[clug] Speech-to-text on Ubuntu

[Tony Lewis]

It might not be very F/OSS-y but all three of the big cloud providers 
have transcription services, and there will be many vendors who have 
built turnkey solutions from that.

May RMS have mercy on my kernel.

Tony

On 7/1/22 12:44 pm, jhock--- via linux wrote:
> Hi Owen,
>
> That would save me a lot of typing but I'd have to remember what I was trying to say. :-)
>
> It looks like I'll have to dig deeper into the options.
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> On 7 January 2022 12:18:22 pm AEDT, Owen via linux <linux at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>> On 2022-01-07 11:02, jhock--- via linux wrote:
>>> I want to say many things and I want what I say be converted into text
>>> sentences. I will then edit it in a text editor or Libre Office. For
>>> example:
>>>
>>> "When fencing, it's best to use a forked straining yoke to prevent
>>> small indentations on the wire that would be caused by a mechanical,
>>> gripping fence strainer."
>>>
>>> I'm less likely to do the typing because it's more work for me. Hence
>>> the speech to text enquiry. :-)
>>>
>>> On 7 January 2022 8:41:43 am AEDT, Kathy Reid via linux
>>> <linux at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>>>> What's the use case - as different packages have different strengths
>>>> and
>>>> weaknesses?
>>>>
>>>> Best, Kathy
>>>>
>>>> On 6/1/22 5:17 pm, jhock--- via linux wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone know any speech-to-text software that I can install onto
>>>>> Ubuntu 20.04 using 'sudo apt install' or similar commands?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've seen the python: python3-pyaudio . Is that the best to try?
>>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Just tried that sentence in nerd-dictation;
>>
>> when fencing his best to use a fork straining yolk to prevent school
>> indentations on the wire that would be caused by a mechanical gripping
>> fence straight
>>
>>
>> Could be better I guess.
>>
>>