The notion of recording voice onto your handheld computer and getting a complete transcription is a way off but discussed here in this article from
PCWorld.comFYI: Most Pocket PCs, and some Palm OS devices, include built-in microphones and voice recording software. (You're less likely to find these features on a PDA/phone combination device, like the PalmOne Treo 650.) With a PDA, you can easily record ideas or memos while driving, walking, or doing anything else that makes writing notes improbable or unsafe. It's a cool and often underused PDA feature.
For my test recordings, I used ScanSoft's Pocket PC recording utility, which is included in the company's Dragon Naturally Speaking 8 speech recognition software. Dragon Naturally Speaking is the leading PC speech recognition software; I've used it for years and recommend it. For more information, read our review, "First Look: Voice Rec Gets Better"; you can also go to ScanSoft's Web site.
After syncing the PDA with my Windows notebook, I launched Dragon Naturally Speaking and transcribed the recordings. As I expected, the software transcribed only about 25 percent of the meeting accurately. My memos, however, were transcribed into text with an accuracy rate of at least 90 percent--and sometimes even higher.
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