Speech>Information and Resources
Speech recognition is a "leading edge" technology, consequently much of the useful information appears on the web pages of Value Added Resellers (VARs) and on the specialist internet newsgroups.
Books on Speech Recognition
Three books are available through IT Speaking - and the others
by following the links to Amazon.
Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7
- by Larry Allen. Further
Details
Learn to unlock the potential of Dragon NaturallySpeaking
7 by building custom voice commands.
Paperback - 165 pp, spiral bound (published May 2003) Softnet Systems Inc; ISBN 0-9725946-1-2
£33.00 Order from IT Speaking.
Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6 - by Larry Allen. Further
Details
Learn to unlock the potential of Dragon NaturallySpeaking
6.1 by building custom voice commands.
Paperback - 151 pp, spiral bound (published July 2002) Softnet Systems Inc; ISBN
£12.50 Order from IT Speaking.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Complete - by Parmod Gandhi, Walt Kuryliak,
Ted Kempster, et al. Further Details
Written for NaturallySpeaking V 4 but has much useful information for later versions.
Paperback - 740 pp (published January 2000) InSync Software Inc; ISBN 09686037-0-x
£19.00 Order from IT Speaking.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Quicktorial: Voice Recognition Software - by J. Alan Baumgarten, Karl Barksdale,
Michael Rutter.
Paperback - 160 pp (published September 1999) South-Western Educational Publishing; ISBN 0538694556
Currently Unavailable.
£18.79 Order here from Amazon.
The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Guide: Speech Recognition Made Fast and Simple - by Dan Newman.
Covers NaturallySpeaking V 5. Currently Unavailable.
Paperback - 280 pp 2nd (published November 2000) Waveside Publishing; ISBN 0967038987
£13.08 Order here from Amazon.
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Dragon Naturally Speaking for the Office Professional: Speech Recognition Series - by Karl Barksdale.
Covers NaturallySpeaking V 5.
Paperback - 128 pp 1st (published December 2000) South-Western Educational Publishing; ISBN 0538723718
£15.98 Order here from Amazon.
Helpful Internet Sites
| Larry Allen | This is probably the best site for tips, tricks and hints for NaturallySpeaking, especially for advanced topics. Larry is the author of Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking. | |
| Martin Markoe | Martin is the Webs microphone guru. The site has invaluable information on obtaining speech recognition accuracy, choice of microphones and MP3 files of how and how not to speak to a Dragon. | |
| Susan Fulton | Covers not only Dragon NaturallySpeaking but IBM ViaVoice and Mac products. Information on keyboard shortcuts and a collection of "speech bloopers". | |
| Rose | More articles, tips and tricks from a long time user of speech recognition. Enjoy the cartoons! |
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| David Austin | Check the invaluable SayWhatPro application for NaturallySpeaking. |
Internet Newsgroups
| VoiceGroup | This is an active community ranging from beginner to expert users of Speech Recognition applications mainly covering ScanSoft Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Dragon Dictate and IBM ViaVoice. The group page has a Files section where users can share macros and other information. VoiceGroup is a Yahoo Group. | |
| VoiceComp | This community is intended for beginner to expert users of Speech Recognition applications to discuss and share day-to-day problems and techniques. It is not for detailed technical discussions. VoiceComp is a Yahoo Group. | |
| SpeechMicrophones | The objective of this community is to remove the, often lengthy, technical discussions on the merits of individual microphones away from more general discussion groups. VoiceComp is a Yahoo Group. | |
| NatPro-Macro Writers | The group is for the discussion of voice macros (scripts) used in any application with NaturallySpeaking Professional. No commercial messages are allowed including signature lines. This is a Yahoo Group. | |
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