How do I transcribe 8kHz audio files with Dragon NatuallySpeaking?

Last reviewed: 11/9/2012

HOW Article ID: H111201

The information in this article applies to:

  • SpeechKit

Summary

Dragon NatuallySpeaking Premium and Professional desktop editions support transcribing audio files recorded at 11kHz or higher. SpeechKit 7 now supports automatically converting 8kHz wave audio before transcribing with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

More Information

The SpeechKit ChantSR class StartRecording method provides a simple way to pass audio files to speech recognizers. Many telephony systems process and persist audio at 8kHz. To transcribe 8kHZ audio with Dragon NaturallySpeaking, it first must be converted to a supported format.

SpeechKit 7 now automatically detects the audio format and performs the conversion before transcribing the file with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.


// Instantiate ChantSR object
NChantSR1 = new NChantSR();

// Transcribe a file of recorded audio to text
NChantSR1.StartRecording("myinaudiofile.wav");

// Instantiate ChantSR object
pChantSR = new CChantSR();

// Transcribe a file of recorded audio to text
pChantSR->StartRecording(L"myinaudiofile.wav", 0, CROFile);

// Instantiate ChantSR object
pChantSR = new CChantSR();

// Transcribe a file of recorded audio to text
pChantSR->StartRecording("myinaudiofile.wav", 0, CROFile);

// Transcribe a file of recorded audio to text
ChantSR1.StartRecording('myinaudiofile.wav', 0, CROFile, CAFDefault);

// Instantiate ChantSR object
JChantSR1 = new JChantSR();

// Transcribe a file of recorded audio to text
JChantSR1.startRecording("myinaudiofile.wav");

// Transcribe a file of recorded audio to text
WChantSR1.StartRecording("myinaudiofile.wav", 0, CROFile);

' Transcribe a file of recorded audio to text
XChantSR1.StartRecording "myinaudiofile.wav", 0, CROFile

' Instantiate ChantSR object
NChantSR1 = new NChantSR()

' Transcribe a file of recorded audio to text
NChantSR1.StartRecording("myinaudiofile.wav")

For additional help with SpeechKit, contact Chant Support via Chant Support Contacts or web.