[mdlug] Voice Typing and/or dictation tools

[Carl T. Miller]

Ouch!  I can feel your pain.

I hope all goes well.

c


On 2/13/24 10:26 AM, Dark Star wrote:
> For the Voice typing I decided to go to MicroCenter and buy one of those
> $80.00 dollar laptops that
> somebody emailed about.
> Well I got good news and I got some bad news. I'll start with the bad news
> first.
> Talking with some of the staff at MicroCenter, the general consensus was do
> not buy, mainly because they
> have a habit of causing fires if they are plugged in.
> And now the good news
> There is no good news, it's all bad.
> I ended up buying a MIcrosoft Surface with Windows 11SE installed.
> I bought an open box for $80.00 dollars.
> What I didn't know was that the SE means stripped down student edition.
> There is no command line available.
> It does not allow students  to install their own software for fear of
> damaging the device. And the voice recognition
> did not work, or maybe it worked but cortana just can't hear.
> The other thing is it needs to be connected to the internet all the time.
> With an internet connection it might
> be a little more functional but I doubt it.
> I am going to return this thing.
>
> I would say more but I'm about to spontaneously combust.
>
> Dennis
>
> On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 12:51 PM Carl T. Miller <carl at carltm.com> wrote:
>
>> Here's a video showing how to use "voice typing" which
>> is more than just dictation.  It's provided by Google Docs,
>> so I'm guessing that it works in Linux and it does require
>> Chrome or Edge.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unwa4fYxwJo
>>
>> Incidentally, this seems to have a lot of the features
>> of the Win11 voice recognition.  I'll have to play with
>> both just to see what's available on other platforms.
>>
>> Also on my play list are:
>>
>> Nerd Dictation
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw1SESc8sdA
>>
>> Whisper AI
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_2McMS4wNM
>>
>> Speech Note
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxhGpGkl3PI
>>
>> Numen
>> https://numenvoice.org/
>>
>> c
>>
>>
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