decinus said:
I want to transfer wav files from my dictaphone and have word recognize the
wav files and type them up. Does xp have this functionality, as opposed
to
speaking directly at the computer. Please respond. Thanks.
First, XP by itself does not offer voice recognition software.
Second, some versions of Microsoft Office do have some voice recognition.
If you install Office, you will get the options to install more of it.
Third, there are 3rd party applications for converting wav files to text.
Google "wav to text", for example
http://www.tomdownload.com/business_finance/word_processing/wave_to_text.htm
Voice recognition of any type, particularly in languages like English, is
never particularly reliable. The system must be trained for the voice and
there are always problems with homonyms, mispronunciations, accents and
slightly inaudible words. If the speaker turned their head or shuffled
paper, meaning can be altered significantly.
Consequently the entire produced text must be compared by a human familiar
with the topic, with the audio and with the original speaker to confirm that
text means what was intended.
HTH
-pk
