Comments on: Blogfest was a blast! http://realityme.net/2008/04/12/blogfest-was-a-blast/ A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary. Tue, 08 May 2012 12:56:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Domestic Psychology http://realityme.net/2008/04/12/blogfest-was-a-blast/comment-page-1/#comment-77129 Domestic Psychology Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:56:20 +0000 http://realityme.net/?p=7496#comment-77129 [...] bloggers have done roundups of last night’s Blogfest. Nobody mentioned the charming sign on the ladies’ room door at Wild Wings. The picture is [...] [...] bloggers have done roundups of last night’s Blogfest. Nobody mentioned the charming sign on the ladies’ room door at Wild Wings. The picture is [...]

]]> By: Reality Me » Jott’s speech to text uses people! http://realityme.net/2008/04/12/blogfest-was-a-blast/comment-page-1/#comment-77117 Reality Me » Jott’s speech to text uses people! Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:33:08 +0000 http://realityme.net/?p=7496#comment-77117 [...] Last night, Lissa Kay asks if I know how Jott works. I used to work at The Learning Company in its foreign language division which was bleeding edge when it came to speech recognition (which is different than voice recognition btw). I knew all about Lernout & Hauspie and how to trick Dragon Speech. Jott’s accuracy (not demonstrated last night) has always amazed me because there is no training involved. You sign up for an account and instantly start using it. Most speech-to-text software requires some training which usually involves reading several paragraphs of text to the software so it can learn the nuances of your speech patterns. [...] [...] Last night, Lissa Kay asks if I know how Jott works. I used to work at The Learning Company in its foreign language division which was bleeding edge when it came to speech recognition (which is different than voice recognition btw). I knew all about Lernout & Hauspie and how to trick Dragon Speech. Jott’s accuracy (not demonstrated last night) has always amazed me because there is no training involved. You sign up for an account and instantly start using it. Most speech-to-text software requires some training which usually involves reading several paragraphs of text to the software so it can learn the nuances of your speech patterns. [...]

]]> By: Shots Across The Bow http://realityme.net/2008/04/12/blogfest-was-a-blast/comment-page-1/#comment-77054 Shots Across The Bow Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:26:03 +0000 http://realityme.net/?p=7496#comment-77054 <strong>BlogFest is a Blast!...</strong> Once again, a good time was had by all as several of Knoxville's most brilliant bloggers gathered at the Wild Wings Cafe on Campbell Station Rd for some good food and lively conversation. Besides me and LissaKay, BlogFest stalwarts Doug and Cathy McCa... BlogFest is a Blast!…

Once again, a good time was had by all as several of Knoxville’s most brilliant bloggers gathered at the Wild Wings Cafe on Campbell Station Rd for some good food and lively conversation. Besides me and LissaKay, BlogFest stalwarts Doug and Cathy McCa…

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