Re: [libreoffice-users] Linux alternative

On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 08:21 -0400, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> 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.

I couldn't find a good OCR solution for linux either. Project for
someone?

Cheers
Harvey


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