Re: [libreoffice-users] Linux alternative

On 07/17/2015 05:25 PM, charles meyer wrote:
> For those on the list using or contemplating Linux, this was interesting.
>
> http://www.techrepublic.com/article/alternative-is-the-question-linux-is-the-answer/
>
> No one really addressed software only written for Windows - e.g.
> Dragon Naturally Speaking.
>
> There doesn't seem to be a good open source or Linux-based voice
> recognition software.
>
> That can be a deal breaker.
yes it can be. As someone dependent on NaturallySpeaking,  I can tell 
you that most of the native limits speech recognition solutions do not 
measure up and would probably take a multimillion dollar effort to make 
a functional equivalent.

 Then there is the issue of supporting it, fixing bugs, adding 
features, working with the community current open-source funding 
techniques just don't measure up to the financial needs of critical 
projects like this would be.

 So how is it, I am using NaturallySpeaking to dictate on the next? 
Well the wine solution is pretty fragile and doesn't work with the 
latest NaturallySpeaking. It still has problems with using community 
supported extensions such as natlink and vocola.

 Instead, I'm using a different solution which is running 
NaturallySpeaking in a Windows virtual machine and using a tool I 
developed called speech bridge (See github)  to link speech recognition 
functionality in Windows to whatever the hell Linux is doing.

 It's moving slow, I am changing things as I need them. I'm getting to 
the point where I could use some assistance but I'm going to hold off 
asking until I have a good specification/Definition.

--- eric

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