My dad lost his vision a few years back, and we haven't really found anything terribly useful in the realm of speech recoginition.
He's tried out the little electronic phone/address book gizmo, but it took forever to train to his voice, a process that was a PITA to start with since you had to _READ_ what you were supposed to say to it off the screen, then whisper it to dad, loud enough for him to hear you, but not loud enough that your whisper would be picked up.
So that went in the trash, and he's been using a microcassette recorder ever since. Not really the coolest way to do things, but it gets the job done. (It has an interface that a blind person can actually use)
This sounds like a great idea, as long as they make it useable.
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Great, now I've got that stupid song in my head.
Thanks. Thanks a bunch.
You make an excellent point about blind users.
My dad lost his vision a few years back, and we haven't really found
anything terribly useful in the realm of speech recoginition.
He's tried out the little electronic phone/address book gizmo, but it took
forever to train to his voice, a process that was a PITA to start with since
you had to _READ_ what you were supposed to say to it off the screen,
then whisper it to dad, loud enough for him to hear you, but not loud
enough that your whisper would be picked up.
So that went in the trash, and he's been using a microcassette recorder
ever since. Not really the coolest way to do things, but it gets the job done.
(It has an interface that a blind person can actually use)
This sounds like a great idea, as long as they make it useable.
Reminds me of Mahjongg on my Zaurus...
"You loose!"