Gil: Sorry to hear about your medical issues. Sounds like you have a good approach to dealing with it. Good luck!
We had a guy in our user group - Tim Anderson I think his name was. He scanned books like Code Complete. He said it didn't take long once you got after it. He had a kid do it for him. He reviewed the text and removed any diagrams that would not convert to speech. He then ran it through a text to speech program. On the weekend and when driving around in his car he would listen to these books. The voice was a little hokey, but the content is what was important. HTH Jeff Jeff Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 623-582-0323 Fax 623-869-0675 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of mrgmhale > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NF] Speech-To-Text software opinions sought > > Greetings All! > > I need some assistance from my esteemed ProFox colleagues. About 3 weeks > ago I managed to pinch a nerve quite badly while running some cable. > After > a week of severe pain & numbness I finally gutted out and went to see my > primary care physician. He concluded I indeed had a pinched nerve, and > confirmed my father's long distance diagnosis re: the problem coming from > C-6 (my father is a retired physician). He ordered x-Rays (and prescribed > some interesting pain killers <g>). One week later I visited the doc and > saw the x-Ray results. Not good, but could be far worse. I have several > spurs and the start of arthritis & deterioration in several vertebrae in > my > neck, several discs that are pretty flattened out, and the prognosis is > not > good. It is not reversible, the neck vertebrae will get worse with time, > surgery is not yet a viable option, but the pain ought to be lessened over > time until I do something silly and pinch a nerve yet again. My father > predicted this would happen 25 years ago after a lady ran a red light in > Redlands, CA, and broadsided me pretty good (bad). He told me that > between > age 50 & 60 I would have neck problems, and spur growth due to the > accident. > He sure nailed that prophecy! Luckily I took out one hell of a strong > (and > very expensive) disability policy about 15 years ago in case he was right. > > So, until this past Monday I have been in tremendous nerve pain, and > pretty > much relegated to providing clients with phone support, and minimal work > on > keyboard entry due to the severe pain and constant numbness in my left arm > and hand. This week the pain has not been as bad, but the perpetual > numbness in the left hand drives me nuts, and still makes keyboard work > challenging. You would not believe the typos! Thank goodness for spell > check. I guess my days of pulling cable, pulling PCs apart, romping all > over the place to visit clients, installing network equipment, etc., are > pretty much over. And my coding days in terms of hours per day will > likely > be limited as well. I am sure glad my commercial VFP apps are stable, and > for my past decision to use a recurring license billing structure for my > business! > > Anyway, I have never been a raving fan of Speech-To-Text programs due to > some very poor results in years past despite claims of "up to" 98% > accuracy. > But I am likely going to need to move in that direction. I have come > across > fairly recent reviews, and it seems Nuance's Dragon Speaking Naturally v-9 > may be worth the investment. But I do not know how well it may work in a > Fox coding environment. I invite any and all comments re: other > Speech-To-Text software my fellow FoxHeads may have used for Word, Outlook > and even Fox coding. > > I thank you for your anticipated input, which I am certain will provide > some > powerful insights as in all other matters we manage to go over as a group. > > > Regards, > > Gil > > > Gilbert M. Hale > New Freedom Data Resources > Pittsford, NY > 585-359-8085 - Office (Rolls To Cellular) > 585-202-4341 - Cellular/VoiceMail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/mixed > text/plain (text body -- kept) > application/ms-tnef > --- > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
