Sunday, 19 May 2013

Best Voice Of The Week

Speech recognition has been somewhat of a UNICORN in the software industry; never really perfecting it or never able to make one without hitting a few bumps on the road. Several Pundits like Ray Kurzwell and Bill Gates have tried to develop and proclaim that speech recognition is the future of computing, but people still rely on input devices like Mouse, Keyboards, and other pointing devices.

Today, people are still curious as to the development of speech recognition software, and if they cost a few dollars or so. Several projects and companies have developed speech recognition programs over the last 2 decades, and some of them are in the 90% accuracy; meaning that even if you are able to train the software with your inflections, it still wouldn’t be good enough for others.

Every week, Linux-Tested.com will update the BEST VOICE OF THE WEEK, where we present to you the best voice recognition software in the open-source world:

Week # 1: Simon from Simon-listens.org

  • -          Simon is free open-source speech recognition software that will be able to replace your mouse and keyboard. It is very flexible software and allows customization for any other application that requires speech recognition. It is also a candidate for the European Project called E-INCLUSION because of its language-independent programming. The goal of the software is to give physically disabled people and senior citizens to do stuff on the Internet like chat, send emails, do internet banking a lot more. 

Week #2: Perlbox from Perlbox.org

  • -          Perlbox.org develops voice solution for Linux and Unix desktop control. One of their projects is called the Perlbox Voice Control with text-to-speech feature and voice control for specific applications. The text-to-speech feature wouldn’t be possible without the help of the Festival speech synthesizer. There are also desktop plugins which will allow you to control your Linux desktop with the use of your voice, including screen cycling, desktop cycling, quick-locking the screen, and invoking the run dialog. It also has a PSEUDO-COMMAND feature which allows you to enter commands that you may want to speak. There is no need to train the listening agent in this software because the Sphinx2 backend can be used by multiple users without any reconfiguration. It is also resistant to background and ambient noises. 

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Top Linux Distros for Beginners

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Linux offers the most flexible operating systems in the market; hundreds of distributions are ready for downloads.

 

Most are free while some commercial distros acquire small donations in exchange of paid tech support. With hundreds options in switching to Linux, it is overwhelming specially to beginners. Not all versions are suitable for Linux beginners. This article introduces you to the easiest and newbie-friendly distributions.

 

Linux Mint

Linux Mint is at the top of the list among easiest Linux version to use if you are switching from Windows. Its interface is similar to Windows, and there are less manual configurations necessary. Even though there is no paid support and store for commercial applications, it has hundreds of free programs readily available for download.

 

The possible downside that may arise is it may be difficult for beginners to switch to other Linux distributions right away.

 Currently, Linux Mint 13 KDE is their newest full-featured desktop environment. You may read the review of what's new in this user-friendly distro by the Mint team here.

 Link: http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_maya_kde_whatsnew.php

 

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is a new distribution edition. This may not be the easiest Linux available, but it gives an opportunity for new users to adjust and explore the possibilities of open-source operating system. There might be more manual configurations needed installing codecs and plugins during installation, it plays as an introduction to further control you have with the OS. There are plenty of Ubuntu-native applications available, free and commercial. You can browse through them in an app manager; removing and updating applications are easier as well. The desktop interface of Ubuntu is different from Windows' but it starts you well in more complexed Linux interfaces.

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