[Athen] Caption Mic

[Stacy L. Smith]

Thanks for all the great answers!

Stacy

Quoting Jayme Johnson <jjohnson at htctu.net>:


> Hello Stacy,

>

> I met with the Caption Mic salesman in March and got a demo of the

> system.

> Basically you're paying for a laptop that has been optimized for

> speech

> recognition, IBM ViaVoice, an Insertacap Caption encoder, a program

> to

> coordinate the recognized speech with time code, and a little program

> that

> converts your speech recognition file to different formats: .rt,

> .smi, .txt

> (QuickTime), .scc, and .umf (Ultech Media File).

>

> At first glance it looks like any other speech recognition system

> you've

> seen, but it does add in some functionality of captioning systems in

> that it

> adds timestamps to the text, and it will output files ready to be

> used for

> captioning your media.

>

> It appeared to me that the weakest link in the system is finding

> someone who

> can listen to someone talking while repeating that speech into the

> Caption

> Mic system. While adding time stamps to the transcript during the

> recognition process is a time saver (no pun intended), the piece of

> software

> that creates the different file types was what I found most

> appealing.

> Unfortunately, the components are not available individually- they

> must be

> purchased as a complete system which costs around $7,000.00.

>

> I think that Caption Mic might be a good solution for some

> institutions just

> getting started with creating captioned media- provided they have an

> individual who can repeat the speech and get good recognition

> results.

> However, if your institution already has some captioning software and

> a copy

> of Dragon Naturally Speaking, you're most of the way to having your

> own

> system. I guess the value of the Caption Mic system depends on what

> you need

> and how much your willing to pay for the convenience of having

> timestamps

> and several caption file formats created automatically.

>

> I hope this helps!

>

> Jayme Johnson

> Assistive Computer Technology Instructor

> High Tech Center Training Unit

> De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

> 408-996-6045

> www.htctu.net

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org]

> On

> Behalf Of Stacy L. Smith

> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 9:29 AM

> To: athen at athenpro.org

> Subject: [Athen] Caption Mic

>

> All -

>

> A co-worker asked me to check into Caption Mic (www.captionmic.com).

> Anyone know anything about this?

>

> Thanks,

> Stacy

>

> Stacy Smith

> Adaptive Technology Specialist, Disability Support Services

> 532-6441

> stacylee at ksu.edu

>

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Stacy Smith
Adaptive Technology Specialist, Disability Support Services
532-6441
stacylee at ksu.edu

~~~~~~~~~~~~

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the
Art of
Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place
to
train.

--Morehei Ueshiba