add-on programs such as Keystone ScreenSpeaker are invaluable in allowing the students to use speech recognition. No longer do students need to have high levels of literacy in order to use NaturallySpeaking. As long as the student has the potential to use both NaturallySpeaking and Keystone ScreenSpeaker in conjunction with one another, there is potential for using speech recognition. Ergonomics - Using speech recognition reduces the amount of keyboard and mouse entry required. This allows the student to be more flexible in terms of positioning and posture and also allows for more movement or alteration of posture while working. In addition, the prevalence of repetitive stress injuries with extended use of the keyboard or mouse is significantly reduced. Students who have difficulty maintaining attention and posture, will find the more relaxed postural requirements of using speech recognition more conducive to working and producing written documents. Ergonomics and body posture including head, body, arms and legs are still very important while working. Students should still maintain a good body posture with appropriate height of chair, table and monitor. Hands-free use - While using speech recognition, the user has the option of dictating most or all of the text using the microphone as well as performing some or all computer commands and control functions. What this means is that the option of moving the mouse, opening and closing programs, moving from one place to the next on the computer and clicking on buttons are all options provided by speech input. Users with learning disabilities often experience subtle problems with fine motor coordination and control. These users may choose to perform more functions by voice rather than using the mouse or keyboard. Users with significant physical disabilities may want to use full command and control options available in NaturallySpeaking. Apart from the options available in NaturallySpeaking, there are other programs such as QPointer Voice which primarily offer command and control functions with speech input. For students with physical disabilities wanting to use voice input to control the mouse as well as for computer functions, the use of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional is suggested. NaturallySpeaking Professional allows for custom macros and commands to be added which make the program extremely powerful for users with significant physical disabilities. Users are able to add their own macros, or can save a lot of time and efforts by purchasing third-party add on commands modules such as the KnowBrainer Command Software by Lunis Orcutt. Detailed information regarding computer commands and controlled by voice is provided in the curriculum on this web site. Endurance - For those students who experience greater levels of fatigue while working, using speech recognition is of benefit since reduced physical energy expenditure is required with more flexible and relaxed postural requirements. The option of setting in a more comfortable seated position with greater body support, leaning backwards, results in increased endurance for written work and greater focus on the content of work rather than focus on controlling and maintaining posture and arm movements required for keyboarding or writing. Concentration and Attention - Learning how to use speech recognition and using the program over time requires good amounts of concentration and focus. Students who have concentration difficulties may find initial training difficult, and the need for sustained concentration for editing and corrections challenging. However, through work over many years with learning disabled students, it is noted that for many students the positive outcomes in terms of increased quality of work and rate of work, as well as the process of improved rate and production of text results in improved motivation and also improved focus of attention. Speech recognition can be a significant motivator for a student who is experienced years of failure with producing written work. In addition, although speech recognition requires the cognitive skills of memory for commands and understanding when and how to make corrections, it reduces the amount of divided attention normally found in regular keyboarding tasks. Regular keyboarding requires the user to focus attention not only on the screen and the text which appears, but also attention on the keyboard and location of individual keys, as well as focus on maintaining good body posture and alignment for keyboarding. Speech recognition actually reduces the amount of divided attention by allowing the user to focus on their speech and producing text / brainstorming with editing and corrections taking place at a later stage in the writing process. Reading and Speech - the use of speech output together with speech input (speech recognition) is an essential part of the whole speech recognition process. Speech output in Dragon NaturallySpeaking occurs in two different forms: Digitized speech - in which the user's voice is recorded and can be played back. As the user dictates his voice is recorded and during playback each word is indicated to show what has been produced as text related to the user's speech. Synthesized speech - this is purely a text-to-speech process in which the computer reads the text which has been highlighted on the screen. This is played back in a computer/synthesized voice. The value of digitized speech output is that each user, regardless of their consistency of articulation or speech, is able to have their own speech or dictation read back to them in their own voice as they had initially dictated it. This allows the user to determine if an error was an error of dictation or an error of recognition. Many times, people may make errors of articulation and not be aware of it until they play back their own dictation. Synthesized speech or screen reading, allows users to have difficulty reading or editing their work, to have the computer or read back the exact words on the screen. If the computer has made an error in recognizing words that was said, the user will realize these errors either through reading the words or three hearing the words read aloud through the synthesized speech option. Synthesized speech is extremely valuable for students who have difficulty reading or isolating text errors on the screen. NaturallySpeaking has synthesized speech reading built in to the program (preferred version and higher), but this will only read text that has been recognized on the screen. An additional programs such as Keystone ScreenSpeaker is required to read other parts of text in NaturallySpeaking such as the training texts and the correction lists. Pronunciation and Articulation - in previous versions of NaturallySpeaking, users with poor articulation and was inconsistent pronunciation found the use of speech recognition extremely frustrating and in most