From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 19 17:47:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA21888 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 17:47:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA21877 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 17:47:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt1-29.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.29]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id TAA07055; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 19:47:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA25757; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 18:48:20 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199709192348.SAA25757@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: The IMPORTANCE of real time under freebsd. In-reply-to: Message from "Jamil J. Weatherbee" of "Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:23:32 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 18:48:20 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jamil J. Weatherbee asks: > > BTW Anybody know of any good speech recognition HARDWARE (or software, but > I doubt that exists) that could be used for voice control in a medium > sized room i.e.i.e mic hanging from center of ceiling (probably dictionary > based). Also speech synthesis hardware that is dictionary based (with a > female voice preferably) that could be run through a PA system. I haven't tried it the way you suggest but PowerMac's come with hardware and software for speaker independent speech recognition and synthesis, standard equipment. Includes a number of choices, male, female, and synthetic, for speech output. New PowerMacs clones (fire sales) are down as low as $1k. Some sell bare-bones no memory no HD boxes for $500. Most "bare" systems still include video hardware, SCSI, and ethernet as they are all built into the MB. Some also offer EIDE interfaces and support for PS/2 mouse and keyboards. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.