Microsoft buys Nuance for nearly $20B

Re:Microsoft buys Nuance for nearly $20B by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Monday April 12, 2021 @11:44AM (#26780699)

Speech recognition goes way beyond digital assistants. Plain old transcription is super useful, especially in terms of accessibility. I was voice coding for a while because of RSI and even as immature as the tech is, it saved my ass.

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Re:Microsoft buys Nuance for nearly $20B by neartheplain on Monday April 12, 2021 @08:57PM (#26787029)

What systems did you use for voice coding? I may need to use them soon for similar reasons.

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Re:Microsoft buys Nuance for nearly $20B by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:03AM (#26788271)

I tried a few. Caster and talon were the best. I’d recommend talon with dragon as it’s speech engine, but apparently talon has a new built in speech engine which people like, so maybe try that engine first to save money.

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Re:Microsoft buys Nuance for nearly $20B by neartheplain on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @03:19AM (#26803991)

Thanks! I’ll try them both out.

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