IBM ANNOUNCES VIAVOICE FOR MACINTOSH OS XThird Generation of IBM's ViaVoice for Mac integrates with Aqua User Interface
(Booth #749, Macworld, NY - July 19, 2001) -IBM (IBM:NYSE) today announced its new ViaVoice for Macintosh OS X Edition, a fully integrated voice recognition application for the Macintosh OS X platform. Built upon IBM's award-winning series of continuous speech recognition for the Macintosh and designed to integrate with the new Mac OS X, users can dictate naturally into most text applications, easily launch and surf the Web, and navigate Apple's new Mac OS X - all by using their voice. With a sleek new look, ViaVoice for Mac OS X was designed to take advantage of Mac OS X's popular Aqua interface. IBM's ViaVoice for Mac OS X sustains the Aqua look and feel throughout; including a new Command Center, redesigned Voice Center, SpeakPad and Preferences. "IBM has optimized ViaVoice to work best with Apple's popular Aqua user interface and G4 processors," said Toby Maners, Manager, Consumer Voice and Pen Segment, IBM Voice Systems, at the Macworld NY Keynote address. "We first brought ViaVoice continuous speech recognition to the Mac two years ago. Our new ViaVoice for Mac OS X brings us even closer to making the optimal conversational interface a reality for the Mac community." "Mac OS X provides tremendous business opportunities for innovation on the Mac, and support from developers like IBM is proof positive of Mac OS X's promising future," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "This latest release of ViaVoice from IBM offers great new feature enhancements that take advantage of Mac OS X, and we're thrilled to see that ViaVoice will continue to deliver ease and productivity that our users appreciate." IBM ViaVoice for Macintosh OS X provides users with the capability to dictate directly into popular supported applications, to launch and surf the Internet and access Web pages through voice-activated Web links. Offering a U.S. vocabulary more than twice the size of any previous ViaVoice for Mac product, IBM is bringing a new level of accuracy and ease of use to voice recognition on the Mac. The new product also features:
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