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In case the admin's here at Wikipedia start deleting things, you might check for the most recent version in Deletionpedia and move them to my wiki or Wikinfo. These wikis allow content that is based on original research and self-published sources. Lumenos (talk) 23:07, 15 November 2008 (UTC) This article only links from one important page "speech recognition" so it would not be difficult to relink that page to Wikinfo or Lumeniki. Lumenos (talk) 23:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article title would probably more correctly be 'Speech recognition on POSIX', there being nothing specific to the popular kernel, however that wording would be ugly. Verte ttg (talk) 12:29, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

POSIX is not ugly it just doesn't have the name recognition. And besides it is GNU/POSIX. (kidding) Lumenos (talk) 02:30, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think the name change is a good idea, but I think the link(s) should say "Linux" due to its popularity.Lumenos (talk) 23:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the trouble is that the article is trying to cover both Free speech recognition software, and hacks to get other speech recognition software working in a virtualised environment or with wine. Verte ttg (talk) 12:29, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Virtualization is not what I would call a "hack", maybe DNS under Wine or WinDictator is. But I don't see the problem with having one article for all this, so long as it is not too long. If you want to know what speech recognition is possible with Linux, it shows you the options. Lumenos (talk) 02:30, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed addition: LumenVox Speech Engine

Though a closed-source and commercial application, I would suggest that my employer's product, the LumenVox Speech Engine, is worthy of a mention on this page. We build it and run it on Linux (with support for RHEL/CentOS, Fedora Core, and Debian) and it provides a complete speaker independent solution on Linux.

Note that it is not dictation software, so it is not a substitute for a product like Naturally Speaking. It is a tool for developers to build applications around, and the API is fully documented online. Though it is aimed mainly at developers building telephone systems (IVR applications), it can be used for any application that needs to recognize short utterances from a variety of speakers, e.g. command-and-control applications.

It is also integrated with Asterisk, a popular open source PBX run mostly on Linux, which may make the product more noteworthy for people looking for information about Linux speech recognition.

If any editors are interested in making this addition, I can provide more information on the product, including more references.

Full disclosure: I am employed by LumenVox, which sells a commercial automatic speech recognizer. I make this disclosure in compliance with the WP:SCOIC guidelines. While I am a longtime user of Wikipedia, I have no experience as a contributor and would appreciate any help or guidance from editors. Stephen Keller (talk) 22:40, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've added LumenVox as it has plenty of references on the web and is supported by the Digium, the Asterisk people. While I was at it I sorted and expanded existing list entries by adding snippets explaining what some of the bare links are. "{{request edit}}" template removed Kiore (talk) 21:22, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looks great, Kiore. One minor typo: In the sentence, "It has been integrated into the Asterisk," I think you have the word "the" in there where it doesn't belong. Stephen Keller (talk) 16:57, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Stephen, sloppy proof reading on my part. I intended the "the", but forgot to add the rest of the sentence "into the Asterisk private branch exchange system". Now fixed.Kiore (talk) 19:29, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

External links

There's far too many external links on this page, some of which may be most useful as external links and some of which may be best incorporated as references. I'm not sure which to keep or which to integrate so I've moved them to this talk page for people more familiar with the topic to sort through. If others disagree with this removal, feel free to re-add the links but please consider the advice at Wikipedia:External links. Otherwise, re-add the {{External links}} tag but with an updated date parameter. Claret Ash 12:50, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The quantity of external links appropriate. They are the *primary* type of information visitors are seeking when they land on this topic. Please prune gently. --Rolfedh (talk) 21:22, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, I'll try to tidy the article myself in accordance with the appropriate guideline. The quantity may or may not be appropriate, but their placement certainly isn't. As for being the "primary" type of information, I think you'll find the consensus to be that the primary type of information visitors to an encyclopedia article expect to find is the encyclopedia article itself. If people intended to go elsewhere, then they wouldn't have arrived here. Claret Ash 00:16, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The number of users who shared those links speaks to their value. That count a bit more than one person's desire to 'tidy up'. "Far too many external links" for who? I found them useful. Your actions have decreased the value of the article. --Rolfedh (talk) 18:54, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]