--- asr at ufl.edu wrote: Y'know, to some of us "asr" used to mean "automatic speech recognition". > ==> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:25:45 -0800, "Shawn Burns" <s1burns at ucsd.edu> > said: > > > > I just want to know how you were able to get "Rasdfqnrewoi34rht" out in > > Dragon. I'm amazed that you could pronounce it, and that Dragon could > > recognize it. Gee, software sure has evolved. :} > > > He just said the phonemes 'Smith' twice. The software figured it out. No, if I wanted to use it more than once I would 1. decide how to pronounce it 2. work out a written approximation in English words or spelling 3. add the word to my vocabulary with that approximation as the pronunciation 4. train the pronunciation. Hey, how d'ya think I can dictate bits of kifish, Klingon, and the Hero's Tongue (hakkikt, Do'Ha', kzinti)? - mark by hand tonight __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250