Chris Wilson Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Stuff like Dragon Dictate Naturally Speaking, and its competitors were all the rage many years ago, and were going to make the keyboard obsolete, but they petered out. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 It's not Politically Correct enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarak Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 It struggled understanding scousers and brummies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 It struggled understanding scousers and brummies. That's a shame `cos the *uggers can't write or spell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 As with most things Microsoft started including it for free with Windows and Office Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Its still about, Rosetta Stone off of learning foreign languages use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I think most people tried it and realised it was horribly frustrating and so stopped using it. Besides, you don't want to remove the need for hiring a hot secretary do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobUK Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 You obviously never tried using one Chris.... it had to be one of the most frustrating pieces of software ever created..... after windows that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 It struggled understanding scousers and brummies. That's a shame `cos the *uggers can't write or spell Ahem. Weem not all saft up theer. Yow cor extrapolate, loik, yowm using inductive logic at its wersterest. Arr. A friend of mine from home (West Bromwich) got a job some years back in London. His secretary complained that she could hardly understand any of his dictation: his black country intonation was so flat that it ironed out all the little nuances she was used to using for cues (e.g. a rising pitch for questions, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I liked the Xp plus pack version on Xp for controlling media player, sadly they pooch screwed it in Vista and made it useless. In Xp you could tell it to play an artist and it would play everything on your pc by that artist, usefull when you have some 50gb of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 It was and still is absolutely cr@p. I had a client who insisted on using Dragon because she was dyslexic. We never got it working correctly even though she speaks the Queen's English as well as the Queen (she was quite a posh bird with her own boat business). I still keep in touch (well, you would if you'd seen her too ) and she's still struggling with the new version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 A friend of mine from home (West Bromwich) got a job some years back in London. His secretary complained that she could hardly understand any of his dictation: his black country intonation was so flat that it ironed out all the little nuances she was used to using for cues (e.g. a rising pitch for questions, etc). She was probably too used to everything rhyming. I always thought the accent is very song full, up and down in pitch all the time. Almost everything sounds like a question. A few classics from the area: Alright mate = Good morning How bist jockey? = How are you? Done a guddon = Did well Bostin = very good Tararabit = good bye Yow = You Buz = Bus Go for a Burna = Have a few drinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Stuff like Dragon Dictate Naturally Speaking, and its competitors were all the rage many years ago, and were going to make the keyboard obsolete, but they petered out. Why? Can you not be bothered to type anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 I can't afford a secretary, good or bad looking, male or female, so was curious to know if speech recognition software was dead or just hiding from me. It all came about when I asked `er indoors to note something down when I was speaking to someone on the `phone. She said "I'm not your bloody secretary", so I was looking for something to fling in her face that wouldn't cost a fortune or my marriage. I'll continue with Post Its for now I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJP Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Stuff like Dragon Dictate Naturally Speaking, and its competitors were all the rage many years ago, and were going to make the keyboard obsolete, but they petered out. Why? Well shows how behind with the times the company I work for is, they are just getting it installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 She was probably too used to everything rhyming. I always thought the accent is very song full, up and down in pitch all the time. Almost everything sounds like a question. A few classics from the area: Alright mate = Good morning How bist jockey? = How are you? Done a guddon = Did well Bostin = very good Tararabit = good bye Yow = You Buz = Bus Go for a Burna = Have a few drinks. I'm fascinated by Black Country dialect, though sadly, I think the oddest bits are disappearing. It has some of the weirdest contractions and grammar I've come across anywhere. For example: bay, bain't = I am not (e.g. "I bay gooin' there") some on we = some of us cor = cannot it ay = it isn't gi on = get on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I'm a fan of the brummy accent as it's instant comedy. Anything can be made to sound funny with a thick brum accent, much like speeding up footage of anything and adding the Benny Hill music is a surefire win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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