Voice Recognition – how far has it come?
I’ve literally just walked in from a long long day testing my favourite gadgets. I know… it sounds so hard and so strenuous – but let me tell you, it’s not!
In fact, I have absolutely loved today, because not only did I got to try out some of the latest home-security software for PCs, laptops and notebooks, but I got to play around with some of the latest mobile phones coming on to the market.
Some of the technology these guys have got coming through in the next few years is absolutely amazing. One gadget, which is just coming on to the market now, actually allows you to determine what strength prescription you need for your eyes… and you’ve guessed it, that’s on the Iphone (so if you haven’t got one yet, what are you waiting for?)!
One of the best pieces of technology I had a play around with, though, was a voice recognition program.
Sure, there’s some voice recognition software out there already, but none if it even comes close to what I saw today.
This software provides voice to text in a matter of milliseconds, and it is 100% accurate – even when you put on silly voices (something I did several times…). It’s absolutely amazing! No longer will you say ‘Hello my name is Bob’, and get ‘Gello sits on the plate in a blob’… you’ll get exactly what you say.
This will make things like essay writing, presentation creation and document writing so much quicker and easier – saving companies so much money. I’m all for this software, and can’t wait for it to hit the market. Unfortunately, this may be some time off, as it’s not even made it to the Government or military yet!