Well, in this case I mentioned a name, and it was quiet and I tried about 
three times before just giving in and typing it in manually.  I get about 
80% success with the I Phone 5.
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From: "Ana G" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] A little perturbed with the iPhones dictate program


> Speech to text is based on sound patterns and word prediction. On Android, 
> I get good results over all, but I find that personal (non-work related) 
> dictation is the most error prone, probably because it's more 
> unpredictable to the recognition engine. I started to notice it when I was 
> dictating a list of poems into a note taking app. Even though I spoke 
> clearly, the results were way off. Then I thought about the word sequences 
> I was dictating and realized there was no way anyone, human or machine, 
> could predict what I'd say next. On Android, recognition improves over 
> time if you check an item that says something about personalizing your 
> recognition and if you're consistent about correcting errors. I'm assuming 
> iOS works in a similar way. 


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