So today after using Windows Vista for six months, I decided to try and play around with the vista speech recognition system.
and although it has come a long way since I First Started using it 10 years ago, it is unfortunately still a long way from being a practical tool for most of us on a daily basis.
For example, the list of applications that it works with does not include many of the applications that I live in everyday, including WordPress, Thunderbird, Skype and Firefox. In fact, in order to write this post, I had to open up Wordpad. I will cut and paste the text later.
That said, speech recognition has certainly come a long way. I do like the way Microsoft has integrated the speech commands into the operating system. They seem to have put a lot of thought into the various ways we will want to use voice in the future to interface with our computers. And while it is true, yes, that I can probably type a lot faster than I am able to currently use speech recognition, I am going to try to integrate it into more of my daily routine, if for no other reason, then to avoid getting RSI.
before nays mac cracked the shits and died she was playing around with voice recognition. Worked great.
Still I prefer to type. Talking at my computer makes me feel like a weirdo. What I’m waiting for is the invention I came up with when I was a kid, direct brain to computer style input. Why talk to your computer when you can just think at it. Much better, particularly when you’re in public.