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ViaVoice and XVoice: Providing Voice Recognition (Linux Journal)

[Posted October 17, 2002 by cook]

Linux Journal reviews two Linux voice recognition systems, IBM's commercial ViaVoice and the GPL licensed XVoice. "Conversing with a computer has long been a staple of science fiction. Such conversations are still largely in the realm of fiction, but voice recognition technology has improved significantly over the last decade. A number of voice recognition and control products are available on various platforms. Many people don't realize, however, that it is possible to control the Linux desktop by voice, and it has been possible for some time."

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Posted Oct 18, 2002 0:07 UTC (Fri) by X-Nc (guest, #1661) [Link]

I used ViaVoice for Linux and, while not something that could be used to manage a system, it's really nice for writing. I wrote a couple of articles with it and it was not bad at all. I found that I had a different thought process when I spoke rather than typed. The version I have is ViaVoice Dictation for Linux ©2002.