Re: [libreoffice-users] Linux alternative

On 07/18/2015 03:42 AM, Eric wrote:
> 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

There are only two or three Win-only software I need to use, that I have 
not found an easy to use alternative for a .deb based Linux OS.  Also, I 
have not found any way to use my external USB-based wifi antenna, for 
"better/faster" useful access 10 floors below my router's antennas.  IF 
so, then Linux would be use for that work "environment",

Also, for the "speech issue", I have never been able to got that to work 
properly for Ubuntu and Linux Mint, as least text to speech.  I have not 
worked with speech to text or speech "system control" before, so I have 
not really looked into that, much.




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