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With Speak-A-Message save time on email by recording a voice mail and transcribing it automatically to text. The basic functionality of Speak-A-Message are the recording and playback of voice messages. Additional key features: create your own design of the surface of the player and send it along with your message, record comments to your photos and send them, audio effects, spice-up your voice message with additional sound effects, audio compression, four-minute voice message requires only about 500kB, sends audio messages via your email client, integrates into the menu of MS Outlook, and works with browser-based email (Web mail).
What's new in this version: Version 9.0.2 has provided many improvements in MS Outlook plugin.
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"5 extra spamware installs included"
Version: Speak-A-Message 9.0.1
Pros
would probably work if you wanted to use it
Cons
comes with extra software that adds a toolbar and tries to change your homepage and searching settings.
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"A little hard to setup/use, but suprisingly accurate."
Version: Speak-A-Message 7.6.4
Pros
I was very surprised at the transcribed results from my rinky-dink tabletop microphone. It was amazingly accurate, messing up only about 5 words out of 100: One was "oop" which was transcribed as "up" (admittedly, it did sound like "up"!), and the rest were advanced technical/medical words that I purposely threw in to see what would happen.
Cons
Set up wasn't easy, nor was figuring out how to use it, but, once I did so (about 15 mins), it worked well.
Files are too easy to accidentally delete (i.e., it does not put the deleted files into the desktop recycle/wastebasket; when I accidentally deleted 3 files that had nothing to do with this program, I had to run a third-party, file-recovery, program to restore them). So, I recommend using a separate folder for everything (i.e., source and result).
The resulting transcriptions can be copy-pasted to word (the "professional" or "business" versions allegedly can do this automatically), but it will include the timing for each line. For example, if I transcribe just the word "hello", it will create the following in the text area:
{0 sec}hello
which means that the braced area ("{0 sec}") will be included when I copy paste (yes, I can avoid it for this one line, but, imagine if I had many lines).
It can't transcribe non-S-A-M, pre-existing files, such as songs, etc.Summary
Once I got everything set up (which included Windows microphone settings as well as Speak-A-Message's settings), my plain, table-top, PC microphone, was able to record into S-A-M, which then transcribed those words with surprisingly accurate results. No voice/input "training" was necessary!
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The braced-time issue (see "Cons") can be eliminated using Word's "Macro" (under "Tools"), but most people aren't comfortable using that, and it might erase any manually entered braced text. A programmer could probably write a simple program to remove them, manually, but, again, most people can't do that. I can do both, but I'm wondering why the option wasn't in S-A-M to remove them, at least temporarily.
After having tried a dozen free programs from the web and Cnet, this one has them all beat! Quirky, perhaps, but I highly recommend it, especially since it's free (n.b., it claims to have "professional" settings which will be disabled after 30 days; obviously, I didn't wait that long, so I can't say what will happen, but their website (speak-a-message.com) indicates that the disabled functions are trivial, at least for the casual user.
Updated on Mar 14, 2012
"How to obtain help and support for this security update
For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in the United States and Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft subsidiary. For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary for support issues with security updates, visit the Microsoft International Support website:
http://support.microsoft.com/common"
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"{0sec}how to obtain help and support for the security update
{8.9sec} for home users no charge support is available by calling one eight six six PC safety
{16.6sec} in the United States and canada or by contacting your local microsoft city are
{21.6sec} for more information about how to contact your local microsoft subsidiary for support issues that security updates
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"Getting better"
Version: Speak-A-Message 6.0.2
Pros
each new version has bought better funcutionality of this programs and can only improve as the program ages. I look forward to the day when a program like this can replace the keyboard and offer real freedom.
Cons
to early to say if there is any major flaws still testing
Summary
it's a nice program that offers practical uses and fun to play around with worth trying out
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"Great to use!"
Version: Speak-A-Message 5.1.0
Pros
Everything.
Cons
Nothing special.
Summary
Great utility, easy to use.
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"I don't like it"
Version: Speak-A-Message 5.0.1
Pros
I can't find any
Cons
I couldn't make it work
Summary
SPENT HOURS TRYING, AND EVENTUALLY GAVE UP IN DISGUST
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".....confusing"
Version: Speak-A-Message 5.0.1
Pros
Shinable has some kind of photo gallery for some reason...
Cons
Had to run as admin to get it to start
i tested the speech to text, i said "test" and it translated it to iraq who haveSummary
works only in quiet environment decent program could be better
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"Very good and effortless usage"
Version: Speak-A-Message 4.0.4
Pros
It is very friendly
Cons
Sometimes audio is saturated
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"Nice handy tool to communicate."
Version: Speak-A-Message 4.0.1
Pros
Easy interface.
Cons
Volume needs work.
Summary
Useful tool to communicate. Amateur usage great.
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"Good/useful but volume lacking at even highest settings"
Version: Speak-A-Message 4.0.1
Pros
Good/easy to use
Cons
Low volume
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"Works great"
Version: Speak-A-Message 4.0.1
Pros
Speak-A-Message works as advertised. I find it particularly useful on my mini netbook where typing e-mail is not always handy. Everyone that has received my messages says it is loud and clear. File size attachments are minimal so no problem there.
Cons
Adding sound effect background is not too great. I get a popping, static sound but not a big deal because I don't need to send music or sound effects anyway.
