Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!eagles.rutgers.edu!hundt From: hundt@eagles.rutgers.edu (Hundt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Voice recognition/speech synthesis products Keywords: voice speech Message-ID: Date: 30 Dec 88 05:01:26 GMT References: <300@holin.ATT.COM> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 27 |"COVOX,Inc." (TM?) listing "Speech Products" including "Synthesizer- |$79.95", "Digitizer-$89.95" and "Voice Recognition-$49.95". Well I'd check first if they aren't using the National chipset; you could buy this at Radio Shack and build your own for $25. (if you're handy at hardware that is) I'm pessimistic about speech recognition products; basically it's turned into a software problem that hasn't been solved yet. They've gotten as far as a toy (called "voyager" or something) that recognizes "yes" and "no" and that's about all. IBM has been working on a device for many years to take speech (eg. dictation) and turn it into data (eg. wordprocessor file). I don't see it on the market yet, so I don't know, but I'd kinda doubt the effectiveness of the $49.95 speech recognizer. Yours doubtfully, Tom hundt@occlusal.rutgers.edu:Thomas M. Hundt:201/247-6723(H),932-5843(Lab) -- RRRRRR Thomas M. Hundt RR RR Gradual Student --- Electrical & Computer Engineering RR RR Rutgers University RRRRR New Brunswick NJ RR RR hundt@occlusal.rutgers.edu RRR RRR Famous last words: "The virus ate it."