cases nonfunctional. With the improvements in the accuracy of the program, more and more individuals with speech and articulation problems are managing to use the program and use it more successfully. An individual with speech challenges will find facts additional training and higher levels of ongoing corrections are required. However, these may be acceptable trade-offs for someone who is unable to type fast or who has difficulty with their spelling. The potential for using speech recognition if a user has speech challenges can only be determined on a one-to-one basis with each individual. At trial of speech recognition with significant support and a structured training program as well as much practice may result in an acceptable, functional level of use. For users with more significant speech in payments, Dragon NaturallySpeaking can be used in spell mode, together with add-on word prediction software, so that NaturallySpeaking is almost being used as a keyboard with individual keystrokes provided by voice input rather than finger on a keyboard. Visual Motor - The mechanical aspects of keyboarding are reduced significantly. Apart from the reduced motor load with reduced need to use the keyboard, there is also a reduced visual motor load since there is far less movement of the eyes from the keyboard to the screen. Spelling - The student who has good spelling and good site word recognition, has the potential of a high level of independent use of the program. However, for those students to have very poor spelling and who are unable to visually isolate incorrect words on the screen, additional add-on programs such as Keystone ScreenSpeaker are invaluable in allowing the students to use speech recognition. No longer do students need to have high levels of literacy in order to use NaturallySpeaking. As long as the student has the potential to use both NaturallySpeaking and Keystone ScreenSpeaker in conjunction with one another, there is potential for using speech recognition. Ergonomics - Using speech recognition reduces the amount of keyboard and mouse entry required. This allows the student to be more flexible in terms of positioning and posture and also allows for more movement or alteration of posture while working. In addition, the prevalence of repetitive stress injuries with extended use of the keyboard or mouse is significantly reduced. Students who have difficulty maintaining attention and posture, will find the more relaxed postural requirements of using speech recognition more conducive to working and producing written documents. Ergonomics and body posture including head, body, arms and legs are still very important while working. Students should still maintain a good body posture with appropriate height of chair, table and monitor. Hands-free use - While using speech recognition, the user has the option of dictating most or all of the text using the microphone as well as performing some or all computer commands and control functions. What this means is that the option of moving the mouse, opening and closing programs, moving from one place to the next on the computer and clicking on buttons are all options provided by speech input. Users with learning disabilities often experience subtle problems with fine motor coordination and control. These users may choose to perform more functions by voice rather than using the mouse or keyboard. Users with significant physical disabilities may want to use full command and control options available in NaturallySpeaking. Apart from the options available in NaturallySpeaking, there are other programs such as QPointer Voice which primarily offer command and control functions with speech input. For students with physical disabilities wanting to use voice input to control the mouse as well as for computer functions, the use of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional is suggested. NaturallySpeaking Professional allows for custom macros and commands to be added which make the program extremely powerful for users with significant physical disabilities. Users are able to add their own macros, or can save a lot of time and efforts by purchasing third-party add on commands modules such as the KnowBrainer Command Software by Lunis Orcutt. Detailed information regarding computer commands and controlled by voice is provided in the curriculum on this web site. Endurance - For those students who experience greater levels of fatigue while working, using speech recognition is of benefit since reduced physical energy expenditure is required with more flexible and relaxed postural requirements. The option of setting in a more comfortable seated position with greater body support, leaning backwards, results in increased endurance for written work and greater focus on the content of work rather than focus on controlling and maintaining posture and arm movements required for keyboarding or writing. Concentration and Attention - Learning how to use speech recognition and using the program over time requires good amounts of concentration and focus. Students who have concentration difficulties may find initial training difficult, and the need for sustained concentration for editing and corrections challenging. However, through work over many years with learning disabled students, it is noted that for many students the positive outcomes in terms of increased quality of work and rate of work, as well as the process of improved rate and production of text results in improved motivation and also improved focus of attention. Speech recognition can be a significant motivator for a student who is experienced years of failure with producing written work. In addition, although speech recognition requires the cognitive skills of memory for commands and understanding when and how to make corrections, it reduces the amount of divided attention normally found in regular keyboarding tasks. Regular keyboarding requires the user to focus attention not only on the screen and the text which appears, but also attention on the keyboard and location of individual keys, as well as focus on maintaining good body posture and alignment for keyboarding. Speech recognition actually reduces the amount of divided attention by allowing the user to focus on their speech and producing text / brainstorming with editing and corrections taking place at a later stage in the writing process. Reading and Speech - the use of speech output together with speech input (speech recognition) is an essential part of the whole speech recognition process. Speech output in Dragon NaturallySpeaking occurs in two different forms: Digitized speech - in which the user's voice is recorded and can be played back. As the user dictates his voice is recorded and during playback each word is indicated to show what has been produced as text related to the user's speech. Synthesized speech - this is purely a text-to-speech process in which the