Dragon NaturallySpeaking<\/a> has been improved such that for many users with hand tremors (from E.T., Parkinson’s Disease, Dystonia, and other causes) it performs well enough that it can serve as a person’s primary method for entering text into a computer.<\/p>\nMost modern cell phones offer users the option to speak into their phone to generate an email, a text message (or iMessage), a memo, or a variety of other \u201ctext\u201d inputs. Those with iPhones (the iPhone 4s or newer) or iPads can ask \u201cSiri\u201d a wide variety of questions by voice. Many newer automobiles are capable of responding to driver voice commands (tune radio to FM 107.9; turn on air conditioning, call home, etc.). The number of \u201cthings\u201d that can respond to human voice commands continues to grow. All of these capabilities rely on speech recognition technology.<\/p>\n
— Fred Berko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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In the early 1990s, a number of companies started to offer software that was designed to convert spoken words into text that could then be displayed or printed. Among the early commercial offerings was a program entitled \u201cDragon Naturally Speaking\u201d. In 1994, I tried an early version of Dragon in my workplace. After installing a microphone to my computer, I spoke several sentences rather slowly, and watched words appear on the computer monitor. Unfortunately, there were quite a few errors in the written text, and I chose to stick with keyboard entry.<\/p>\n