Audio-to-text software

[Brian MacWhinney]

Dear Virginia,

    I always try each new version of Dragon Naturally Speaking in hopes that it may be good enough to
help in the transcription task.  Each version gets a bit better, but so far the only type of speech for which I
have found it to yield adequate transcripts is broadcast news and sometimes lectures.  For lectures, one must still train the software to the speaker.  If you speakers are articulating with great precision and if they all share a
common dialect and audio range, then there may be some possible saving of time.  Otherwise, not.
   In terms of compatibility with specific recorders, that is not an issue, because you will be running off computer
files.  In terms of compatibility with CLAN, you would need to use the TEXTIN program to convert the sentences from 
the Dragon output to CHAT.
    If this actually ends up working for you, please tell us.

--Brian MacWhinney

On Nov 19, 2011, at 4:32 PM, Virginia Tompkins wrote:

> Dear Group,
> 
> I am currently collecting a large amount of narrative data and my
> students are having a hard time keeping up with the amount of
> transcribing that needs to be done. Does anyone use audio-to-text
> software such as Dragon from Nuance? This software seems to have mixed
> reviews and I am not sure how it would work with my digital recorders
> (Olympus brand). I am also not sure how easy it would be to transfer
> text to CHAT and if it will take more time than it is worth to use
> this software. Does anyone use this software or something else to
> transcribe? How well does it work for you? Any advice would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Virginia
> 
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