Hello, Sandra. Your points are well taken indeed. One of my doctors routinely phones in a report about my visit, and the speech recognition software from which a written report is generated is, he says, first-rate. He once told me it never made a mistake, and I managed to suppress my disbelief. However, Speech recognition is getting better all the time. I have sometimes used silly speech patterns in an attempt to trip up some engines and am pleasantly surprised that often, they are on to my game.
Craig On 2/9/14, Sandratomkins <sandratomk...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Good afternoon Craig, > Thank you for your kind words and I must admit to feeling rather inventive > today! You should see the storm I'm stirring up on our local guide dog > list!! > > I know what you mean about Siri slips. Some of them can be truly > imaginative! But, often, a word such as "all" is inserted instead of the > word "or". This can, indeed, give an impression of bad grammar. Yet, because > the two words sound similar, it is easily overlooked when reading through > text. I have learnt, over time, to be quite vigilant, but, nevertheless, The > odd one still gets passed me. I will say this though, if you're lucky enough > to have the sort of accent that Siri is expecting to understand, its > recognition can be truly amazing! I, four example, though living in Ireland, > I'm originally from England and my accent is the sort of BBC one. So, plummy > Daniel, understands me very well! > > Are used to be a power user of Bluetooth keyboards alongside my iPhone. Now, > however, I rarely get them out, choosing to use Siri all the time instead. > > But, back to the main point, I am envisaging the potential of the dictation > function with a specially adapted app, and more as being useful in the > mainstream. As I said before, students, business people, doctors clinic > attendees, and so on, all of these people might find it very useful. > Because, in my humble opinion, if something works well for the mainstream, > it will be allowed to grow and improve at an exponential rate. Then, those > people who may have much greater need of it, with disabilities etc, may > well find they have an excellent new tool to play with. > > Just my thoughts, > Sandy > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 9 Feb 2014, at 16:36, "BrianMiller" <brianrmille...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On a related note, does anyone know what the maximum length of a memo one >> can record with the built in memo recorder app on the iPhone? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Brian M >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> Of Craig Werner >> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 10:59 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: The potential of the dictation function? >> >> Sandra, your post is an example of the imaginative and far-reaching >> messages >> I enjoy reading on this list. I am so glad folks are experimenting with >> the >> dictation option. I admit to distrusting it since it often makes errors >> which users do not catch through proofreading, and this sometimes makes >> them >> appear careless. >> Nevertheless, I agree it is a very worthwhile service. Perhaps more than >> any other group, It benefits those who have difficulty typing or cannot >> do >> so at all. >> >> Craig >> >>> On 2/9/14, Sandratomkins <sandratomk...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> Hi there! >>> I was just playing around with my phone and I opened the notes app. >>> Then, in a new note, I started off the dictation function. I then >>> walked into the kitchen, where my partner was eating lunch, the radio >>> was playing, and there was some ambient noise. I told him I wanted to >>> carry out a small experiment with dictation and asked him to talk to >>> me. We then had a short conversation. I stopped the dictation function >>> and waited to see how much of the conversation my phone had picked up. >>> It actually did very well, probably, digitising about 30/40% of our >>> conversation. Something I noticed was that when my partner spoke the >> dictation made a new paragraph For him. >>> >>> So, what do I conclude? I am thinking that the phone has the >>> potential, under the right circumstances, to, say, digitise a whole >>> lecture. I think, it would need to actually record the lecture first >>> and then take its time over the digitising from spoken to text. But I >>> am sure it could actually do it as things stand right now. That is, I >>> think it can do it but it with me to have its own space for the >> processing. >>> >>> Has anyone else played with this function? Perhaps, there is already >>> an app to do it? I would be very interested to hear people's comments >>> on this as, I think, it may have greater potential, I E, in transcribing >> radio programs >>> for people who at the moment can't access them due to hearing loss. >>> Or >>> for students, journalists, and who knows what else? >>> >>> My thanks for any responses, >>> Sandy >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> >>> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> >>> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >>> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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