Dragaera

evolution in language: OT.now on topic

Mark A. Mandel thnidu at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 25 20:00:35 PST 2005

--- 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


		
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