computer reads the text which has been highlighted on the screen. This is played back in a computer/synthesized voice. The value of digitized speech output is that each user, regardless of their consistency of articulation or speech, is able to have their own speech or dictation read back to them in their own voice as they had initially dictated it. This allows the user to determine if an error was an error of dictation or an error of recognition. Many times, people may make errors of articulation and not be aware of it until they play back their own dictation. Synthesized speech or screen reading, allows users to have difficulty reading or editing their work, to have the computer or read back the exact words on the screen. If the computer has made an error in recognizing words that was said, the user will realize these errors either through reading the words or three hearing the words read aloud through the synthesized speech option. Synthesized speech is extremely valuable for students who have difficulty reading or isolating text errors on the screen. NaturallySpeaking has synthesized speech reading built in to the program (preferred version and higher), but this will only read text that has been recognized on the screen. An additional programs such as Keystone ScreenSpeaker is required to read other parts of text in NaturallySpeaking such as the training texts and the correction lists. Pronunciation and Articulation - in previous versions of NaturallySpeaking, users with poor articulation and was inconsistent pronunciation found the use of speech recognition extremely frustrating and in most cases nonfunctional. With the improvements in the accuracy of the program, more and more individuals with speech and articulation problems are managing to use the program and use it more successfully. An individual with speech challenges will find facts additional training and higher levels of ongoing corrections are required. However, these may be acceptable trade-offs for someone who is unable to type fast or who has difficulty with their spelling. The potential for using speech recognition if a user has speech challenges can only be determined on a one-to-one basis with each individual. At trial of speech recognition with significant support and a structured training program as well as much practice may result in an acceptable, functional level of use. For users with more significant speech in payments, Dragon NaturallySpeaking can be used in spell mode, together with add-on word prediction software, so that NaturallySpeaking is almost being used as a keyboard with individual keystrokes provided by voice input rather than finger on a keyboard.
Users who exhibit borderline or questionable memory skills and concentration may be able to cope with the program given a modified or reduced commands set combined with assistance and reduced expectations in terms of the complexity of voice commands used. As you will note in the speech-recognition curriculum provided on customtyping.com, the commands used in stage three are a basic set of commands that all speech-recognition users should learn and master. Given the accurate use of these basic Stage Three commands, users can produce basic written documents.
As speech recognition programs have improved over the years, more and more people with articulation and pronunciation problems have experienced success in using the program. Current versions of the program seem to cope with a wider variety of speech patterns than previous versions. However a constant requirement over the years has been the need for consistency in speech patterns. For those users with more unusual speech patterns and articulation, additional training of the program may be required. However as the voice file is built and developed, the user's own unique, individual speech patterns are learned. The most important aspect here is that the words and phrases are said in the same Although many users on ventilators/respirators are extremely successful using speech recognition, they have learnt to control breathing and speaking so that their speech is consistent and breath sounds are controlled.
The Dragon Remote Microphone app turns the iPhone into a wireless microphone making it easier and more comfortable for individuals to use their Dragon Desktop software. Instead of using the microphone that comes in the retail box, users can now opt to use their iPhone as a microphone instead. This app can be used with Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the PC (v11.5 and higher) and Dragon Dictate for the Mac (V2.5 and higher). The Dragon Remote Microphone app turns the iPhone into a wireless microphone making it easier and more comfortable for individuals to use their Dragon Desktop software. Instead of using the microphone that comes in the retail box, users can now opt to use their iPhone as a microphone instead. This app can be used with Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the PC (v11.5 and higher) and Dragon Dictate for the Mac (V2.5 and higher). The Dragon Remote Microphone app turns the iPhone into a wireless microphone making it easier and more comfortable for individuals to use their Dragon Desktop software. Instead of using the microphone that comes in the retail box, users can now opt to use their iPhone as a microphone instead. This app can be used with Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the PC (v11.5 and higher) and Dragon Dictate for the Mac (V2.5 and higher). The Dragon Remote Microphone app turns the iPhone into a wireless microphone making it easier and more comfortable for individuals to use their Dragon Desktop software. Instead of using the microphone that comes in the retail box, users can now opt to use their iPhone as a microphone instead. This app can be used with Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the PC (v11.5 and higher) and Dragon Dictate for the Mac (V2.5 and higher). The Dragon Remote Microphone app turns the iPhone into a wireless microphone making it easier and more comfortable for individuals to use their Dragon Desktop software. Instead of using the microphone that comes in the retail box, users can now opt to use their iPhone as a microphone instead. This app can be used with Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the PC (v11.5 and higher) and Dragon Dictate for the Mac (V2.5 and higher). The Dragon Remote Microphone app turns the iPhone into a wireless microphone making it easier and more comfortable for individuals to use their Dragon Desktop software. Instead of using the microphone that comes in the retail box, users can now opt to use their iPhone as a microphone instead. This app can be used with Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the PC (v11.5 and higher) and Dragon Dictate for the Mac (V2.5 and higher).
Over time, training times for initial training have decreased and the program itself has become more accurate.