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State of the art for dictation was probably Dragon Dictate / Naturally Speaking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_NaturallySpeaking https://en.wikipedia.or
by rhplus 10y ago
State of the art for dictation was probably Dragon Dictate / Naturally Speaking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_NaturallySpeaking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_NaturallySpeaking
Windows had an API for basic command recognition, in late 90's giving the ability to navigate through telephony menus, for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Speech_API#SAPI_1-4_API_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Speech_API#SAPI_1-4_...
- tgb 10y agoOh yeah, very practical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzJ0CytAsec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzJ0CytAsec
- flukus 10y agoThat's a lot better than the results I get from Google voice today. Writing code isn't what it's optimised for though.
- hendersoon 10y agoIt was completely usable at the time, but did require a relatively beefy PC. Doctors and attorneys very commonly used it to dictate letters.
- flukus 10y agoAnd for context "beefy PC" here means less CPU power and RAM than the cheapest smart phone today.