Most Popular. New Releases. Desktop Enhancements. Networking Software. Trending from CNET. Computer Talker By Oproot Free. Download Now. Developer's Description By Oproot. Make your computer talk for you with the free Computer Talker program. Text-to-speech is built into the program. Make your computer speak what you type.
Written in C , the Computer Talker program uses the System. Synthesis library to make the computer speak. Full Specifications. What's new in version 1. Release July 16, Date Added August 29, A good architecture is important, otherwise it becomes slower and more expensive to add new capabilities in the future.
But I resolve my concern by emphasizing that good architecture is something that supports its own evolution, and is deeply intertwined with programming. Most of my career has revolved about the questions of what good architecture looks like, how teams can create it, and how best to cultivate architectural thinking in our development organizations.
This page outlines my view of software architecture and points you to more material about architecture on this site. A guide to material on martinfowler. People in the software world have long argued about a definition of architecture. For some it's something like the fundamental organization of a system, or the way the highest level components are wired together.
My thinking on this was shaped by an email exchange with Ralph Johnson , who questioned this phrasing, arguing that there was no objective way to define what was fundamental, or high level and that a better view of architecture was the shared understanding that the expert developers have of the system design.
Ralph Johnson, speaking at QCon. On first blush, that sounds trite, but I find it carries a lot of richness. It means that the heart of thinking architecturally about software is to decide what is important, i.
For a developer to become an architect, they need to be able to recognize what elements are important, recognizing what elements are likely to result in serious problems should they not be controlled.
Ralph's email formed the core of my column for IEEE software , which discussed the meaning of software architecture and the role of an architect. Architecture is a tricky subject for the customers and users of software products - as it isn't something they immediately perceive.
But a poor architecture is a major contributor to the growth of cruft - elements of the software that impede the ability of developers to understand the software. Software that contains a lot of cruft is much harder to modif y, leading to features that arrive more slowly and with more defects. This situation is counter to our usual experience.
We are used to something that is "high quality" as something that costs more. For some aspects of software, such as the user-experience, this can be true.
But when it comes to the architecture, and other aspects of internal quality, this relationship is reversed. High internal quality leads to faster delivery of new features , because there is less cruft to get in the way. While it is true that we can sacrifice quality for faster delivery in the short term, before the build up of cruft has an impact, people underestimate how quickly the cruft leads to an overall slower delivery.
While this isn't something that can be objectively measured, experienced developers reckon that attention to internal quality pays off in weeks not months. The important decisions in software development vary with the scale of the context that we're thinking about. A common scale is that of an application, hence "application architecture". The first problem with defining application architecture is that there's no clear definition of what an application is.
My view is that applications are a social construction :. In my test, Windows 10 had only three errors, and all were words that every other app missed as well. Other than that, it provided nearly flawless dictation.
By contrast, Windows 11 which I downloaded after testing 10 contained 13 errors for each of the two times I tested it, making Windows 10 the clear winner for accuracy.
Each OS includes about three dozen commands for punctuation, symbols, and for completing actions within a document. Windows 10 includes seven dictation languages, but commands are only available in U. Windows 11 boosts the number of languages recognized to 36 plus a handful of dialects and commands for all these languages. While both versions are easy to use, it's Windows 10 that comes out ahead for accuracy by a large margin. This makes it the best free choice for Windows users.
Windows 10 Speech Recognition price: Included with Windows 10; Speech Recognition included in older versions of Windows and also with the new release of Windows Windows 10 Speech Recognition accuracy: For the word transcription test, Speech Recognition flubbed just three words on the first try, which is a Windows Speech Recognition was one of the best out-of-the-gate for accuracy with only Gboard equaling it.
Recommendation: It worked in any app or browser I tried, which makes it a handy tool to have around. If you're a Windows 10 user and don't mind a voice "training" period, you'll get good use out of this feature. In , Dragon Dictate emerged as the first dictation software. Thirty years later, we have Dragon by Nuance , a leader in the industry and a distant cousin of that first iteration.
