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I have recently been reading The Hobbit with my 6 year old son Benjamin stop he has become engrossed in the book somewhat and then just hearing about the Adventures of Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf as well of course as mine growing are a diary Norrie tilly tilly Bailey and wailing not forgetting the king Under the Mountain himself starring oakenshield Gollum Gollum
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Not in a place I can try it. But usually such dictating software does a very bad job regarding Portuguese, regardless of the language variant. Apparently I offended some people, thanks for the downvotes!
The offensive part is that you're what you're stating is something you haven't even bothered to examine before deciding to write down an opinion.
I am not sorry if others cannot take critics from those used to be ignored by them.
Why isn't this just built into the browser or the OS?
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I was waiting for this comment. What's the alternative? No voice-recognition? Voice recognition that only runs client-side and lacks all the advantages a centralised service can provide?An equivalent provided by someone else that, for whatever reason, you trust more than Google? Edit: I didn't downvote you, though, and I've upvoted to counteract whoever did. The point you're raising can clearly contribute to an inter…
I understand that my comment makes people uncomfortable as in "ha this is the typical anti-Google-paranoid guy". I respect that, and I used a specifically skeptic tone on purpose. I love Google, they make great products, but at the same time I can't help being afraid of this marvelous monster.
Why isn't this just built into the browser or the OS?
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It does support both "Brasil" and "Portugal". Have you tried it out? Does it work well in Portuguese?
Not in a place I can try it. But usually such dictating software does a very bad job regarding Portuguese, regardless of the language variant. Apparently I offended some people, thanks for the downvotes!
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The offensive part is that you're what you're stating is something you haven't even bothered to examine before deciding to write down an opinion.
Because in 30 years of computing experience I am used to my mother tongue being forgotten by American companies when they announce voice dictation software. I am not sorry if others cannot take critics from those used to be ignored by them.
I applaud the effort, but spreadsheets are difficult enough to navigate at the best of times, let alone trying to manipulate with your voice.