> So it becomes a question of--do I cope with the imperfections in the > assistive technology and take the time necessary to minimize > them? Or do I > give up doing the work I love? When push comes to shove, the vast > majority > of people faced with this situation do the former. >
I choose to learn to work within the confines of my condition. I can't imagine rolling over and turning my back on the occupation I have loved being involved with for over 20 years. Much less leaving my clients hanging in the breeze. I have more of a condition that will change how I do things, not one that has stopped me dead in my tracks. It is irritating, but I prefer to not dwell on, "Why me?" There are many folks far worse off than I am, this is a ripple in a large pond, hardly detectable in the overall scheme of things. > You (Gil) may want to give the folks at the Center for Disability > Rights in > Rochester a call. They will probably be able to connect you to folks who > will have insight not only into speech recognition software but > into other > adaptations to address your situation. Good advice. I never even thought to look for help from any such organization. Never had to consider it in the past. Thank you. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken Dibble > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Speech-To-Text software opinions sought > > > At 10:06 AM 2/2/07, you wrote: > > >> Voice recognition is getting more and more accurate by the > day, but it is > > >> important to realize that (1) it's still a very tough > problem to solve and > > >> (2) there are parallel efforts attacking the problem. The > parallel tracks > > >> are handling (1) an unlimited domain for a single speaker and (2) > > >> a limited domain for any speaker. > > > >To add onto Dave's synopsis (I did a bit of looking into this about 25 > >years, along with vision systems for robots), what Gil is looking for is > >actually quite reasonably these days. The tales of woe are generally > >from folks who have expectations beyond the current realm of technology. > > > >For a single person to train a system with a distinct vocab ("SQL" is a > >language, not the followup to a hit movie), particularly with someone > >who knows what they're doing and has the discipline to adapt a bit > >(which fits Gil to a 't'), voice recog is definitely a reasonable > >vehicle right now. > > > >One gets into trouble if one won't exercise a little discipline > >(speaking too fast, background noise, slurring words, using slang, etc.) > >And even then, with just a single speaker, systems will learn to adapt, > >and translate "y'wl" to the more proper "you-all". > > Whil's right. There are people with very significant disabilities > who rely > on this software to do their jobs. It works well enough for them > to earn a > living. > > Another aspect of all this is the fact that most people work best > with one > particular communication channel. Just because a person can > compose text or > code quickly and well at a keyboard does not mean they'll immediately be > able to do so orally--with or without extremely responsive voice > recognition software. Each mode requires a very different form of > concentration and thought. It will take a lot of practice to > become good at > composing in a different mode--but that's not the software's fault. > > So it becomes a question of--do I cope with the imperfections in the > assistive technology and take the time necessary to minimize > them? Or do I > give up doing the work I love? When push comes to shove, the vast > majority > of people faced with this situation do the former. > > You (Gil) may want to give the folks at the Center for Disability > Rights in > Rochester a call. They will probably be able to connect you to folks who > will have insight not only into speech recognition software but > into other > adaptations to address your situation. > > And I wish you great good luck. You can do this. > > Ken Dibble > www.stic-cil.org > > > [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.
