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From: chuck@melmac.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.cog-eng,sci.lang
Subject: Re: Why are there no Speech Recognition products for the Mac??
Keywords: Voice Recognition, Voice Synthesis, Speech, Voice Response
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Date: 20 Jan 89 15:49:28 GMT
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In article <927@quintus.UUCP> pds@quintus.UUCP (Peter Schachte) writes:
>In article <434@eutrc3.UUCP> rcbaab@eutrc3.UUCP (Annard Brouwer) writes:
>>Why does everybody want a speech recognition device for their Mac (or
>>other computers)?
>
>Because I can speak much faster than I can type.  For editing, I'd want
>a combination of mouse and speech recognition (point somewhere and say
>"insert 'point somewhere and say'," and the phrase appears).  Or how
>about pointing with the mouse and saying "move this...," then moving
>the mouse and saying "here."

     I wonder about this.  Try speaking the preceding paragraph with all
the punctuation in place.  Those imbedded single and double quotes would be
a pain, including the parens and the ellipses.  Also, you need some verbal
escapes, since the word "insert" is a marker (in the above system) and you
need to escape it back to its use as a normal word.

     The horrors of multi-person offices are too numerous to mention.  Not
to mention shouting "rm *" into a room crowded with voice recognition
terminals.  I like quiet when I work, not listening to my office babble to
his machine (and vice versa).


Chuck Musciano
Advanced Technology Department
Harris Corporation
(407) 727-6131
ARPA: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com