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Version: Wave To Text 5.5890.9831
"Highly unsophisticaed, unusable software."
Cons: I uploaded a very simple wave file spoken by a Californian with a Standard American accent to test out the software. Here's how it transcribed the 3 minute file:
"A assassinate society suicide zealous a assess spouse Sox sells ice scouts stress status CSI anal Sousa thousand size assets C.S. shows socks songs."
I used the slowest, "most accurate" function. It didn't get a single word correct. Transcription software sold for $9.99 at Office Depot in the mid 90's was more sophisticated than this. It lacks an algorithm to tell wether the transcription is grammatical or not, and speaking as a linguist, I can tell you personally that its nearly impossible to build a program that recognizes speech from a sound wave alone.
This is the worst transcription software (and the largest file-size wise) I have ever used.
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