July 15, 2005
Dictation program just not my type
This program is not something I would want to write every column on since it doesn't always understand my Texas drawl and strange words often show up in the middle of a sentence. It takes some powerful editing be sure my extra curricular talking doesn't get mixed up in what I am trying to say.
It is amazing however that this computer that sits on my desk can hear my voice and automatically write what I'm saying.
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July 12, 2005
Can you hear me now?
For this review we looked at Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional Version 8 and IBM ViaVoice Pro USB Edition Version 10. Both products come with a high-quality noise-canceling headset from Andrea Electronics, although they use different models. Dragon NaturallySpeaking comes with Model 91, while ViaVoice includes Model 61.
Both products offer similar speech-to-text capabilities, although the target market is obviously different. Dragon NaturallySpeaking comes with a number of features specifically for enterprises, including a feature that lets you store voice profiles on a central server and transcribe audio files from digital recorders or any handheld device that supports the Microsoft PocketPC operating system. ViaVoice focuses more on individual users, providing most of the same functions as Dragon NaturallySpeaking without the enterprise extras.
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May 10, 2005
Review of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8.0 and IBM ViaVoice 10
Talk into a microphone and the computer types what you say. That's an easy way to describe voice recognition software like Dragon NaturallySpeaking and IBM ViaVoice. Morphing through various forms since 1994, DNS is arguably the best voice recognition software available today. IBM's "40 years of commitment to speech research and development" have in part lead to the ViaVoice software. This article compares these two as well as providing general comments on voice recognition technology.
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