Just thought of more pitfalls for voice recognition. This is allergy season and many people are unconsciously clearing their throats. Wonder how that translates digitally? I have two female acquaintances that do medical transcribing. They both complain of how difficult it can be to interpret what they hear at times. Gale Gorman Houston On Apr 5, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Ron Mitchell wrote: I just had to comment on your comment. I was raised (somewhat) in MO, TN, VA, and KY. Then at 17, I went into the Navy and learned new language skills followed by 32 years in power plants adding to my skill inventory. I bought a speech recogition software a number of years ago. Set it all up and read a paragraph. It managed to get one word correct. My wife cracked up witnessing this wonderous effort. I am sure the software is better these days and maybe I need a diction lesson or two. It does sound like an idea worth trying. Ron Submarine Vet. On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Gale Gorman wrote: > You're a little out of date; minimum wage is $7.25. > > I haven't tried speech recognition software but I can see the value as well as the pitfalls. I think you'd have to do some careful checking and editing, especially for words like "their" and "there" or "read" and "reed" etc. > > Gale Gorman > Houston > > > On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:57 AM, Mark Shaffer wrote: > > 20 hours at minimum wage, you're looking at $80. The time needed and labor rate will most likely be higher, especially if you want a professional. You might want to consider using a speech recognition software. It might be more cost effective. Here is one, but there are probably others. http://www.nuance.com/for-individuals/by-product/dragon-for-pc/index.htm > > Mark >> Message: 4 >> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:51:51 -0400 >> From: Cairril<cairril@cairril.com> >> Subject: [ROOTS-L] Transcriber needed >> To: Rootsweb mailing list<ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID:<4F7C7C27.7090208@cairril.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Hi -- >> >> I have about ten 90-minute tapes of interviews that I'd like to get >> transcribed into Word. Does anyone have any suggestions for a reliable, >> reasonably priced person who could do this? I'd prefer a professional. >> >> Thanks! >> Cairril