I have been using this product for one month now and must say, although being a bit sceptical to begin with; I am pleasantly surprised by the performance of the product.
I have mild Arthritis and wanted to minimise my typing input.
On receiving the product, there are clear installation ... Read review
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Advantages: ease of use for people who have difficulty typing Disadvantages: used in certain applications, may slow them down.
I have been using this product for one month now and must say, although being a bit sceptical to begin with; I am pleasantly surprised by the performance of the product.
I have mild Arthritis and wanted to minimise my typing input.
On receiving the product, there are clear installation guidelines to follow.
Once installed you 'teach' the voice recognition model to recognise the way you pronounce certain ... ...The user is able to read as little text, or all of the text provided, obviously the more you are able to do the more accurate it will become. This is a straightforward process.
The product claims that after a certain amount of usage you will not need to speak punctuation commands etc, I have not yet reached that stage of usage although, it is infact very easy to speak commands to the product.
I have been using this product for one month now and must say, although being a bit sceptical to begin with; I am pleasantly surprised by the performance of the product.
I have mild Arthritis and wanted to minimise my typing input.
On receiving the product, there are clear installation guidelines to follow.
Once installed you 'teach' the voice recognition model to recognise the way you pronounce certain words. This involves reading text into your headset. The user is able to read as little text, or all of the text provided, obviously the more you are able to do the more accurate it will become. This is a straightforward process.
The product claims that after a certain amount of usage you will not need to speak punctuation commands etc, I have not yet reached that stage of usage although, it is infact very easy to speak commands to the product.
You are able to view a full list of commands necessary to make the usage more personalised, and are able to set different user profiles if you share the computer the software is installed on.
Having used the product for a month or so, I am very happy with its understanding and ability to be taught and re-taught voice recognition personal to the user. There are also several settings that can be adjusted to your own preferences, speed, accuracy etc.
The main disadvantage I have encountered so far is that I am using windows XP and IE7, and if I choose to dictate directly into IE7, it does tend to slow the page down considerably. However, it is not necessary to type directly into IE as you have the ability to dictate into 'speak pad' , do your corrections etc and then transfer into the application of your choice. I found this process much faster and able to cope with me talking pretty fast.
Finally, I am in-fact using this product to dictate this review, and have only had to correct three misrecognised words.
My overall satisfaction rate so far (1 months usage) is an 8 out of 10.
euphoriabuzz 29.07.2008 (29.07.2008)
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System requirements
OS Required
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Min RAM Size
192 MB
Min Hard Drive Space
510 MB
Peripheral / Interface Devices
4x CD-ROM, USB port
System Requirements Details
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition / Windows ME - RAM 64 MB - HD 510 MB
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - RAM 96 MB - HD 510 MB
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition - RAM 192 MB - HD 510 MB
Microsoft Windows XP Professional - RAM 192 MB - HD 510 MB
Manufacturer's product description
IBM ViaVoice Pro USB Edition is the flagship offering of the ViaVoice for Windows, release 10 product line. It represents the merger of high-productivity software with advanced microphone technology. Pro USB Edition offers great dictation versatility; dictate, edit, and correct text in SpeakPad, the resident speech-enabled word processor, or in Word, Excel, and other applications within the Microsoft Office product suites, including Office XP, or directly into a variety of other PC applications.Pro USB Edition expands the usefulness of the powerful Navigation Macro Center found in earlier generations of IBM ViaVoice for Windows. With Pro USB, users can create macros that will run across multiple applications. In addition, users can now control the speed at which their macros run. Pro USB Edition supports the use of select digital handheld recorders. Pro USB Edition is the IBM desktop voice recognition product that features IBM ViaVoice Documents - Microsoft Word-based customized templates for letters, reports, faxes, and e-mails - and VoiceMarks, which can read the name of a customized navigation macro to the user as an audio confirmation that the macro is being run correctly.
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