Nuance - IBM ViaVoice for Windows Personal Edition

The IBM ViaVoice for Windows product family offers a complete portfolio appealing to every level of user expertise. Personal Edition - An exciting introduction to natural, continuous speech recognition on the PC. IBM ViaVoice Personal Edition is the entry-level product that provides all the engine and accuracy improvements found in the Standard, Advanced, and Pro USB Editions. Windows XP Home, Windows 98 SE, and Windows Me are the supported operating systems in Personal Edition. With Personal Edition, IBM ViaVoice has never been easier to setup. Through the IBM ViaVoice special enabled-word processor, SpeakPad, or through Microsoft Word 2002, 2000, or 97, you can speak your text instead of typing it, and the words appear on the screen. Dictate numbers and dates and they appear in proper format. With the popup window, "What Can I Say?" you can easily see what formatting, correction, and editing commands are available to you. And the more you use IBM ViaVoice Personal Edition, the more accurate your dictation can become. Personal Edition can save you time while making the use of your computer more fun by using your voice. ViaVoice Personal Edition allows you to: * Speak to your computer instead of typing – use your natural voice, and watch your words appear on the screen! * Use SpeakPad, the voice-enabled word processor that comes with ViaVoice, to dictate, edit, format and correct text for letters, memos, reports and email*, or… * …do all of the above through Microsoft Word 2002, 2000 and 97 as ViaVoice runs in the background * During the quick and simple setup, create a personal voice model so ViaVoice understands the way you speak * Add customized names, acronyms, terms and colloquialisms to the 300,000 word vocabulary and backup dictionary * Create dictation ‘voice shortcuts’ to insert blocks of text – such as greetings, addresses and quotes – directly into your documents * A new speech engine with improved background noise adaptation can lead to greater dictation accuracy * Includes noise-canceling headset microphone with earpiece** * Requires Internet or Intranet access which must be obtained separately. ** Enclosed headset microphone may differ from headset microphone shown. System Requirements: * 64 MB RAM for Windows 98SE and Me * 192 MB RAM for Windows XP Home * 500 MB of available hard drive space * Windows 98/Me/XP compatible 16-bit sound card with a microphone jack * Quad-speed CD-ROM drive or faster ViaVoice is optimized for Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium IV and AMD-K6 with 3Dnow!™ processors. ViaVoice and its files should not be compressed with file compression utilities. Additional RAM and a faster processor can improve performance. Recognition rate highly depends on the recording quality of the sound card. Modem required for Internet access, for which tolls and fees may apply.