Word Audio to text?

[tamaran17]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

Is there any way to convert my word audio files to text? I have a hand injury and while the audio feature is great, I need a way to convert it to text for school. A new computer isnt in the cards right now for macspeech dictate

 

[John McGhie]

MacSpeech is the only thing that will run on a Mac that will convert spoken
word to text (and even then, not very reliably...)

Cheers

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

Is there any way to convert my word audio files to text? I have a hand injury
and while the audio feature is great, I need a way to convert it to text for
school. A new computer isnt in the cards right now for macspeech dictate

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[CyberTaz]

And even that doesn't convert audio files to text, does it? And even if it
does it requires an Intel whereas the OP is on a PPC. I seem to recall Clive
having some good things to say about it now that they're using the latest
Dragon engine in the current release. I've been floundering with this one a
bit myself, but I just don't use that technology.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Bob:

Yes, Clive has it, and he'll probably chip in in a minute with the real
story...

I believe it WILL transcribe from an audio recording, and that's one of the
key selling points of MacSpeech. But it's not cheap...

The Dragon engine is the engine out of Dragon Dictate, which seems to have
the major market share on the PC. The transcriptions for most of
Australia's major court work is done using Dragon Dictate.

But you are correct: it requires a well-endowed Intel machine to run.

Cheers

And even that doesn't convert audio files to text, does it? And even if it
does it requires an Intel whereas the OP is on a PPC. I seem to recall Clive
having some good things to say about it now that they're using the latest
Dragon engine in the current release. I've been floundering with this one a
bit myself, but I just don't use that technology.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

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