Roy
When I have looked into it, the palm does the recording and the PC the
transcribing. I have not found a Palm review, but did find a pocket PC
review that spoke well of it.
Mick
"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote in message
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> Penster wrote:
>
> > I need voice recognition software for my work. Up to now, I have been
> > using a PC, but I see that Dragon Naturally Speaking has the ability to
> > use the Palm as a digital dictation machine and for the audio file to be
> > transferred and transcribed on a PC.
>
> I did not know this was possible. This article caught my eye because
running
> Dragon on a PDA is laughable. Dragon is a notorious resource-demanding
> application.
>
> > Has anyone used this?
> > Is it any good?
>
> I have not tried this, but...
>
> > Is the palm transcribing as accurate as the PC transcribing (very
> > important)?
>
> The only factor here is the quality of recording. In PC-side transcribing
> there are many aspects to consider: microphone quality, baseline volume,
> clarity of speech, adaptation to voice (as in the training stage), etc.
>
> The built-in recording facility of a Palm aims to make data concise. Also,
I
> do not know much about the quality of the microphone.
>
> Try this: in your practice or in the natural conditions where recording is
> to take please, blurt out a few words while recording. Compare your
ability
> to understand the voice with that which you get on the PC. Also search the
> Web to learn about other people's experiences.
>
> Roy
>
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> Roy S. Schestowitz
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