Thanks, Rick. Natasha Rick Coe wrote: > 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 >> >> -- >> Margaret Procter, Ph.D. >> University of Toronto Coordinator, Writing Support >> 15 King's College Circle, Toronto ON M5S 3H7 >> 416 978-8109; FAX 416 971-2027 >> >> [log in to unmask] >> http://www.utoronto.ca/writing >> >> >> >> 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 >>> E-mail: [log in to unmask] >>> http://www.carleton.ca/slals/faculty/linguistics/artemeva.html >>> >>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >>> To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to >>> [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, >>> write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] >>> >>> For the list archives and information about the organization, >>> its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to >>> http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ >>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to >> [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, >> write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] >> >> For the list archives and information about the organization, >> its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to >> http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: >> 269.17.13/1209 - Release Date: 1/4/2008 12:05 PM > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-