Speech recognition!

[Bigus]

Perhaps partly OT here, but does anyone know of good (and pref. free) speech
recognition software, that can output a text string that could be read and
acted upon by a Perl script? For that matter, can Perl be made TSR so that
it sits and "listens" for input, such as text from a speech recog software?

Bigus

 

[Anno Siegel]

Perhaps partly OT here, but does anyone know of good (and pref. free) speech
recognition software, that can output a text string that could be read and
acted upon by a Perl script?

Search the CPAN for "speech". There are a few hits.

For that matter, can Perl be made TSR so that
it sits and "listens" for input, such as text from a speech recog software?

TSR (terminate and stay resident) appears to be a DOS technique to hold
programs in memory. Perl is a programming language, TSR doesn't apply.

If the question is whether a Perl program can be made TSR, I don't know.
You can certainly keep a Perl program running in the background, waiting
for input from some other program. See "perldoc perlipc" for that.

Anno

 

[Bigus]

Search the CPAN for "speech". There are a few hits.

It never ceases to amaze me the diversity of modules you get on there.. I
was thinking I would probably (finally) have to attempt to learn C to do my
latest project, but it seems Perl may well be able to handle all the tasks I
will need to give it!

software?

TSR (terminate and stay resident) appears to be a DOS technique to hold
programs in memory. Perl is a programming language, TSR doesn't apply.

If the question is whether a Perl program can be made TSR, I don't know.
You can certainly keep a Perl program running in the background, waiting
for input from some other program. See "perldoc perlipc" for that.

Ouch.. that looks complicated.. but thanks

Bigus

 

[mitchel77]

Seeking recommendations for effective and preferably free speech recognition software with the capability to output text strings that can be interpreted by a Perl script. Additionally, exploring the feasibility of making Perl operate as a TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) to actively listen for input, including text from speech recognition software. Any insights or suggestions on these aspects would be greatly appreciated.