Convert Audio to Text

Question

Hi All,

I just want to know if there is any build in libraries or external libraries in java or C# that allow me to take an audio file and parse it and extract the text from it

I need to make an application to do so , but I don't know from where I can start?

any help will be appreciated

Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

You might check Microsoft Speech API. I think they provide a SDK that you can use for your objective.

Answer 2

Here are some of your options:

• Microsoft Speech
• Lumenvox
• Dragon naturally speaking
• sphinx4

Answer 3

For Java, it seems there is a solution from Sun: javax.speech.recognition

Answer 4

For some background on C#/.NET/MS Speech, see discussion in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3865351/prototype-based-on-speech-recognition/3867083