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Recognition
- IBM ViaVoice® -
April 2005
IBM PC Club
• Short training period , this means the software makers are looking for
what is known as "speaker independence." The hope is that someday you'll be able to
sit down at a strange computer and tell it what to do, or to record somebody and
then have the computer do the transcribing.
Platforms:
Windows
Macintosh
Unix
OS/2 (comes with IBM's discrete speech engine)
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ƒ System Requirements (2003)
ƒ > 300 MHz processor, > 128MB RAM
ƒ 500MB available hard drive space
ƒ Sound card with microphone jack, USB
ƒ CD ROM drive (for installation)
ƒ Windows 98SE, Me or XP
ƒ MS Office for direct input or
ƒ Any word processor with access to the
clipboard (copy/paste)
Software:
– IBM's OS/2 WARP 4.0 ($189) which included:
ƒ OS/2 Speech Recognition SW
ƒ Headset Microphone with ANC
– IBM's "Simply Speaking" for Windows95 ($600)
– Any word processor or editor with access to the clipboard
(copy/paste)
Components / Prerequisites -1994 -
Hardware:
486/33MHz processor, 65MB disk space
IBM VoiceType Dictation adapter
ISA, MC, PCMCIA
Unidirectional microphone
Powered speakers or headphones
Software
– IBM VoiceType Dictation Program Product
– Any word processor or editor with access to the clipboard
(copy/paste)
Q. Why?
A. Question not quantified or answerable by "yes" or "no."
This is fourth malformed or erroneous question typed in
during your time interval.
Consult supervisor about formation of instructions.
Cost effectiveness ratio for this machine prohibits
further use by this operator until recycling code is typed
in.
Sorry.
Q. Why?
A. KEYBOARD NOW BLOCKED.
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