Technical support: frequently asked questions

Click on the question number to see the answer.


Section 1 - General information

1.1

Where can I find any available updates or fixes for the 1.32 version of VoiceType?

1.2

Where can I find help or assistance with this product other than the supplied user's guide?


Section 2 - Installation and configuration

2.1

After installing VTD 1.32 under Windows 3.x, the IBM VoiceType program icons were not setup. How do I manually create these icons?

2.2

After upgrading from Windows 3.x to Windows 95 my VoiceType program no longer works.

2.3

I just downloaded the VTD13201.exe fixes. How do I install them?

2.4

I downloaded the PCMCIA 32-bit protected mode driver (VTDPNP.EXE) and the installation instructions (VTDPNP.DOC) but my system does not support plug-n-play PCMCIA. So the new hardware wizard does not detect the IBM PCMCIA Speech adapter. How do I get it to install?

2.5

Whenever I run any VTD program I keep getting the error message "SPAPI.DLL file cannot start". What can be the problem?

2.6

When I attempt to apply the VTD132A.EXE under Windows 3.x I keep getting an error message that indicating that a Windows 95 environment variable needs to be set. But I'm not running Windows 95.

2.7

I am having numerous problems installing and running VTD 1.32 on my Laptop using Real Mode Card and Socket Services. Where can I get help?




Section 3 - Enrollment and training

3.1

Enrollment fails at step 12 or 13 due to an error in MSVCRT10.DLL file.

3.2

Training Program returns "Error in Step 17" during the processing that occurs after enrollment.

3.3

My enrollment fails at varying degrees of completion. What is happening during some of these steps?


Section 4 - Voice Action Editor

4.1

When attempting to install the Windows 95 macros, the VMG504 error is received.

4.2

How do I make the Launch Macro permanent on the WordPerfect Standard Template?


Section 5 - Voice Manager

5.1

How do I creating a Personal Icon For VoiceType Dictation 1.32 Using Windows 95?

5.2

When I boot my system I get VMG011, Error Code 10 followed by VMG0600 during Boot Sequence.

5.3

I get the VMG505 error when importing the Navigation Macros for MS Word 7.0a.

5.4

What problems are fixed by applying the updates in the file VTD13201.EXE from the ftp site?


Section 6 - Vocabularies

6.1

After installing the ILM or add-on vocabularies the vocabulary name is not listed in the Domain field of Voice Manager's settings.

6.2

How do I install the add-on vocabularies such as the Legal, Emergency Medicine, Journalism and Radiology?

6.3

The Emergency Medicine vocabulary fails to install, returning the error "EPFIE32......"


Section 7 - Hardware requirements

7.1

What are the minimum hardware requirements for VoiceType Dictation 1.32?


Answers to questions


Answers section 1 - General information

1.1

Where can I find any available updates or fixes for the 1.32 version of VoiceType?
The IBM VoiceType FTP site is where all available fixes reside. That address is ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/voicetype/fixes/

There are separate directories for each particular language version of VoiceType you might be running (i.e. US for US English, UK for UK English, etc.). In each sub-directory you will find a "index.txt" file describing the subsequent files and their location along with a brief description.

1.2

Where can I find help or assistance with this product other than the supplied user's guide?
There are several places you can look for additional "product help". First, always check the on-line help files within any VoiceType program. Secondly, refer to the on-line "readme" file or the "probsolv.txt" file located in the directory "\IBMSPCH\HELP". For an additional source of information you can obtain a book called "Speech Recognition: The Future Now!", published by Prentice Hall, and edited by Michael Koerner. The ISBN number is 0-13-618190-2. You can check it out on the Prentice Hall web site at http://www.prenhall.com.


Answers section 2 - Installation and configuration

2.1

After installing VTD 1.32 under Windows 3.X, the IBM VoiceType program icons were not setup. How do I manually create these icons?
If the IBM VoiceType Dictation Group does not appear after a complete installation, it can be manually added. From the Windows Program Manager:
- Click on File
- Click on Run
- Type x:\IBMSPCH\BIN\IVDSETUP (x is the drive letter where VoiceType Dictation is installed)
- Click on OK

If the group does not appear after re-booting the system, perform this sequence of commands again. The group should then appear.

