2020-11-17 22:05 UTC+01:00, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin(a)fastmail.us>:
The answer to my original question is no, there is nothing available to
do what I asked, essentially to produce a text message by dictation.
You asked for a voice to text program. Doesn't this fit the bill?
Name : pocketsphinx
Epoch : 1
Version : 5
Release : 0.3.prealpha.fc32
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 42 k
Source : pocketsphinx-5-0.3.prealpha.fc32.src.rpm
Repository : updates
Summary : Real-time speech recognition
URL :
http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/
License : BSD
Description : PocketSphinx is a version of the open-source Sphinx-II speech
: recognition system which is able to recognize speech in
: real-time. While it may be somewhat less accurate than the
: offline speech recognizers, it is lightweight enough to run on
: handheld and embedded devices.
I haven't tried it, but the description suggests that perhaps you should.
Andras