Corel's Dragonspeak is not free, but is fairly inexpensive, I believe.
At 05:46 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote:
>Dear Natasha and all --
>
>Also Happy 2008, and also apologies for the duplication of messages:
>
>There is free or inexpensive software that you can train to
>recognize your own voice (intonation, pitch, speed, accent, etc.)
>and to translate what you say into text on the screen -- though the
>result usually still needs a good deal of editing. It's useful for
>many writers, including those with physical disabilities. The
>Adaptech Research Network at Dawson College in Montreal offers an
>annotated list of the relevant programs at
>http://adaptech.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/fandi_enewdictation.php.
>
>Programs that can recognize a variety of voices, as in a set of
>interviews, would be a different matter. I will hope to hear from
>others that such software exists.
>
>Margaret
>
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>Natasha Artemeva wrote:
>
>>Hello everybody and Happy New Year to all!
>>
>>A student of mine had asked me if I knew of any free voice
>>recognition software available on the Internet. She has digital
>>recordings of interviews but doesn't have any software to convert
>>them into digital computer files. If you have any knowledge of such
>>software, could you please let me know?
>>
>>Many thanks.
>>
>>Natasha
>>
>>Natasha Artemeva, Ph. D.
>>Assistant Professor
>>School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
>>Carleton University
>>1125 Colonel By Drive
>>Ottawa, Ontario
>>K1S 5B6
>>
>>Tel.+1 (613) 520-2600 ext.7452
>>Fax +1 (613) 520-6641
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>>http://www.carleton.ca/slals/faculty/linguistics/artemeva.html
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