richardwinter
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Windows 7 Speech Recognition - Will it accept an audio file as input?
Can I feed an audio file - say, an MP3 - to Windows 7 speech recognition?
Reason I ask: I happen to have an audio recording of me speaking that I would like to have transcribed. I do have WIndows 7 speech recognition working on my notebook PC, but I normally use this by speaking into a headset microphone.
Is there a way to feed it an audio file instead?
Reason I ask: I happen to have an audio recording of me speaking that I would like to have transcribed. I do have WIndows 7 speech recognition working on my notebook PC, but I normally use this by speaking into a headset microphone.
Is there a way to feed it an audio file instead?
BCipollone
Have you tried playing the audio into the microphone?
yes it is possible. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Speech_API)
how to do...
there are several possibilities:
- if you happen to have adope cs4+ you could use the Audio-to-text feature
- you could use a software (ask google) like Dragon, Naturally Speaking from http://www.nuance.com/ or wave to text (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Audio/Other-AUDIO-Tools/Ultra-Wave-To-Text.shtml) maybe also (unchecked) http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/index.html
- you could make your own program (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.speech.recognition.speechrecognitionengine.setinputtowavefile%28v=vs.90%29.aspx)
hope that helps?
how to do...
there are several possibilities:
- if you happen to have adope cs4+ you could use the Audio-to-text feature
- you could use a software (ask google) like Dragon, Naturally Speaking from http://www.nuance.com/ or wave to text (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Audio/Other-AUDIO-Tools/Ultra-Wave-To-Text.shtml) maybe also (unchecked) http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/index.html
- you could make your own program (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.speech.recognition.speechrecognitionengine.setinputtowavefile%28v=vs.90%29.aspx)
hope that helps?
ASKER
BCipollone: I don't want to "play" the recording back through the microphone. That would require: (a) downloading the file to an external device; and, (b) taking one elapsed minute per minute of speech to play it back.
Kendor: I don't want to write a program. I'd rather not buy another piece of software I have already invested some effort in training the speech engine built into Windows 7..
I am asking -- as an end user of Microsoft Windows -- if there is a way to feed an audio file,such as an MP3 file, to the speech engine that is built into Microsoft Windows 7?
I am awarding zero points to these responses.
Kendor: I don't want to write a program. I'd rather not buy another piece of software I have already invested some effort in training the speech engine built into Windows 7..
I am asking -- as an end user of Microsoft Windows -- if there is a way to feed an audio file,such as an MP3 file, to the speech engine that is built into Microsoft Windows 7?
I am awarding zero points to these responses.
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ASKER
Kendor,
Thank you for providng these resources. However, none of them provides what I am asking for.
As I understand you answer, it is actually "no it is NOT possible". Unless I want to write an application to call the Microsoft Speech Engine API, you know of no way for me to feed a file to the speech engine buillt into Microsoft Windows 7.
All of the other possibilities you describe involve purchasing another product or service. None of them makes use of the speech engine built into Microsoft Windows 7.
Well, it is helpful to receive that information. I am going to leave this question open for another 24 hours in case someone else can identify a solution of the sort I am asking for.
Thank you for providng these resources. However, none of them provides what I am asking for.
As I understand you answer, it is actually "no it is NOT possible". Unless I want to write an application to call the Microsoft Speech Engine API, you know of no way for me to feed a file to the speech engine buillt into Microsoft Windows 7.
All of the other possibilities you describe involve purchasing another product or service. None of them makes use of the speech engine built into Microsoft Windows 7.
Well, it is helpful to receive that information. I am going to leave this question open for another 24 hours in case someone else can identify a solution of the sort I am asking for.
ASKER
Solutions were offered if I wanted to buy another product or write a program, so they weren't what I was asking for. But I do appreciate that some relevant information was offered