With a variety of software packages and mobile apps for different use cases e. For this test, I used Dragon Anywhere, Nuance's mobile app, as it's the only version—among otherwise expensive packages—available with a free trial. It includes lots of features not found in the others, like Words, which lets you add words that would be difficult to recognize and spell out. For example, if you live on Eichhorn St. It also provides shortcuts.
If you wanted to shorten your entire address to one word, go to Auto-Text , give it a name "address" , and type in your address: Eichhorn St. The next time you dictate and say "address," you'll get the entire thing. Press the comment bubble icon to see text commands while you're dictating, or say "What can I say? Once you complete a dictation, you can email, share e. You can perform these actions manually or by voice command e. Accuracy is good and improves with use: my first test produced 13 errors, and my second test only flubbed nine.
Recommendation: Because Dragon is a relatively large investment, you should be seriously committed to using dictation regularly. I recommend trying Dragon Anywhere free for seven days to see how you like it first. Dragon desktop products are available in several languages, which vary by version, and include Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Gboard Android, iOS. Google's excellent Gboard app, which includes dictation, works with both Android and iOS. To use it, go anywhere you can type email, browser, text, document , and the keyboard will pop up. Tap the microphone icon at the top right of the keyboard, and start speaking when prompted. It will very quickly capture your voice into text as fast as you're able to talk. It's scary how fast it transcribes. Not only that, it's highly accurate. It was the only app that captured "birdcast" albeit uncapitalized , the name of a birding website, and it made only three dictation errors.
Note: If you stop speaking for about 10 seconds, the microphone turns off, so you'll have to tap it again. You have the option to personalize the app, which allows Gboard to recognize your voice usage patterns and improve on them, increasing accuracy over time.
I've dictated texts in the car with the radio on, and it's still nearly perfect. It's also good at not including stammers, likely as a result of learning my speech patterns. Note: I've been using Gboard for about six years. It has learned my voice and speech patterns, so it's not surprising that it was the most accurate in my test.
Gboard price : Free. Gboard accuracy: In transcribing a word passage, Gboard made just three errors. Recommendation : Gboard spits out your words on screen as fast as you can say them.
For faster talkers, it will feel just right, but for others, it may take getting used to. If you want to dictate texts, emails, or any other short note, use Gboard. Google Docs voice typing Web on Chrome.
Google Docs includes a dictation feature that's both highly accurate and easy to use, called Google Docs voice typing —but you have to be using Chrome to access this feature. Click on it, and start talking. If you're idle for about 30 seconds, the microphone automatically stops.
Click on it again to resume. You can use the same process to dictate speaker notes in a Slides presentation. If you need help or you want a list of commands, click on the question mark within the microphone icon. Help will pop up on the right where you can scroll or search to find voice commands such as punctuation, text formatting, editing, and even moving around your document. Google Docs voice typing price : Free. Most of the errors were for capitalizing words in the middle of sentences, such as untold, decline, and discovery.
Recommendation : If you're a Google Docs power user and want dictation capability, voice typing is an excellent choice for its accuracy and many voice commands. Google Docs integrates with Zapier , which means you can automatically do things like save form entries to Google Docs, create new documents whenever something happens in your other apps, or create project management tasks for each new document.
SpeechTexter Web on Chrome, Android. SpeechTexter is supported only using the Chrome browser or with the Android mobile app iPhones and iPads are not supported. Many free dictation sites have an annoying number of ads, but this one keeps it to a manageable one or two.
And they do have a privacy policy that states that, while they don't store any of your text, it is processed by Google's servers. Just keep that in mind. To start, select your language. For English speakers, there are an impressive 16 different dialects from countries such as Ghana, Hong Kong, and Pakistan and a total of 73 different languages. Then in the top-left corner, click Start, and begin.
As you're talking, your speech is captured in a pop-up window briefly and then quickly transcribed on the screen with little delay. As you talk, a word count displays in real-time at the bottom-right. Voice commands are placed handily to the right of the main window. If you want to create your own command, click the pencil icon, then the plus sign and add a command.
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