Looking for speech-to-text tool (convert .wav to text)
Solution 1
I believe the best free speech recognition software is CMU Sphinx. It looks quite mature, though I have not used it. It is however more a research project than focussed on end users, so while it apparently works well, it's a bit of work setting it up; in particular, you will need to train it before using it.
Other software you might want to try:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_speech_recognition_software
BTW, have you considered just listening to the messages using a small earplug if you're in a meeting. Might be the easiest way :-). Or, just have less meetings...
Solution 2
Look at Julius
mkdir -p $HOME/tmp/
cd $HOME/tmp
if [ ! -f Julius-3.5.2-Quickstart-Linux_AcousticModel-2011-07-21.tgz ] ; then
wget http://www.repository.voxforge1.org/downloads/Nightly_Builds/AcousticModel-2011-07-21/Julius-3.5.2-Quickstart-Linux_AcousticModel-2011-07-21.tgz -O Julius-3.5.2-Quickstart-Linux_AcousticModel-2011-07-21.tgz
fi
tar xvpfz Julius-3.5.2-Quickstart-Linux_AcousticModel-2011-07-21.tgz
echo "It might be installed."
user2400203
Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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user2400203 over 1 year
I have the ability to get .wav files of voice mails emailed to me, but sometimes I'll be sitting in a meeting and I need to know the content of a message without playing it out loud.
Are there any good (and, preferably, free) tools for converting .wav files to text? I know Google Voice has this capability, but I can't determine if it'll work on a file-by-file basis.
I realize that this is a difficult research problem, but even an 80% solution might be workable.
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Corey almost 14 yearsShould be tagged speech-to-text instead of text-to-speech. Just a heads up.
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sleske almost 14 yearsRetagged as suggested.
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