Yup. Text to speech is very easy. Pay someone a buck or two to sit there and read the text aloud and you're done. It will be far far better than any computerized engine too. Subtitles require a ton of typing and avoiding that would be a big benefit.

Indeed, if there was only an accurate speech to text engine that would provide me with transcripts of all the interviews I record....

I just dictated this into Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, using a simple headset that was in the box.

Worked OK without training, exceptionally good with 5 minutes of document reading.

Absolutely the best, and it can also work with previously recorded speech.

I have recomended twice to Sony suggestions to implement Dragon Speaking into Vegas as a subtitle creator on a separate subtitle track so that you can edit it for corrections. Then import the whole thing into DVD-A. Or maybe just use it in (Dragon Speaking) DVD-A without having to recompress. Even if it worked half-ass it would be cooler than camel snot on a doorknob.
JJK

Absolutely the best, and it can also work with previously recorded speech.
how do you do that, hold the headset to a speaker?

I haven't used it, but i wouldn't be surprised if it has the option to import a previously recorded sound file in much the same way that many OCR programs will read from an image on your hard drive as well as from the scanner.

Thanks Kelly,
I've had calls in the past from attorneys regarding shooting depositions and they asked if I had the software that would transcribe everything. I wonder if Dragon would work for that purpose.

Even failing that feature, you can set your sound card's recording input to "What U Hear" or it's equivalent, then play the sound file in MediaPlayer, Sound Forge, Vegas, etc. Dragon Naturally Speaking will 'hear' it just fine and wouldn't have any way of knowing the signal wasn't coming from the microphone.

Absolutely the best, and it can also work with previously recorded speech.
how do you do that, hold the headset to a speaker?

No, you just enter the file name.

Vista has an impressive speech recognition native. Experiment with it before buying Dragon(I use both for non vid purposes).

True, it's been a while [years] since I tried Dragon, but even in their current ads they don't claim usability for two voice transcripts. In fact, I think that they specifically deny such use. I would think that if it worked for that purpose, they would be shouting it from the rooftops.

I use Dragon 9. It's slow as hell. Even after hours of dictation "training" to my voice there's no way it can remotely keep up with simple talking speed on my 3GHz P4 (web/email machine). Despite what the PR guff says I can type way faster and more accurately.

The "supoport" from Nuance is woeful and insanely frustrating, and their "upgrade" prices are an insult to previous customers.

I wanted to use Dragon to help cut down on the hours of keyboard work I do every day, but it's been extremely disappointing.

Not recommended.

I used Dragon 9, and found it to be good.

50% off ($99.00) for an upgrade is OK in my book. even included a decent headset...

Dragon 10 is much faster. Highly recommended.

Vista has an impressive speech recognition native

This also came with the XP SP2 loaded in my HP xw8600 workstation...

Quite decent, but it's no Dragon.

And my HP XP also had Vista's "unique" search...


:O)

Don;t know where you're buying, but in the Nuance online shop the prices are:

Version 10 new: $200
Upgrade from version 9: $150

That's an exceptionally poor deal, especially since I bought only 3 months ago.

The $99.00 deal is constantly being offered via "E" mail. In my earlier post I should have stated that Dragon could be used for a "Narration" track of one single voice, and that multiple voices would be a real problem especially a group of women talking at the same time.
JJK