2.2

After upgrading from Windows 3.x to Windows 95 my VoiceType program no longer works.
This problem will occur on systems where Windows 95 has been installed over a previously installed version of Windows and where VoiceType Dictation 1.32 had been installed under the previous Windows version. When attempting to start Voice Type Dictation 1.32 after the operating system has been upgraded to Windows 95, the following error message will be received:
SPAPI.DLL File Cannot Start
Voice Type Dictation 1.32 has to be re-installed after a system has been upgraded from Windows 3.x to Windows 95.

2.3

I just downloaded the VTD13201.EXE fixes. How do I install them?
Installation Steps:
- Download the file to a temporary directory on the system hard drive.
- Run the executable file vtd13201.exe by double clicking on it with the mouse, or by entering vtd13201 on an MS-DOS command line. The files to be installed are self-extracting. Therefore, no other utilities are required to expand the individual files from the downloaded vtd13201.exe file. The program will extract/expand 5 new files from the vtd13201.exe file. They are:
Cservice
Vm486.w31
Vm486.w95
Vm586.w31
Vm586.w95

- Copy these files to a diskette.
- Run the Cservice command from the diskette. The program will ask if the system has a 486 or a 586 (Pentium) processor. It will also ask what operating system is being used, Windows 3.1, or Windows 95. When the questions are responded to, the fix will automatically be installed.

Note: you cannot successfully run Cservice from the hard drive!

2.4

I downloaded the PCMCIA 32-bit protected mode driver VTDPNP.EXE and the installation instructions VTDPNP.DOC but my system does not support plug-n-play PCMCIA. So the new hardware wizard does not detect the IBM PCMCIA Speech adapter. How do I get it to install?
These instructions describe how to add PCMCIA support (a.k.a. protect mode card and socket services) to systems without Plug-N-Play capability, and which the IBM VTD PCMCIA Adapter PC Card Driver for Windows 95 installation failed to complete. After following the steps in this document, the IBM VTD PCMCIA Adapter PC Card Driver protect mode installation process (VTDPNP.DOC) should be repeated.

No new hardware was detected at the completion of step 6 (Windows 95 "Add New Hardware Wizard" automatic hardware detection) of section II, "Installing 32-bit PCMCIA Support" of the 1.32B README.DOC.

- Windows 95 32-bit PCMCIA support manual installation:

Perform these steps if section II, "Installing 32-bit PCMCIA Support" failed.
1. Double click on "My Computer" icon.
2. Double click on "Control Panel" icon.
3. Double click on "Add New Hardware" icon.
4. Click "Next" push-button.
5. Click "PCMCIA socket" from Hardware types list.
6. Click "Next" push-button.
7. Click on the type of PCMCIA chip on your system from the Manufacturer's list. Reference the "Tested/Verified Hardware Platforms" section for tested PCMCIA chip sets/Windows 95 "PCMCIA socket" support combinations.
- Click "Next" push-button.
- Click "Next" push-button.
- Click "Finish" push-button.
- Shutdown & power off/on.

2.5

Whenever I run any VTD program I keep getting the error message "SPAPI.DLL file cannot start". What can be the problem?
This particular error message can be a very pervasive problem. The majority of the time it is a hardware resource problem. The VoiceType Dictation driver cannot assign a valid IRQ or I/O address. Make sure there are no resource conflicts amongst the various hardware adapters installed on your system.
- For PCMCIA Real Mode configurations - refer to the "\IBMSPCH\HELP\PROBSOLV.TXT"
- For Windows 95 - refer to the device manager for resource conflicts.
- For Windows 3.x - review the system.ini for other driver resource specifications as well.

2.6

When I attempt to apply the VTD132A.EXE under Windows 3.x I keep getting an error message that indicating that a Windows 95 environment variable needs to be set. But I'm not running Windows 95.
The 1.32A update diskette will not install correctly in Windows 3.x, it will only work on Windows 95. However, the current VoiceType Dictation product (labeled as 1.32A level code) shipped on CD ROM wil run under Windows 3.x and in Windows 95.

