Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sphinx - voice translation - Linux

On 12/03/2014 07:55 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> I see on TV "Dragon Natural Speaking".  That is the "NaturalSpeaking" 
> your have listed below, right?
yes.
> Which package[s] is[are] good for Linux - i.e. Debian based ones like 
> Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

none so far.  they are all windows based and will stay that way. this is 
why I'm trying to make encyst windows and DNS (Dragon NaturallySpeaking) 
inside of kvm.
> Is there any FREE ones that work well for Windows?

none.  all useful speech reco is decidedly not libre.  Nuance is really 
locked up that way.
> It would be real nice to get a Linux Box set up for a neighbor that is 
> blind - since I do not have a spare Windows system and she cannot 
> afford to buy the Windows OS like Win7.  Be nice to have it set up for 
> "reading" e-books - in their epub format or converted to text - 
> instead of trying to find audio book copies.  Of course you will need 
> the voice commands to run the system to get the "box" to find the 
> book, play, pause, stop, go back, etc..  That is what the speech 
> recognition really us needed.

look into making a simple Braille keypad with those controls using a 
rasberry pi.  you probably could make the whole ebook reader out of 
one.  feel free to contact me off list for design ideas.

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