Voice recognition software

[psybee]

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Hey all!

I'm looking into getting voice recognition software to speed up the writing process for me. I think it would help with first drafts, reaction papers, and clinical reports, but I've never used anything like it before.

Anyone have any experience with program? Have they been timesavers or just another icon on your desktop?

Much appreciated!!

 

[PsyDr]

Dragon Naturally speaking.


worth every single penny.


or if you have a bit of cash, buy a dicatphone and train the software to recognize your dictation.


if you have a lot of cash, hire a transcriptionist.

i have used all three. transcriptionist= best. dragon is still pretty incredible.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

Dragon has been around for quite awhile, and they seem to be the best consumer level product out there.

 

[psybee]

Dragon's the one I'm looking at! how much work is the setup and getting it to understand your voice? can you just use your voice or will it be semi accurate with another one (i'm thinking of transcripts from recordings here).

thanks so much!

 

[PsyDr]

it takes like 15 minutes to set up. they get you to read various things to the computer so it can learn your voice. one word of advice: get a high end usb microphone. the one they give you sucks. and it kinda pinches my head.

a warning: i don't think it would be very accurate for transcribing therapy though. the program has to be trained for each voice separately. and you can only load one user (i.e., voice) at a time.


for recordings, i trained it to recognize my dictaphone as a separate user to avoid any distortion in playing/recording. so i plug my dictaphone into to my mic input and press play and go work out (i.e., watch tv).

there are usually several errors, so i have to go back and proof each one (e.g., "etiology" = "ideology"). but it definitely saves time. i also trained mine to recognize several legal words rather than ponying up the extra grand for the legal version for my forensic practice.

 

[Neuropsych2be]

I have dystonia in my hands. It makes my handwriting quite poor and extensive typing is a difficult thing for me. I have used Dragon Dictate for years and it works great. It makes mistakes but the process of writing papers is made much easier. It takes about 15 minutes to set up. You have the capacity to have the program analyze your writing for style and that will help with recognition. You will also need a low noise digital microphone headset. You will still need to proofread for mistakes but its been a lifesaver for me.

 

[psychmama]

I had been thinking of using Dragon for clinical interviews I'm doing as part of my dissertation. Now that I've seen people's comments about only being able to train it to one voice at a time, I realize this option won't work. Does this mean I'm left with doing things the old fashioned way (i.e., record and transcribe or hire someone else to transcribe everything)?

 

[psybee]

I had been thinking of using Dragon for clinical interviews I'm doing as part of my dissertation. Now that I've seen people's comments about only being able to train it to one voice at a time, I realize this option won't work. Does this mean I'm left with doing things the old fashioned way (i.e., record and transcribe or hire someone else to transcribe everything)?

Is there any program that will attempt to transcribe two different voices?

I think I'll still do Dragon for getting first drafts down and brainstorming. I wish they had it at school so i could test it out!

 

[PsyDr]

there are no programs that will do this. all 3 major commerical programs require you to train the program to recognize the users' speech. i doubt you could get a patient to train the computer to recognize their voice. then your voice would create a confound.


also, these programs do not automatically do things like create new paragraphs, etc. you have to use voice commands to do so. again, this would be a big problem for transcribing therapy sessions. there would be no way to discern who was saying what. and god help you if you overtalked one another.

 

[psychmama]

I appreciate everyone's help with this. I guess it's the old fashioned transcription method for me! 😎

I bet in a few years there will be something even better out there.

 

[deleted176373]

Hey all!

I'm looking into getting voice recognition software to speed up the writing process for me. I think it would help with first drafts, reaction papers, and clinical reports, but I've never used anything like it before.

Anyone have any experience with program? Have they been timesavers or just another icon on your desktop?

Much appreciated!!

I just started playing with Dragon and I am pretty impressed. I had to find an older version because I am running Vista 64 bit. Version 10 will not run on 64 bit Vista, but 9.51 will. You have to jump through some hoops to make it work, but I was able to get it running in little time.

Mark

 

[PsyDr]

mark,


vista has a native voice recognition that comes along with the OS for free. might save you some money.

 

[deleted176373]

mark,


vista has a native voice recognition that comes along with the OS for free. might save you some money.

Is it any good?

Mark

 

[PsyDr]

no idea. my previous post pretty much is the sum total of my knowledge about the subject.

i could make some stuff up if you want, though.

 

[Neuropsych2be]

Is it any good?

Mark

uummm ...er... I've tried it. Its Vista! nuff said! 😡

 

[2BeAProfessor]

it takes like 15 minutes to set up. they get you to read various things to the computer so it can learn your voice. one word of advice: get a high end usb microphone. the one they give you sucks. and it kinda pinches my head.

a warning: i don't think it would be very accurate for transcribing therapy though. the program has to be trained for each voice separately. and you can only load one user (i.e., voice) at a time.


for recordings, i trained it to recognize my dictaphone as a separate user to avoid any distortion in playing/recording. so i plug my dictaphone into to my mic input and press play and go work out (i.e., watch tv).

there are usually several errors, so i have to go back and proof each one (e.g., "etiology" = "ideology"). but it definitely saves time. i also trained mine to recognize several legal words rather than ponying up the extra grand for the legal version for my forensic practice.

What dictaphone do you use PSYDR?

 

[PsyDr]

i have an olympus dictaphone (it has a native encryption software, making it safe to email the sound files to my transcriptionist).