Speech recognition - Was: Desktop froze

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 at 19:36, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
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> I was hoping you had something to report about Linux speech recognition.

I guessed as much.

I am not aware of anything that is in a useful state on any FOSS OS.

> Taking a look at my iPads, only the still supported iPad Pro provides
> "Dictation". My iPads as of 2023-06-11 https://i.imgur.com/J7rMbVQ.jpg .

So an iPad 2 and a 2018 Pro?

I have my mother's old iPad 3, the first Retina model. Like a 2, it
too is stuck on iOS 9 and as such is almost useless. I can read books
on it and little more. My ancient Hotmail account still works and is
the only email I have that does on this device.


> This day I tried to migrate to dark themes, but only the iPad Pro
> provides a dark theme, hence the different colours of the folders.

I didn't even notice. I don't care about light and dark modes; I'd
like them to either be automatic and invisible, or just go away.

Then again, I care a *lot* about keyboard quality, which is why I
don't personally use tablets.

> Info about "Dictation": “[snip] When you use Dictation, your device will
> indicate in Keyboard

IMHO it is only useful for speech to natural language text. It is
unsuitable for use with a command line, and your efforts reinforce my
opinion.

I know some people who use it for programming but the amount of effort
required does not look worth it for me.


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