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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Home Networking LAN/WAN

LAN/WAN Networking (For Beginners)

On one hand, LAN stands for Local Area Network that connects computers within a relatively short distance using network media. LAN is usually applied in residential, school, and office places. On the other hand, WAN is short for Wide Area Network, which holds connectivity in a wider geographic coverage. A WAN consists of a series of LANs as well, and it exists under distributed ownership and online connections. The Internet is the largest WAN.

In setting up a LAN, at least two computers are necessary. Computers that will be connected into the LAN must be equipped with ethernet network interface / NICs. A network hub is ideal to use, too. The hub will be the main point where all computers will be connected to. Network hubs vary in the number of ports it they consists; typical network hubs would contain five.

Regarding cabling, a CAT5 ethernet cable is required; it contains six-pin connectors. These kinds of cables are easy to purchase at most computer stores. When purchasing cables and NICs, it is best to consult with a friendly salesman at a nearby computer store so you can purchase the correct ones.

With WAN, the computer creates one LAN and then connect it to the Internet WAN with a help of an Internet Service Provider. The ISP later on creates a WAN IP address unique with every modem. Each computers connected to the WAN have their own private IP addresses, too. A router serves as a gateway and main point connecting every computers and to reach the ISP. Data transfer rates apply when using WAN.

These two are the most popular network types available, more specific categories have emerged over many years of technology.

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