I don't goat what you guys on hear are talking boat. I use the vase recognition pogrom that comes with Windows and it works grate. In fact, I'm using it write now. It's really helpful.

WarszawaScream: Sad to hear this, always loved Dragon's stuff.

Yeah, me too.

Lot of antisemitism in this thread...

jayhawk88: "Siri like", lol. Dragon was crap. "Oh hey, spend an hour reading War and Peace to train our software, and you'll get an astounding 80% accuracy rate! You'll end up spending 5 hours doing a task you could have done in 30 minutes if you'd just learn to type, but hey, voice!"

Interesting that my wife had a much smoother experience with, last time she mentioned it years back, over 96% accuracy. Maybe your computer just doesn't like you? Have you tried giving it a name and petting it reassuringly?

/or maybe my wife's accent or rhythm was just a better fit for their algorithms. But making friends with your computer surely couldn't hurt!

LMark: Amos Quito: Lot of antisemitism in this thread...

huh?

What, you aren't used to him by now?

dbaggins: the question is, how much to GS actually liable for in a deal like this ? For the entire value of the whole company ?

Goldman is liable for whatever the jury says they're liable for.

The plaintiff is asking for a one BILLION dollars. Given Goldman's gross negligence, they could get it. I'm pretty sure Dragon owned the key patents in this industry. Considering that patents last 20 years, many of them are probably still very very valuable today. Perhaps a lot more valuable today. Voice dictation never saw a huge mindshare on PC, but it's big and getting bigger on smart phones. Given that mot newer smart phones will need a license for those patents, a billion doesn't seem far fetched at all.

In reality, it probably won't get to a jury award. Goldman is so screwed here that they'll probably settle. The plaintiff probably wants money now and doesn't want to wait through a decade of appeals, so they'll probably accept a reasonable settlement. What's reasonable for a billion dollar asset? My guess would be 200 to 350 million, with the standard third going to their lawyers. Not a billion, but enough to buy a solid gold house and a rocket car.

ladyfortuna: On the subject of the disabled who use it, I don't suppose anyone here knows a cheap but legal way to get a Windows 7 compatible copy of Dragon? My friend, who is pretty severely physically disabled, often has trouble typing because her fingers don't quite work correctly either and she said it hurts to do so. She was looking for it recently and I'd like to point her in the right direction.

if she's lonely enough to want to use Windows maybe you should have SEX with her??

ladyfortuna: My dad continues to buy Word Perfect from them for some unknown reason. I think it's just that he's been using it for like fifteen years and refuses to learn a new program.

Word Perfect still exists? Holy crap.

Theaetetus: ... and if so, do you need a coat holder?


I recommend the Modified Wooden Coat Holder.

jafiwam: Nope.

Because I am not a retard and can type. Heck, I can type faster than I can talk. People who can't type should stay away from computers.

If I liked to talk, I wouldn't be working with computers, I'd be a salesweasel or something instead.

And you've completely missed the point.

The issue was the technology that existed in 1999 and the complex algorithms that made it work. The Bakers were pretty smart people. They were smart enough to think up the technology. They were smart enough to know that it was going to be incredibly popular outside of the narrow context that you boxed it into. If you read the article you'll see that the technology was bought a Ford subsidiary (heard of the "Sync" system in Ford vehicles?) and the other by a company with a licensing agreement with Apple (Siri make me sandwich).

They were also smart enough to recognize that they weren't smart enough to work through the complexities of a sale of the company on their own, so they hired G/S. Somebody up-thread equated this to hiring a bodyguard who then stood by and watched them get raped. I'd go further than that. They paid the bodyguard 5 million and for that they got raped and robbed.

I work in IT as well, and have no use for voice recognition technology at work, but I love telling my phone to text my wife while I'm driving and have it do it perfectly.

I think you need to get out more.

Delete! DELETE!

Lor M. Ipsum: Yeah! And what is the deal with all of those handicap people? They should just type with their bootstraps.

GOP Typing for the Disabled

I presume there's some Nuance between Dragon Technologies and Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

NIXON YOU DOLT!!!!!: Their software sucked. Still does. If the slowest typist in my office can outperform your software, it's not ready for the market.

Nice to see an expert taking some time from their busy day to weigh in on the discussion.

... and if so, do you need a coat holder?