Speech recognition

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/7/3 David Fletcher <kubuntu-users at thefletchers.net>:
> I suspect this is a long shot:-
>
> Does anybody know of any speech recognition software that can be used with
> Kubuntu?
>
> I have an acquaintance who has never owned a computer, but wants to use one to
> write a book. He can be nudged in the direction of using Kubuntu and LaTeX I
> think, but he says he's not got time to type it. He wants to dictate it
> directly into the text editor.
>
> Does anybody know of any applications that can do this please? I've tried all
> the search strings I can think of in the Adept installer, and Google has
> turned up nothing for me.
>

He wants a secretary, not a computer. Speech recognition is used for
sending preconfigured commands to the computer, not for dictating
arbitrary text. For instance, while your friend might dictate one
character discussing a new display with another character, the reader
might be surprised to see the characters discussing a nudist play.

Dotan Cohen

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
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