Voice Recognition

A couple of years ago, I played with IBM ViaVoice, a voice recognition package. It was fun, and mostly accurate, but not accurate enough to be useful to someone who can type.

I just played with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 . It's better. It's not perfect, but it might be about as good as a human.

Here's the transcript of my first test:

Hello.
 
My name is Joe.
 
I am practicing with a microphone.
 
So far, I'm pretty impressed.
 
Hey look!  It's Franciscan at the door.

[I actually said, "Francesca."]
 
I've been working on the railroad all the live long day.  I've been working on the railroad just to pass the time away.  Can't you hear the whistle blowing?  Rise up so early in the mourned.  Can you hear the Captain shouting, quote Dinah, blow your form!  Dina won't you blow Dina won't you blow Dina won't you blow your horned?  Dinah 1-2 blow Dinah 1-2 blow Dina wench won't you blow your Horn?  Someone's in the kitchen with Dina.  Someone's in the kitchen, I know.  Someone's in the kitchen with Dina strumming on the old banjo and singing fee five fiddly I/O.  P5 fiddly I/O.  The five fiddly I/O.  Strumming on the old banjo.
 
[The above was spoken. Pretty good! Then I sang the below into the mic.]

I've been working on the rail Road and all the live long day I've been working on the rail Road just to pass the time away and to hear the whistle blow we rise up so early in the mourned and junior the Captain show what a nine on below your own Dina won't you blow Dina won't you blow Dina won't you blow your mourned Dina won't to blow Dina won't you blow Dina won't you blow your mourned someone's in the kitchen with Diane Nunn someone's in the kitchen I know someone's in the kitchen with Diane not strumming on the old banjo and saying being fee five fiddly I owe the five fiddly I/O fee five fiddly I/O strumming on the old banjo

[When I read a junk mail sitting by my desk, it was 100% accurate:]

Dear business owner:
 
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Pretty cool!

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