The following list presents notable speech recognition software that operate in a Chrome browser as web apps. They make use of HTML5 Web-Speech-API.[1]
Application name
Description
Open Source
License
Price
Note
Voice Notebook
Free dictation, voice typing to clipboard and to web text fields. Windows and Linux integration
Cloud based and on-premise automatic speech recognition
No
Commercial
From £0.06 per minute of audio
Mobile devices and smartphones
Many cell-phone handsets have basic dial-by-voice features built in. Smartphones such as iPhones and BlackBerrys also support this. A number of third-party apps have implemented natural-language speech-recognition support, including:
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]
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
Vocaya ([6]) is a software to bind keys to the voice. it is used with games and any other software. Community oriented to share, with the ability to edit knowledges.
Windows 7/8/10 third-party speech recognition
Auditory Sciences[7]—transcription software for captioning whatever someone says.
Braina - Dictate into third party software and websites.[8]
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.
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.[11]
VoiceboxMD - Real time dictation powered by Machine Learning. Medical industry focused. Used by physicians, practitioners, dentists etc for medical and clinical documentation.[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
MicrosoftSpeech 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.
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.
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