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Poll: Do you think that translators could use speech recognition programes when working with a CAT tool?
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Lucy Williams
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I do Mar 5, 2016

I use Dragon Naturally Speaking to dictate into Trados 2014. Speeds me up a lot.

 
Thomas Pfann
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Of course, they could. Many do. Mar 5, 2016

I started using DNS about four or five years ago (mainly with Trados Studio 2011) and it works very well. I don't use it all the time but for many projects - mainly the bigger ones.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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I haven't thought about it! Mar 5, 2016

I don't use CAT tools and I find that typing helps my thinking process (man (or woman) is a creature of habits). Speeding up my work is not my main concern…

 
Ines R.
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Interesting Lucy Mar 5, 2016

Lucy Williams wrote:

I use Dragon Naturally Speaking to dictate into Trados 2014. Speeds me up a lot.


 
Ines R.
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Good to know, as I thought dictating in each segment of Trados doesn't speed up the time Mar 5, 2016

Thomas Pfann wrote:

I started using DNS about four or five years ago (mainly with Trados Studio 2011) and it works very well. I don't use it all the time but for many projects - mainly the bigger ones.


 
Thayenga
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Absolutely Mar 5, 2016

I've been using DNS for a couple of years now and it's working very well with WordFast Pro. It is a blessing, especially for my wrists.

 
Christine Andersen
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I know of many colleagues who do Mar 5, 2016

In fact I have just been reading about people's experiences with Dragon and Trados two minutes ago in another group I follow.

 
José Henrique Lamensdorf
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Why not? Mar 5, 2016

As I see it, it's a matter of input/output.

A keyboard converts specific keystrokes into the corresponding chars (ASCII codes) at the cursor location. A smartphone converts positions X-Y on the touch screen AND the corresponding screen "section" (i.e. uppercase, lowercase, numbers) into that. OCR software converts dot assemblies into that.

If speech recognition can convert sounds into ASCII codes, it's just a matter of getting these codes to the text entry field on the
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As I see it, it's a matter of input/output.

A keyboard converts specific keystrokes into the corresponding chars (ASCII codes) at the cursor location. A smartphone converts positions X-Y on the touch screen AND the corresponding screen "section" (i.e. uppercase, lowercase, numbers) into that. OCR software converts dot assemblies into that.

If speech recognition can convert sounds into ASCII codes, it's just a matter of getting these codes to the text entry field on the CAT tool. Accuracy is a separate issue.

It all started with the Morse code...
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Sheila Wilson
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Not for me but I can't speak for others Mar 5, 2016

It would drive my husband mad to have me nattering on all day long, and the cat probably wouldn't be pleased either!

 
Gudrun Maydorn (X)
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Definitely Mar 5, 2016

Thayenga wrote:

I've been using DNS for a couple of years now and it's working very well with WordFast Pro. It is a blessing, especially for my wrists.


I work with a combination of DNS and Workfast Classic on a daily basis and have done so for the past 7 years. I would not want to be without it.


 
James Heppe-Smith
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Slightly tongue in cheek Mar 5, 2016

Sheila Wilson wrote:

... and the cat probably wouldn't be pleased either!


Which CAT do you use Sheila? Trados?



James


 
Sheila Wilson
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@ James Mar 5, 2016

James Heppe-Smith wrote:
Sheila Wilson wrote:
... and the cat probably wouldn't be pleased either!

Which CAT do you use Sheila? Trados?

I use Wordfast Classic, and my tortie uses me.


 
Christel Zipfel
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Why not? Mar 5, 2016

I have used DNS for several years with Wordfast Classic without any problem, albeit not every day, but mostly for bigger (and boring) jobs, in order to speed up the whole thing.

 
Julian Holmes
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No Mar 6, 2016

And, Dragon or the likes would have to have a very powerful function to filter out all the monosyllabic Anglo-Saxon expletives that tend to leave my lips when I'm working.

It would also have to be able to recognize long technical terms like 'stoichiometric ratio' or other similar tongue-twisters.


 
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