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Re: dictation without internet?

From crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android, comp.mobile.ipad, alt.os.linux
Subject Re: dictation without internet?
Date 2016-09-13 09:43 -0600
Organization manana
Message-ID <nr98aj$b1q$3@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <nr4jgf$ujg$2@dont-email.me> <e3pq4tF7q5gU1@mid.individual.net>

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On 09/13/2016 02:02 AM, VanguardLH wrote:
> crankypuss wrote:
>
>> Is there any application, free or paid, running under Android or iOS or
>> linux, that performs dictation (voice-to-text) without requiring an
>> internet connection?  TIA.
>
> My aunt has done more research than I.  She said that all the [free]
> apps [that she looked at] for voice-to-text transcription got mediocre
> to bad reviews.  Even Nuance's own [Dragon] Anywhere app isn't that
> great according to her.  Their app's description at Google's Play store
> says it needs "view wi-fi connections" permissions.  Why would it need
> that unless it needed to connnect out?  Well, it does have some cloud
> features, so I don't know that the app needs wifi connectivity to only
> do the voice-to-text transcription.
>
> The app's description at the Google Play store doesn't mention price (or
> mention it is free) and no mention of in-app purchases or ads.  So I
> can't tell if it is truly free (no ads as the cost) or if it is even
> free.  One reviewer noted a subscription price of £15/month which seems
> damn high. Nuance's own web site (http://tinyurl.com/z6v6kag) shows $0
> for their Anywhere app.  When I click on their Buy Now button, yep, it
> is subscriptionware.  $15/mo, $40/qtr, or $150/yr.  However, you never
> mentioned "free" as a requirement.  The weekly subscription is shown as
> $0 but that's probably for the duration of a trial period.  You could
> test it to see if it meets your needs.

I already pay a goodly sum for shitty internet access, I'm not going to 
add another anchor to that boat: monthly fees absolutely will not fly 
with me.

> You also didn't mention your
> Android version, and Nuance Anywhare says it requires Android 4.4 or
> later (and iOS 8.1 or later).  I suspect this is a large-sized app so
> you'll need to consider how much free memory you have.  They don't give
> memory requirements on their web site for that app.
>
>

Who cares what version of Android it runs under?  I have two Android 
machines and don't recall their versions.  If I could find something I 
thought would actually be useful, maybe I'd buy one of those swell new 
Galaxy 7 things so I could be entertained by the fire while waiting for 
some crappy offline translation to text.

When there's nothing on the market fit to buy, I tend to get a little 
pissy about the whole modern circus, my bad, sorry.

-- 
http://totally-portable-software.blogspot.com
   [Sat Sep 03: "Associative Storage and Everything Everywhere"]

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        Re: dictation without internet? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 09:34 -0600
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            Re: dictation without internet? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-12 19:35 +0000
      Re: dictation without internet? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-09-13 02:42 -0500
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  Re: dictation without internet? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-09-13 03:02 -0500
    Re: dictation without internet? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 09:43 -0600
      Re: dictation without internet? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-09-13 15:00 -0500
        Re: dictation without internet? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-13 21:02 +0000
          Re: dictation without internet? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-09-14 07:27 -0600
        Re: dictation without internet? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-09-14 07:26 -0600
    Re: dictation without internet? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-14 09:04 +0200
      Re: dictation without internet? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-09-14 03:00 -0500
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        Re: dictation without internet? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-15 08:40 +0200
          Re: dictation without internet? Ken Hart <kwhart1@frontier.com> - 2016-09-15 15:38 -0400
            Re: dictation without internet? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-17 16:02 +0200
        Re: dictation without internet? "W. Wesley Groleau" <Groleau+News@FreeShell.org> - 2016-09-15 18:45 -0500
          Re: dictation without internet? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-09-17 20:17 +0000
            Re: dictation without internet? "W. Wesley Groleau" <Groleau+News@FreeShell.org> - 2016-09-17 15:55 -0500
            Re: dictation without internet? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-09-17 16:33 -0500
              Re: dictation without internet? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-19 02:18 +0200
            Re: dictation without internet? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-09-21 11:57 -0600
      Re: dictation without internet? "W. Wesley Groleau" <Groleau+News@FreeShell.org> - 2016-09-15 18:43 -0500
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    Re: dictation without internet? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-09-14 03:21 -0500
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          Re: dictation without internet? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-15 23:20 +0000
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  Re: dictation without internet? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2016-09-15 01:08 +0000
    Re: dictation without internet? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 05:31 -0600
      Re: dictation without internet? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2016-09-15 16:45 +0000
        Re: dictation without internet? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-09-16 04:29 -0600
      Re: dictation without internet? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-09-16 04:21 -0600
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