Free Speech to Text | Free Speech to Text Software
Is there free speech to text software. Fortunately, the answer is "yes", and you may already own it!
Back in April, 2011, I began looking for a speech to text software that would help me to blog more frequently. I did a lot of research on speech to text software programs , but most of what I've found, was text to speech programs. That's not what I needed. so, I came across a program called Dragon Naturally Speaking. This program however, can run up to $299.00. This is a lot more than I wanted to spend. So the end I decided to look for some alternatives. Again and most of what I found was not beach to text but rather text to speech. The text to speech programs do the exact opposite of what I needed. Although they are very good, I was trying to avoid typing anything. My typing is absolutely horrible. And I am too slow. Since I don't like to write, but I do have to blog, I had to find something that would work. I was willing to give dragon in trying, but the cheap skate in me and told me that there had to be an alternative. So my search began. Evidently Microsoft it does have a built in speech to text program. Unfortunately in XP it only works with office 2003. I have office 2007. Obviously this was not a good fit. For those of you who have windows seven , you can use microsoft office 2007. Most who have reviewed it like Dragon better which is understandable.
I kept digging, and eventually I found a program called Tazti. I liked the program because number one it was freed and number two it did almost the same thing as Dragon Naturally Speaking without to the high cost. Of course Dragon is the leader in the industry but I had to give Tazti a try. This particular post was written using Tazti . Tazti won't even recognize its own name –keeps spelling it "tasty" .Additionally there are more than a few errors. For example no matter how slow I say it , the software refuses to properly spell the word blog. In fact, as I just dictated that the last sentence ,the software rendered "blog" as "block" You will have to be extremely articulate and even still there are no guarantees. I would guess that this free software has about 80% accuracy rate .
Another very serious problem with this Dragon Naturally Speaking alternative is with punctuation. If you indicate that you would like specific punctuation tazti does a good job of inserting it. For example , the comma that I just used I dictated. But for some crazy reason ,TaztI refuses to capitalize the word I.this really stinks if you are writing a narrative.
Overall, after demoing Tazti , I decided that I did want to try Dragon Naturally Speaking after all. It doesn't have to cost $299.00. There's always Amazon.com. I purchased my copy on Amazon for less than $30.00. The software was brand new , the box was sealed , and even came with a headphones. I wasn't expecting The headphones. They were a nice surprise. It would have been really nice if they let you install it on as many computers as you want. But no software company does that. Dragon Naturally Speaking , allows for three installations.
Of the two software's Dragon is Ten times better. But Tazti is cheaper . By the way , Tazti is no longer completely free. There is a free fourteen day trial but the cost is $29.99 . This is the only advantage over Dragon Naturally Speaking, since it does not offer a free trial.
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