Hi, Things are not so straightforward. A good external noise cancelling microphone will come with its own soundcard. Alternatively, if you decide to use the microphone that comes with dragon naturally speaking, it is best to use a USB digital sound converter.
Pranav -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pamnani Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:02 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Voice dictation, good deal dont forget that you will need an additional sound card. Kanchan Kanchan Pamnani Advocate & Solicitor 9, Suleman Chambers, Battery Street, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 039. ----- Original Message ----- From: "harish kotian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:30 PM Subject: [AI] Voice dictation, good deal > Hello all > > I arranged a demo of Dragon naturally speaking, a voice recognition > software at my office. > I was very much impressed with the results of it. > > To tell something about it, This software, sort of replaces the use of the > keyboard. You can do all functioning of the computer, navigating, > editing, working on spreadsheet etc. > > Actually, I was looking it as an accessability tool by which we can give > rest to our hands and save us from RSI related problems, regarding which > we discussed on the list a few days back. > However, I discovered it could be very effectively used as a productivity > tool. One can dictate at very high speeds, much more than what a person > can type. > > The accuracy rate is also very good. Without any training it recognised my > dictation to almost 95%. > > One can do all document formatting including making tables with voice. One > can also use it with Excell very well. > > The commands used too are very intutive and it would take just a few > minutes to do most of the operation. > > I checked on the price which is Rs.14,999. I enquired if he could give us > for a special price. He readily agreed to give us a 30% discount. He would > give furthur discount depending on volume. > > The package includes a special noise cancelling microphone which itself > costs arround Rs. 1,500 upwards. 1 license permitts you to make 2 > installations like, a decktop and laptop. > > This can be ideal for students, teachers, reporters, translators, > transcriptionists, lawyers etc. It will also be a good tool for those who > do a lot of correspondence. > > For a brief demo, you can download this file: > Download Link (Public): > http://up-file.com/download/6fcb73708281/DRAGON-1.zip.html > > It contains the dictation voice file and the dragon recognised text file > > This sunday noon you can also participate in a demo on Skype by our member > who is using it extensively. > > If you wish to participate in it, please give your Skype id on: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you are interested in joining us in purchasing a copy, you can write on > my Id given above. > > Harish. > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in