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 You're a little out of date; minimum wage is $7.25.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 > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to > roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My first wife had a slow Texas drawl and we lived in many states. Sometimes people would ask her to repeat herself just to hear how a certain word came out. A meat cutter in Denver asked where she was from and she said "Minnesota" like it was a long sentence. 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 >