Voice recognition software for Windows

An introduction to the main voice recognition packages for Windows

More about voice recognition
Although there is voice recognition software built into Office XP, there are also several widely used packages for sale that offer excellent accuracy and even complete 'hands-free' use . For example Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice Recognition and IBM's ViaVoice Software. This is a very powerful option for those who are not able to use a physical keyboard or mouse, or just want to speed up their text input.

The systems take time to "train" to recognise the speaker, but with practice it is possible to input text at a rate in excess of the fastest typist.

 
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More recently these systems have become much more affordable - a full list of options is described in our factsheet ' Voice recognition software - an Introduction' which is available below as text and PDF files.

Related factsheets :

•    Voice recognition software – an introduction (text)
•    Voice recognition software – an introduction (PDF)
•    Voice recognition – more advanced features and concepts(text)
•    Voice recognition – more advanced features and concepts (PDF)
•    RSI - work-related Upper Limb Disorder (text)
•    RSI - work-related Upper Limb Disorder (PDF)