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Q. Does the Dragon Audiomining SDK support PCM Stereo?
A. NO, Dragon Audiomining SDK only supports PCM Mono format.

Q. Does the Dragon Audiomining solution support 4 bit ADPCM at 8 kHz?
A. Yes.

Q. What audio sampling rates does the Dragon Audiomining SDK support?
A. The Dragon Audiomining SDK can handle sampling rates between 8 KHz and 99 KHz.

Q. Does the Dragon Audiomining SDK support broadcast quality audio?
A. Yes, but only for US English. The Dragon Audiomining SDK supports non-US English languages in telephony models only.

Q. How can I convert analog tape to digital format to be indexed by the Dragon Audiomining SDK?
A. You need an analog device with audio output capabilities (analog recorders usually have an 'ear' or output jack), you connect an audio cable to this output and the other end to the line-in jack of the soundcard in the computer.

You need to change the windows mixer recording settings to Line-In, then launch an audio capture program (like Creative's Wave Studio) and record the audio in wav format.

Q. What languages does the Dragon Audiomining SDK support?
A.
Acoustic model name Used for
US English | Large | Audiomining Telephony Native US English speakers recording over a telephone.
US English | Large | Audiomining Broadcast Native US English speakers recorded from audio or video broadcast sources.
UK English | Large | Audiomining Telephony Native UK (British) English speakers recording over a telephone.
Deutsch | Large | Audiomining Telephony Native German speakers recording over a telephone.
Español (España) | Large | Audiomining Telephony Native Spanish (Spain) speakers recording over a telephone.
Español (América Latina) | Large | Audiomining Telephony Native Spanish (Latin America) speakers recording over a telephone.
Français | Large | Audiomining Telephony Native French speakers recording over a telephone.
Italiano | Large | Audiomining Telephony Native Italian speakers recording over a telephone.
Nederlands | Large | Audiomining Telephony Native Dutch speakers recording over a telephone.
Q. Does the Dragon Audiomining SDK support video indexing?
A. No, the Dragon Audiomining SDK only support audio indexing.

Q. Is there any way to set the pronunciation for particular words?
A. No, but you can use the Dragon Audiomining SDK to define spoken forms for given words.

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