Need text to speech and speech recognition tools for Linux

Question

I\'m planning on writing a program for Linux that uses text to speech and speech recognition. What are the best tools/libraries for this? Should I use Windows instead to be

Answer 1

The original question was about finding suitable libraries, I know, but from as far as using speech recognition good enough for real dictation, there seems to be nothing out there for Linux (though I am sure it will change in time, I suspect it will take a while,as I am not sure that many people are interested).

At the moment I am trying to promote Dragon NaturallySpeaking as a supported product by CodeWeavers ... so if you are interested as a user it would help if you would cast a vote ...

http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=8427