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December 2006 - Posts

Usenet groups

Keeping up to date on news and newsgroups is infinitely easier than it was just a few years ago thanks to RSS. But I still haven't found a good solution to read Usenet news on my phone (where I read 95% of my news and email). So, I've often wanted something Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:06 PM by robch | 1 Comments

David Pogue says Windows Speech Recognition is "beautifully designed"

David Pogue had something nice to say about Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) in this morning’s NY Times… "And besides, not all of the new goodies fell from the Apple tree. [] Windows Speech Recognition isn’t as accurate as, say, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:27 AM by robch | 1 Comments

My experience with Zune

I've been reading a lot of news on the Zune lately, but I haven't weighed in on my experience yet. NOTE: I don't work on the Zune team, and this is my personal experience with the Zune... So your mileage may vary. Just a couple weeks ago, I turned 38 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:56 PM by robch | 0 Comments

Jupiter Research says, Windows Speech Recognition "is so darn good, it feels a little bit out of science fiction."

I found this post last week from Todd Bishop , local Seattle PI writer and blogger that tracks all things Microsoft . He linked to Michael Gartenberg 's blog entry on Windows Speech Recognition (WSR). There, Michael says: I’ve been using the integrated Read More...
Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 9:14 AM by robch | 0 Comments

Windows Speech Recognition Screencast -- In French!

There have been quite a few screen casts of Windows Speech Recognition making there way around the Internet... But almost all of them have been in English. Here's one showing just how well WSR is in French. Check it out here . Read More...
Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 9:02 AM by robch | 0 Comments

My Exposé supports Windows Speech Recognition

Simon Ferguel just released an update to his My Exposé application (similar to Exposé on the Mac). This version also includes support for Windows Speech Recognition using the built in Speech Recogntion capabilities of Windows... Neat. It's nice to see Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 07, 2006 1:19 PM by robch | 0 Comments
 
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