Hi
I am almost 70 and not very computer literate. I have some MP3 voice files which I would like to convert to text. I have searched with Google and one answer was to use Audacity. However, I have looked through the manual and cannot find how to do this. Is it possible and if so how can I do it please?
Thanks
John
Convert MP3 to text
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and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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Welsh_John
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Re: Convert MP3 to text
No, Audacity can't do that. You need special "speech recognition software", such as "Dragon" (by Nuance).
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Gale Andrews
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Re: Convert MP3 to text
Windows (Vista and later) does come with Speech Recognition built in. I don't know how well it works recording a file into a microphone input, but definitely it won't punctuate, so you would have to add punctuation later if recording from a file.
Dragon does have some free trials.
Gale
Dragon does have some free trials.
Gale
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Welsh_John
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Re: Convert MP3 to text
Thanks Gale and Steve for your replies.
John
John