WSRToolkit - Macros not found & gibberish transcriptions

Macros not found & gibberish transcriptions

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Topic: Macros not found & gibberish transcriptions

Posted By: Esinem
Subject: Macros not found & gibberish transcriptions
Date Posted: 05/Jun/2012 at 5:35am

I downloaded the MS macros as instructed during installation but WSR says it can't find them. Do they need moving manually? If so, where?

Windows SR works well when I dictate but I ran transcription on my voice from a DVD tutorial (recorded under studio conditions) and the result was complete nonsense. I have run the training, even used the script from the DVD material I was working on and let WSR trawl through sample documents. The results are still totally unusable and reminiscent of SR in its infancy. Can I improve the success rate, apart from more SR training, or is that as good as it gets?

I would be interested in feedback from other users of the transcription facility.

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Posted By: mmarkoe_admin
Date Posted: 05/Jun/2012 at 10:51am

Esinem wrote:

I downloaded the MS macros as instructed during installation but WSR says it can't find them. Do they need moving manually? If so, where?

WSRMacros.exe is located at:
C:\Program Files\WSRMacros

You said you downloaded WSRMacros. Did you install it from the download? Once installed and WSRMacros are started, you should see a blue oval icon in lower right of screen. RIGHT CLICK this and go to Security. Set Security Level to low and create Signing Certificate.

The page for the WSRToolkit says:

"Transcription reads .WAV files from a digital recorder and transcribes it to text. This is meant to be used by the person who has a personal user profile and dictates as they would in front of the computer using good enunciation and punctuation. It is not meant to transcribe multiple voices from a meeting."

There may be one or more reasons for the problem.

Are you inputting the .WAV directly into the computer instead of playing it through a microphone?
Is the .WAV file in the proper audio format (16 bit, 44100 Hz)
Is there one person speaking on the DVD or more than one?
Is the person speaking on the DVD dictation punctuation which helps with context decoding?

Marty Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc.