List of speech recognition software

Windows

Windows built-in speech recognition

The Windows Speech Recognition version 8.0 by Microsoft comes built into Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Speech Recognition is available only in English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese and only in the corresponding version of Windows; meaning you cannot use the speech recognition engine in one language if you use a version of Windows in another language. Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 8 Pro allow you to change the system language, and therefore change which speech engine is available. Windows Speech Recognition evolved into Cortana (software), a personal assistant found in Windows 10.

Add-ons for Windows 7 speech recognition

• VoiceAttack - is used primarily by the gaming community to allow hands-free keyboard and mouse input in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. Its popularity lies mainly in its ease of use and extended feature set, which includes the ability to create multi-threaded macros.^[4]
• Livrot Mic Command - modern desktop and gaming speech recognition with full SRGS grammar support, programmable multi threaded macros with independent data system. Windows 7,8 and 10.^[5]
• VAC - Voice Activated Commands is a feature rich speech recognition solution for games. It works with Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.
• Voice Finger – software for Windows Vista and Windows 7 that improves the Windows speech recognition system by adding several extensions to accelerate and improve the mouse and keyboard control.
• www.trigramtech.com – adds medical vocabularies(language models) for medical users. Can be licensed for individuals, groups or OEM integration into speech applications using Windows Speech.
• Vocola – a macro language

Windows 7/8/10 third-party speech recognition

• LilySpeech^[6] - Dictate into any window in real time at the touch of a button. Uses Google's Web Speech API.
• Auditory Sciences^[7]—transcription software for captioning whatever someone says.
• Braina - Dictate into third party software and websites.^[8]
• Dragon NaturallySpeaking from Nuance Communications – Successor to the older DragonDictate product. Focus on dictation. 64-bit Windows support since version 10.1.
• Freesr Speech Recognition Software – Create voice interfaces for any application, window in an application, or website/webpage. Works with Windows Speech Recognition or as add-on to NaturallySpeaking.
• SpeechGear Interact - combines speech recognition with language translation.^[9]
• Sonic Extractor from Digital Syphon – Supports 22 languages. Focus on broadcasting and telephony.
• SpeechMagic – Nuance Communications acquired Philips owned. Medical industry focus according to Frost & Sullivan. Standalone or embedded.^[10][11]
• Tazti - Create speech command profiles to play PC games and control applications - programs. Create speech commands to open files, folders, webpages, applications. Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 versions.^[12]
• VoxCommando – Voice command utility for Windows Vista or later. It interfaces with various programs and devices to allow control of multimedia, communication, and home automation. Supports 20 world languages/dialects because users can choose to use Microsoft's desktop speech engine or Speech Platform 11. It does not use any cloud-based speech recognition platforms. Supports SAPI5 TTS voices.
• Vestec Inc. - Specializing in Natural Language Understanding and Speech Recognition solutions. ASR, NLU and TTS engines support 17 languages in server, embedded (on low cost chip) or cloud based environments.

Windows XP or 2000 only

• Microsoft Speech API – Speech recognition functionality included as part of Microsoft Office and on Tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. It can also be downloaded as part of the Speech SDK 5.1 for Windows applications, but since that is aimed at developers building speech applications, the pure SDK form lacks any user interface, and thus is unsuitable for end users.
• e-Speaking – software for Windows XP that facilitates use of the Microsoft Speech API by adding ability to create commands to perform custom actions.
• Vestec Inc. - Specializing in Natural Language Understanding and Speech Recognition solutions. ASR, NLU and TTS engines support 17 languages in server, embedded (on low cost chip) or cloud based environments.

Built-in software

• Microsoft Kinect includes built-in software which allow speech-recognition of commands.
• Older generation of Nokia phones like Nokia N Series ( before using Windows 7 mobile technology) used speech-recognition with family names from contact list and other few commands.
• Siri—originally implemented in the iPhone 4S—Apple's personal assistant for iOS which uses technology from Nuance Communications.
• Cortana (software) Microsoft's personal assistant built into Windows Phone and Windows 10.

Interactive voice response

The following are IVR/Interactive Voice response systems:

• AT&T Watson
• Blueworx
• CSLU Toolkit
• Convergys Interactive Voice Portal IVR
• Genesys^[13]
• HTK — copyrighted by Microsoft, but altering the software for the Licensee's internal use is allowed.
• Freesr Speech Recognition Software
• Verbio ASR & TTS
• LumenVox ASR
• MIRSK ASR
• Telisma ASR
• Nuance Recognizer ASR
• Rubidium Ltd. ASR
• Proteus Conversational Interface
• Simmortel Voice
• Tellme Networks (acquired by Microsoft)
• Parlance nameConnector
• Verbyx Inc
• Vestec Inc

Unix-like x86 and x86_64 speech transcription software

• Janus Recognition Toolkit (JRTk)^[14][15]
• Vocapia Research's VoxSigma speech-to-text software suite^[16]

Discontinued software

• Game Commander 2 by Mindmaker. Gaming oriented voice recognition. Voice commands can be assigned to issue keystrokes and key combinations.
• IBM ViaVoice – Embedded version still maintained by IBM.^[17] No longer supported for versions above Windows Vista.^[18] Untested above Mac OS X 10.4 or on Macintoshes with an Intel chipset.^[19]
• Quack.com (acquired by AOL) The name has now been reused for an iPad search app.
• SpeechWorks from Nuance Communications.
• Yap Speech Cloud - Speech-to-text platform acquired by Amazon.com.

See also

• Speech recognition software for Linux
• Speech recognition
• Transcription (software)

References

1. ↑ "PowerSecretary Announcement". 
2. ↑ https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/speech-api/raw-file/tip/speechapi.html
3. ↑ http://www.hello-indigo.com/terms-of-use/
4. ↑ http://www.voiceattack.com
5. ↑ http://www.livrot.com
6. ↑ LilySpeech Speech Recognition Software
7. ↑ http://www.massmatch.org/aboutus/listserv/2010/2010-03-31.html
8. ↑ Braina Speech Recognition Software
9. ↑ http://www.techradar.com/news/software/business-software/Speech-recognition-software-top-six-on-the-market/articleshow/44842011.cms
10. ↑
11. ↑ Philips SpeechMagic named European Technology Leader by Frost & Sullivan
12. ↑ O'Neill, Mark (2013-11-06). "Control your PC with these 5 speech recognition programs". PC World. Retrieved 2013-12-30. 
13. ↑ "Interactive Voice Response". Genesys. 
14. ↑ http://isl.ira.uka.de/downloads/asru_hagen.ps
15. ↑ http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=599557
16. ↑ http://www.vocapia.com/voxsigma-speech-to-text.html
17. ↑ http://www-01.ibm.com/software/pervasive/embedded_viavoice/
18. ↑ http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5775/p/31/c/980/r_id/100023
19. ↑ http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4987/related/1/p/31/c/980/r_id/100023