Captioning
& Speech Recognition Software
There is a simple
way to transcribe and input the spoken dialog directly to your
computer. All you need to do is spend a few hours training speech
recognition software to recognize your speech. By using Naturally
Speaking (English and Spanish) and ViaVoice
(English) speech recognition software you can
- transcribe a
videotape. (for post-production captioning) and
- caption realtime
(live) without using a steno machine and steno typist
Languages
Supported
Naturally Speaking is available in multiple languages such as,
English, Spanish, French, German. ViaVoice is available only in
English.
Transcription
& Post Production Captioning
With the Naturally Speaking or ViaVoice software, you can listen to
the video, and repeat the words that are being said into the
microphone. If you want to use this transcription for post
captioning, you can import the document into the CPC CaptionMaker
(except CPC-500) and the text will automatically be broken up into
captions.
Realtime
Captioning with Naturally Speaking
To use Dragon Naturally Speaking versions 7 and up with CaptionMaker,
it is necessary to execute a utility software called DnsIniFix. This
utility will find the Naturally Speaking files on your computer and
add an entry to them for CaptionMaker. The utility software
DnsIniFix.exe is available from
DNSnCaptionMaker.exe
Accuracy
& Delay
Naturally
Speaking software analyzes a complete sentence or a phrase until you
pause, and gives better accuracy compared to ViaVoice. Since
Naturally Speaking analyzes the text before showing it on the
screen, if you use it for live captioning, the captions will be
delayed by a few seconds. For transcription purposes, the delay does
not matter. So Naturally speaking is better than ViaVoice from the
accuracy point of view.
Realtime
Captioning with ViaVoice
With the ViaVoice software, you can listen to a live program, and
repeat the words that are being said into the microphone. CPC
CaptionMaker software will automatically send the words to an
encoder and the live program will be captioned. Many users have had
success using this software
ViaVoice Features
- Easy to setup as
you create a Personal Voice Model - which means ViaVoice can
learn how you pronounce the words you use, which can assure good
dictation accuracy.
- Through
Recognition Wizard, fine-tune your Voice Model for improved
dictation accuracy.
- Using the
microphone headset and SpeakPad, the ViaVoice speech-enabled
word processor, talk to your computer instead of typing.
- Must use
Professional Version - this is the only version that can output
to "Application" in addition to "Speech
Pad".
- With the Text to
Speech feature, ViaVoice can read back your typed and dictated
text, which can make editing your documents easier.
- An improved
Analyze My Documents feature can allow ViaVoice to understand
your writing style and words you frequently use, which can lead
to greater accuracy.
- Say basic Voice
Commands to control the Web in Internet Explorer
- Key Control,
which can ensure your voice commands are not mistaken for
dictation.
- Large Font
option which can make creating a Personal Voice model more
enjoyable.
- Quick Response
Dictation which can allow ViaVoice to respond quickly and
efficiently as you create text with your voice.
- PCM **
enhancements can ensure that ViaVoice formatting and navigation
commands work more quickly and efficiently.
Method
1
- Click
on the ViaVoice button at the top left of the screen and go to Tools
>> Manage My Vocabulary
- Once
you’re in there, you may or may not already have a list of
vocabulary words, if you see the word there that you want to
correct, select it and click Train.
Otherwise just click anywhere in the white space and then
click Train.
- Write
the word you want to fix, then hit the red record button and say
the word clearly.
- The
Vocabulary Manager should recognize the word from it’s own
library and match it to the word you spoke
- After
you click Done the new word you added should appear on the list.
Method
2
- Click
on the ViaVoice button at the top left of the screen and go to Dictate
To >> Word or whichever program you want to use.
- Once
you’re in there, look for the icon of the pencil eraser, that
is the “Correction Window” icon, and click it.
- Now
you’ll have a little window on the left hand side that you can
use to correct mistakes made by ViaVoice.
- Start
dictating normally and every time ViaVoice makes a mistake
highlight the mistake.
- When
you highlight the mistake, it should appear immediately in the
Correction Window and provide a list of alternative words. If the word you intended to have written is not on the
list, type it in.
- After you do
this a few times, ViaVoice will begin to learn and you will get
spontaneous pop-ups that will ask you if you want to add this
particular word to your Vocabulary List.
- Always select
Yes when opening a file and the IBM ViaVoice window pops up
asking you “Do you wish to restore the speech session data
associated with this document?” and always say Yes when saving
if ViaVoice asks “Would you like to save your dictation
session?”
- Words that get
added to your Vocabulary List will appear over time in the Manage
My Vocabulary window.
- ViaVoice
has built-in commands that open certain menus when specific
commands are given. This
is useful when operating a program while dictating, but can be
disastrous for live captioning.
- To
disable all built-in commands in ViaVoice go to ViaVoice
>> User Options >> ViaVoice Options >> Command
Sets and uncheck every single box that is checked under the Commands
section.
- If
later, you want to be able to open windows and access menus with
spoken commands, simply click the Default Settings button
and all the boxes you unchecked will be checked again.
