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System Requirements
Product Features
- Speak in Microsoft Word
- Say basic Web commands
- Microphone included
- Works with Windows Me
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Unlike the Pro version, ViaVoice Standard 8.0 only runs on Windows 9x and Me. Just like its rivals, ViaVoice is a snap to install. You will need a moderately well-specified PC to get the best of it: a 300MHz Pentium plus 64MB-96MB of RAM is recommended, though more of either won't go amiss.
Plug in the headset, adjust the sound levels and read out a script to train ViaVoice. This takes a mere five minutes or so, a far cry from when training took anything up to one hour. More training is a good idea but we experienced really excellent recognition accuracies from the word go: when reading out business-style letters and reports, you can expect to get as many as 96 words out of 100 right, which is remarkable. Correcting mistakes remains a simple task, made a lot easier by the playback of what you actually said. The product has been extensively localised for the UK market and so will recognise place names, such as Merthyr Tydfil (which isn't even English!).
You can dictate in to any application but Word 2000/97 can be controlled using "natural language controls". With the mike active, you simply utter "Dictate to Word" to get going; Word is then loaded and you can begin dictation. New to this release is the ability to control Internet Explorer in this way. ViaVoice 8 is modeless: which means that you can mix dictated speech and commands in the same breath. All you have to do is pause slightly in your flow of words and ViaVoice will know that your next word is a command rather than some text.
The Standard Edition of ViaVoice differs from the Pro Edition in a few key areas but for basic dictation purposes, the Standard Edition would satisfy the vast majority of users. At less than £40, it also offers terrific value for money. --Roger Gann
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good but after a short time left wanting it to do more!,
By Norca (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: IBM ViaVoice Standard 8.0 (CD-ROM)
ViaVoice standard is a superb package. It is very quick to train with a high rate of accuracy straight out of the box. I am actually using the product via the speak pad to produce this review. I would wholeheartedly recommend this product to anyone who needs to type a lot of documents but struggles with using the keyboard. My reason for not giving this product five stars is I found shortly after starting to use it I wanted it to control more Windows based applications directly, and now realise that I should have purchased ViaVoice professional. My final word to anyone is if you think this product is going to be useful pay the little extra and get the professional version.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's doubled my income,
By Alexander Martin (Italy) - See all my reviews
This review is from: IBM ViaVoice Standard 8.0 (CD-ROM)
I am a subtitler and have huge amounts of text to type out every day. It is a very laborious process, and as I am not a fast typer (50 words a minute) it can take me up to six hours to type out two hours' worth of film. Now with Via Voice, those six hours have been reduced to two. I think the secret of success with this software lies in the initial training. I spent about two hours training it making sure I read out all the texts. The results were very impressive. Obviously, it is not one hundred per cent accurate, but then again neither is my typing. If you have large volumes of typing to get through, I strongly recommend this; forget all about writer's cramp and backache. With Via Voice you can sit in an armchair and dictate if you prefer! I certainly won't hesitate to buy the updates as and when they come out.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simple - get it now!,
By A Customer
This review is from: IBM ViaVoice Standard 8.0 (CD-ROM)
Now these little bit of equpment put simply, is great. the viavoice is fantastic, i find it so much easyer because all you have to do is speak into the microphone and after a couple of seconds the words come up. If you are sick of writting long essays of get writers cramp, simply buy this it will help you so much more than you think.
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