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08/09/2006

Windows Vista Speech Recognition Gone Right?

According to Long Zheng of istartedsomething, Vista's speech recognition actually works and quite well to say the least -- contrary to what MSNBC called a "wreck". Video after the jump.
I got my hands on the July CTP build (5427) of Windows Vista and gave it a try, and I recorded what I found. I used the internal microphone array in my laptop, so the sound quality is not optimal but Vista handled it well

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Posted at 08/09/2006 03:32am by Mitch
thats great! if it is infact as good as that...
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Posted at 08/09/2006 08:25am by jasper
than i can finaly wright my reporst faster than i can hit it on a keyboard and also whit less wrighting errors if your a dislectic like me.
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Posted at 08/09/2006 09:03am by Jillian
Amazing! Maybe in Windows Vienna, MotionCapture + Mindreader... Oh! I can't wait.
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Posted at 08/09/2006 10:22am by Alex R
That looked pretty nifty. I wonder if it'll recognize the drunk me?
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Posted at 08/09/2006 11:11am by UnitZero
wtf windows vista looks almost exactly like xp.... they thought it would all be okay if they put a stupid speech recognition and it would alll be okay, f that, if u want something new redisign the whole damn thing! OMG
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Posted at 08/09/2006 1:39pm by Jon Davis
That blows.
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Posted at 08/09/2006 2:20pm by kayne001
looks good, probably be better but I think becuase of the guys accent he had to repeat things a couple of times. It looks way better and different than xp.
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Posted at 08/09/2006 2:57pm by leandro koiti
UnitZero u've never seen windows vista before? you can use it just like windows xp or you can simply use the whole new thing, completely different from xp... if you see a vista looking like xp is because the computer has not enough capabability to put the whole vista to run or the owner simply didn't want the new vist look...
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Posted at 08/09/2006 3:45pm by mitch
that looks exactly like windowsblinds... in fact i think it is windowsblinds
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Posted at 08/09/2006 8:36pm by Annonymous
desperate move by microsoft on trying to copy Mac's interface. It'll make you tired by talking to the computer all day rather than clicking the mouse.
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Posted at 08/10/2006 06:02am by pedant
That's a bit better than the notorious live demo. Which makes people wonder if this is real. I think it is. But Vista is a crock in general. Everything they have has been on Linux desktops for ages.
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Posted at 08/11/2006 00:24am by john
I remeber doing this on a mac about 6 years abo
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Posted at 08/17/2006 12:53pm by infoBucket » Vista Speech Recognition Works Well?
[...] Find out for yourself after the jump (video).  http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/windows-vista-speech-recognition-gone-right  - Charlie [...]
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Posted at 08/20/2006 8:33pm by timothyb89
I use Windows Vista- I can say that the speech recognition is good. Mac has speech recognition, but they haven't actully updated it since OS9.2. I got so frustrated with it that I told it to shut up, and it said "Okay, not listening" I just have a crappy Mic for Vista, so Vista can't hear anything I say. Sometimes noise canceling microphones cancel too much noise. BTW, Microsoft has had speech recognition since 98/ME. Check under the second ta in the Speech control panel. I used a program called FreeVoice and it worked well.
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Posted at 10/02/2006 07:00am by Leeann Tweeden
jillian goldberg Interesting post. I came across this blog by accident, but it was a good accident. I have now bookmarked your blog for future use. Best wishes. Leeann Tweeden.
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Posted at 10/06/2006 1:00pm by Jillian Hall
jillian goldberg Interesting post. I came across this blog by accident, but it was a good accident. I have now bookmarked your blog for future use. Best wishes. Jillian Hall.
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Posted at 11/15/2006 04:27am by Parts Of Speech
Dave Interesting topic... I'm working in this industry myself and I don't agree about this in 100%, but I added your page to my bookmarks and hope to see more interesting articles in the future
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Posted at 02/04/2007 04:04am by apdz
The video doesn't work anymore :(
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