Product ViaVoice

This product will help you get started in voice dictation at an unbelievable rock bottom price!

IBM Corp’s ViaVoice speech recognition software contains enhancements that make the product easier to use. ViaVoice98 contains the ability to use natural language commands to edit and format documents in Microsoft Corp's Word. There are now thousands of variations for such commands, making the product easier and faster to use. This version also features hands free editing and correction modes for applications, including Word and Lotus Word Pro. The ViaVoice 98 family consists of an executive edition, an office edition and a home edition. ViaVoice 98 Executive is the top of the line product within the ViaVoice 98 family. The executive edition offers direct dictation into most popular Windows applications, voice control of the desktop and applications and includes two specific vocabulary topics on top of the basic one, covering computers and business & finance. The office edition contains just the business and finance add-on and the home edition has more limited functionality and is billed as an entry level product. Other new features of ViaVoice98 include: modeless operation, whereby users can now dictate text and issue commands interchangeably without saying any extra words; "say what you see" navigation allowing users to generally speak menu commands, file names, toolbar buttons, dialogue items and activate desktop icons; and topic support for special interest vocabularies, with an available "topic factory" tool to enable developers to create additional specialty vocabularies. IBM says the product is Windows 98-ready, offers support for a number of hand-held dictation devices and boasts the industry's largest active vocabulary with 128,000 words. The Executive Edition goes for $150, with the Office Edition priced at $90. ViaVoice 98 Home Edition is priced at $50 and will be available in July. All versions come with a headset-microphone.