Re: [NTLK] [OT] New iPhones/iPhone OS 3.0

Positive user opinions of latest MSD (some negatives out there too, but those revolve around the software crashing on some users' computers):

"I'll add my voice to the satisfied user upgrades. I find this latest version is very fast. Even though I tend to take notes from books and such, so the text is usually not the way I would naturally speak, Dictate just keeps on sailing ahead. I like the editing tools and think the interface for corrections is very efficient."
Best,

"I just got MacSpeech Dictate version 1.5 yesterday and so far I'm impressed. It's definitely quicker and certainly more accurate."

"One thing I've learned is you'll get a lot more out of MacSpeech Dictate if you read the manual and actually learn how to use it. I was sort of winging it for the first few months I had it and it worked okay. But when I actually read the manual and learn how to use the recognition window and so forth it got much better. And the arrival of version 1.5 has improved things even more so."

----- Original Message ----
From: Ryan Vetter <physicalconstants@yahoo.ca>
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 5:36:49 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] [OT] New iPhones/iPhone OS 3.0

Hi Jon:

Well, I guess I wouldn't be recommending it if it didn't work well...

It is much faster than 90 wpm. You can speak (as long as it is clear) as fast as you can and it will pick everything up.

I type 80 WPM (real, tested score) when dictating from another text. When engaging in speech to text, what is the equivalent typing speed?

With practice, you can get 160 WPM+.

The latest MacSpeech Dictate comes on a DVD (1.5 GB of data) and includes a large dictionary. So errors are mitigated (think of the 2100's dictionary word count - 93,000 compared to the MP 130's - 13,000). There are far less errors in the HWR on the 2100 compared to the MP 130 because it has far more words to choose from. Same too with this latest version of MacSpeech Dictate.

It really has been like going from a Newton 1.x device to a Newton 2.1 device in terms of speed and accuracy.

My suggestion: try it yourself and see if you like it.

----- Original Message ----
From: Jon Glass <jonglass@usa.net>
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 12:52:45 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] [OT] New iPhones/iPhone OS 3.0

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Ryan Vetter<physicalconstants@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Speech recognition is the fastest input method available on a computer. It is much faster than typing, and very accurate.

When typing casually, or when thinking, I average over 60 wpm. When
dictating or writing previously-written text, I'm near 90. I do this
with nearly 0 errors, and correcting only slows me down a trifle. How
do you do with voice recognition on average? I'm really curious how
simple it is to correct, and how it effects your overal speed. I've
watched Dave Pogue demo Naturally Speaking, and frankly, I wasn't too
impressed with it--ok, it is impressive to watch it happen, but it's
also impressive to watch a dog dance. ;-) Doesn't mean the dog dances
beautifully, nor does it mean I want to use speech recognition, but
I'm curious how well you do on average. :-0

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-Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<jonglass@usa.net>
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