| Pages in topic: < [1 2 3] > | Poll: Do you use voice recognition software for your translation work? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Thanks for the correction. "Voice recognition' feels like chalk squeaking on a blackboard to me, as I did some work evaluating the products for DARPA more than 20 years ago. But nowadays even people working in the field call it 'voice recognition', so the misnomer may be here to stay.
| | | | | Some questions | Jan 27, 2015 |
1. I'm still on Dragon version 10 - are the more recent versions appreciably better?
2. Does anybody have any headset recommendations? My cheapie is dying. My phone recognises my voice/speech/sarcasm better than Dragon at the moment.
3. Is Dragon still the best/only package out there?
| | | | | Thanks Claire | Jan 27, 2015 |
"There are some commands in Pandora’s Box in Wordfast to assist Dragon users, such as automatically capitalising the first letter of sentences"
I had no idea. That could shave, well, whole seconds off my workload. But psychologically...
That's made my day!
| | | | Lyubov Tyurina 
Russian Federation
Local time: 17:16
French to Russian
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A year and a few months ago I had a problem with my hands and typing and started to use a voice recognition software. it was very helpful. Now I am habituated to and the quality of the voice recognition keeps growing. Now there is only one for my language (a commercial one www.realspeaker.net), but I'm very satisfied.
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But nowadays even people working in the field call it 'voice recognition', so the misnomer may be here to stay.
I think software publishers have to acknowledge the usage, for the purposes of SEO and suchlike.
Whether you would consider, say, translators, bloggers or translator portal staff as "working in" it and therefore authoritative arbiters of usage I'm not sure. I wouldn't, I think, on balance.
That said, of course, you do have to train Dragon to how your actual voice sounds, so p-e-r-h-a-p-s there is an element of VR in its SR. But until and unless VR dies a death, which it might, I'd prefer to see the distinction maintained. But I am an insufferable pedant sometimes
| | | | Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:16
French to English
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| My pleasure! | Jan 27, 2015 |
Chris S wrote: "There are some commands in Pandora’s Box in Wordfast to assist Dragon users, such as automatically capitalising the first letter of sentences" I had no idea. That could shave, well, whole seconds off my workload. But psychologically... That's made my day!
It's the little things in life....
Another tip that I discovered from the Facebook "Translators who use Speech Recognition" group is pressing the + key on the numeric keypad to instantly switch off (and on) recognition, say when the phone rings or someone walks in. I'd always found there was a time lag before, but this is instantaneous and saves Dragon writing a lot of rubbish while you wait for the "Go to sleep" command to take effect...
As I said in my blog, I've changed to a wireless headset (Plantronics) which was between £40-£50, but I do find it very good and well worth the outlay - plus no trailing cord to get caught up in your chair wheels or for the dogs to trip over. I find it very comfortable and it cuts out a lot of background sound if you work in a noisy environment (I don't, but those who do might like to take note!). However, a male colleague I recommended it to didn't find it comfortable - bigger ears perhaps?! - so it might be worth trying before you buy.
I'm on my second version of Dragon now, 11.5, which is a big improvement over Version 9 which had got clogged up over the years and kept crashing. I haven't felt the need to upgrade to the latest version as I'm really happy with the recognition quality, but perhaps others feel it is worthwhile?
| | | | | No, but I would like to | Jan 27, 2015 |
Although it is not vital at the moment, maybe in future....
However, I don't think it comes with Danish, let me know when it does.
| | | | | I would try it | Jan 27, 2015 |
I would try it, and I have been told wonders about it, but I have never got down to trying it. However, I have a question:
Chris S wrote:
It's brilliant, it's amazing, it saves time, it's good for the body, good for the soul, cures all known diseases, saves the rainforest and the ozone layer, slices loaves evenly and even shifts stubborn stains.
How exactly does it save the rainforest and the ozone layer? I hardly ever print anything except my invoices, so I do not see how voice recognition software is better in that respect than using Trados without it.
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Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 19:46
Member (2006)
English to Hindi
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SITE LOCALIZER | Dragon Naturally Speaking | Jan 27, 2015 |
I did buy Dragon Naturally Speaking optimized for Indian English a few years ago. I used it for some work, but did not get too cosy with it. Also, I do very little work in English; most of my work is in Hindi, for which no voice/speech recognition software is yet available.
If it becomes available, I will definitely give it a try. I eventually want to free myself from my computer keyboard for health reasons and also for greater freedom of body movement. I believe it would also great... See more I did buy Dragon Naturally Speaking optimized for Indian English a few years ago. I used it for some work, but did not get too cosy with it. Also, I do very little work in English; most of my work is in Hindi, for which no voice/speech recognition software is yet available.
If it becomes available, I will definitely give it a try. I eventually want to free myself from my computer keyboard for health reasons and also for greater freedom of body movement. I believe it would also greatly improve my efficiency. But it all depends on a Hindi speech recognition software becoming available. I have feeling that such a software is not in the horizon in the near future at least. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | I would love to | Jan 27, 2015 |
for some of my projects, but it is not available for my main target language.
| | | | | I wish there were a good one for greek. | Jan 27, 2015 |
I would then manage to take up knitting at last!
| | | | | Eco benefits | Jan 27, 2015 |
Jose Arnoldo Rodriguez-Carrington wrote:
How exactly does it save the rainforest and the ozone layer?
Fewer smoking keyboards = less carbon
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:16
French to English
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Chris S wrote: Jose Arnoldo Rodriguez-Carrington wrote:
How exactly does it save the rainforest and the ozone layer? Fewer smoking keyboards = less carbon
...what about all that hot air as you dictate nineteen to the dozen?!
| | | | | I would try it | Jan 27, 2015 |
I used a free program that I found on my computer for a couple of projects. My translations did sound a lot more natural and I felt like I was back in the ol' office interpreting again. I would consider using it again if I had better software. The free program was ok, but wasn't worth the hassle.
I have replaced my mouse with a special touch pad and stylus though, and I love it! This entire post was hand written! It's awful for gaming though, aside from Hearthstone...
| | | | Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 08:16
Member (2006)
English to Spanish
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Voice recognition has helped me to increase my productivity around a 30-40%.
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