The a2x and DragonDictate / Speech Recognition FAQs
The a2x and DragonDictate / Speech Recognition FAQs
This FAQ tries to answer common questions regarding DragonDictate and
other speech recognition technology for general dictation/workstation
control. DragonDictate is a speech recognition system which runs on a
PC. It is a discrete utterance system, which means that you have to
pause between words. It runs under DOS or windows. DragonDictate has
a large English vocabulary, and also allows the definition of macros,
which are basically sounds with which are associated sets of
keystrokes. DragonDictate can be used to control a wide range of
applications and to dictate English (or American :-) text.
This FAQ contains distilled pearls of wisdom about a2x, a piece of
public domain software designed to interface the DragonDictate speech
recognition system on a PC to a workstation running the X window
system, and control the workstation's graphical display and
applications.
Currently maintained by
Simon Crosby entirely by voice, using DragonDictate and a2x.
Both FAQ pages are available by anonymous ftp from:
ftp.cl.cam.ac.uk, the login is "anonymous", and the files are in the
directory a2x-voice. In URL terms this is
/ftp/a2x-voice/ Also on the ftp site are the macro
collections submitted by various a2x users for controlling a wide
range of applications.
Please note that the text versions of the FAQ pages will change less
frequently than the html versions, probably monthly.
Simon.Crosby@cl.cam.ac.uk