Speech Recognition
We have played around with a number of different speech recognition frameworks. For professional use we use an SDK based on the Phillips SDK since it is the only speech framework that has been adapted to the Danish language.
For English prototypes we use the Microsoft Speech Recognition that is part of any Office 2003 installation.
How to install Microsoft Speech Recognition
1. Open Microsoft Office
2. Select the menu Tools and the the menu item Speech
3. Follow the instruction
4. If you open the control panel a new item named speech should appear,
you can calibrate the speech engine from here
5. Test the speech recognition by opening Microsoft Word and select dictate
or command from the language bar. Be sure that the language is set to English.
Microsoft Speech Recognition SAPI 5
You can use the speech recognition in your own programs.
You can start by downloading the SpeechXML
tool and try to connect it to e.g. Flash.
You will need to edit the speech recognition grammar file. For a tutorial
about the grammar file and other aspects for SAPI 5 check the following
tutorial.
Tutorials
about Speech Recognition