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Article: Dragon roars, IBM much improved.(Dragon Systems' NATURALLYSPEAKING PREFERRED 4.0 and IBM's VIAVOICE PRO MILLENNIUM)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
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- Australian PC World
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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NATURALLYSPEAKING PREFERRED 4.0, VIAVOICE PRO MILLENNIUM
Not very long ago, using a voice-recognition package meant spending half an hour or more training the software -- an endurance test for both your patience and your vocal chords. Even then, the results were often mediocre. But the advent of faster CPUs and more sophisticated programming has dramatically reduced training time and made the software a lot more useful. The newest releases from Dragon Systems and IBM, two key developers of voice-recognition software, continue this forward momentum with significant updates to their flagship products.
We examined Dragon Systems' $349 NaturallySpeaking ...