Harness the Power of Speech Recognition Technology
When used properly, speech recognition technology can help you write on your computer much faster than you can type. You can also control your computer without a mouse and lots more.
Sounds great but how do I do it? you might ask. This Lens tells you how.
Speech Recognition Resources
- Computer Speech Recognition & Talk Technology
- Computer Speech Recognition & Talk Technology
- Bell Labs Research on Speech Recognition
- Our lab has pioneered fundamental research in human speech perception,
Dragon Software for Speech Recognition

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Voice recognition software has been around for a long time, but it's only in the last few years that it has become accurate enough and simple enough to use with any regularity. It has also been rather expensive, with "basic" versions running around $80-100 and "premium" versions running to several hundred dollars - prompting many buyers to ask what was missing from the lower-priced versions.If you have Windows Vista, though, you might be surprised to find that voice recognition is built in - and that it's pretty good. While it takes some getting used to, with a little practice you'll soon be able to use speech recognition to create and edit documents as well as to control most of the functions of your computer.
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Speech Recognition Wikipedia
Speech recognition applications include voice dialing (e.g., "Call home"), call routing (e.g., "I would like to make a collect call"), domotic appliance control and content-based spoken audio search (e.g., find a podcast where particular words were spoken), simple data entry (e.g., entering a credit card number), preparation of structured documents (e.g., a radiology report), speech-to-text processing (e.g., word processors or emails), and in aircraft cockpits (usually termed Direct Voice Input).
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Preferred
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard
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Speech Recogntion Headsets on Amazon
Koss CS100 Speech Recognition Computer Headset
Amazon Price: $19.99 (as of 07/09/2008)
Koss CS80 Speech Recognition Computer Headset
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