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[76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r5sm10473578ani.19.2012.03.27.03.41.46 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:41:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3VH80m5wDrz2CG5c for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:41:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:41:44 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20120327064144.6980b337@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20336.62110.137137.843856@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <201203261921.q2QJL8te040400@x.it.okstate.edu> <20120327001258.85f6a4fc.freebsd@edvax.de> <20336.62110.137137.843856@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlROYdZMnuG3aE3nPd8oHI4n2Y/7BkaAGNRSTLz84eG3a7PDHi1BjnUSy6gLBtHA1oSJGw7 Subject: Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:41:49 -0000 On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:50:06 -0400 Robert Huff articulated: > > Polytropon writes: > > > Speech recognition requires training. Both the user and the > > system have to learn from each other. But you have a learning > > curve everywhere, be it typing, talking, or reading from a > > Braille output. > > In the case of speech recognition, that's a curve many might > be willing to travel if they had reason to believe it was effort > wisely invested. > There are a couple of ports that cleim to do speech > recognition. Does anyone have experience with them? When it comes to "speech recognition", the only two applications that seem to work reliably at all levels are "Siri on iPhone 4S" and "Dragon NaturallySpeaking", neither of which are obviously available on FreeBSD. I don't believe that there is even a *nix/BSD version of "Dragon NaturallySpeaking" in production. In any case, I do have a friend who is severely vision impaired that uses that software with amazing results. She can definitely dictate a letter faster than I can manually create one. I did try two different ports two years ago and they were sadly lacking in their ability to achieve any true speech recognition. They were painfully slow to even get configured. I gave up within a few hours on the project. It was only an experiment anyway. I sincerely hope you can find a truly useful application to suit your needs. By the way, in the US anyway, there are many foundations that will give you financial assistance or grants to purchase software that will make your PC more readily available to you. I am not sure if that kind of support is available in your locale. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________