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/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-