2.7

I am having numerous problems installing and running VTD 1.32 on my Laptop using Real Mode Card and Socket Services. Where can I get help?
The majority of helpful information regarding VTD 1.32 and PCMCIA Real Mode Card and Socket Services can be found in the "PROBSOLV.TXT" file located in the "\IBMSPCH\HELP" directory.


Answers section 3 - Enrollment and training

3.1

Enrollment fails at step 12 or 13 due to an error in MSVCRT10.DLL file.
The VoiceType Dictation Installation Diskettes redistribute some Microsoft runtime DLLs. The files in this category are:

MSVCRT10.DLL - Microsoft Visual C/C++ 1.x runtimes
MSVCRT20.DLL - Microsoft Visual C/C++ 2.x runtimes
MSFRT10.DLL - Microsoft PowerStation FORTRAN 1.x runtimes

These files may be shipped with other Win32 applications as well. Use EXPAND.EXE and reload the files from the install media into the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

The files can be located on diskette 19 of VoiceType Dictation 1.32 and 1.32a. The format of the expand command is:
EXPAND A:\MSVCRT10.DL_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSVCRT10.DLL

EXPAND A:\MSVCRT20.DL_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSVCRT20.DLL

EXPAND A:\MSFRT10.DL_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSFRT10.DLL

3.2

Training Program returns "Error in Step 17" during the processing that occurs after enrollment.
After enrollment, during training (processing) of the 270 sentences enrollment data and at some percent of completion (1%, 30%, etc.), the training program displays a pop-up message indicating that the Training Program had a failure during step 17 with a return code of 3. This is caused by a failure to attach to the VTD adapter during "training".

In some instances, the error log, ERROR.LOG, in IBMSPCH\TEMP directory listed a couple of entries:
SPCH001 Severe error in attaching to Dictation Adapter (-4)
ERROR: Training program returned bad return code of 3 (STEP=17) TRAIN.EXE Fatal error occurred at {DATE and TIME}

1. Add a line to the autoexec.bat file, as follows:
SET USE_VTD_CARD=FALSE and reboot.
2. Start enrollment again and click on RESUME. The processing should pick up in a somewhat lower % completion than the % completion at the time the error occurred.

During "training" the training programs access the VTD adapter. Adding the above line to the autoexec.bat file prevents the training program from accessing the adapter. The only drawback is a hit in performance during training. After making the suggested change the "training" process will take longer to complete.

3.3

My enrollment fails at varying degrees of completion. What is happening during some of these steps?
When processing crashes, it may be necessary to find out at what stage the enrollment failed. This may help to determine what the speech engine is doing and what could be causing the crash.

STEP 3 (sigpro3) 1%
The first actual training program gets run. Before that, it is just creating directories and checking user data. A problem before step 13 is usually a configuration or set-up problem.

STEP 11 (align) 10%
This is the first high water mark of memory use. You must have at least 16 MB of virtual memory with nothing else loaded to pass this.

STEP 15 (mel2rot) 16%
At the completion of this step, the mel and lbl directories are erased.

STEP 17 (prunexc) 30%
The first time the speech adapter is used for training computations. See question #2 above about how to get passed failure at this step.

STEP 27 (lbltree) 74%
The other memory use peak that is slightly higher than in Step 11. This is the biggest cause of failures in training, especially under Windows 3.x.
For Windows 95: there rarely is a failure here under Windows 95. However, if there is check to be sure there is enough disk space, especially the drive where Windows 95 is installed or using virtual memory space. The recommended setting for Virtual Memory is temporary.
For Windows 3.x: make sure that the following minimum requirements are met before processing enrollment:
1. A 486SX/SLC (25Mhz or higher) system with a math coprocessor.
2. DOS Version 5.2 or later (DOS Version 6.1 or later is required for PCMCIA environments).
3. One of the following Microsoft Windows operating environments:
- Microsoft Windows Version 3.1 or 3.11
- Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing Version 1.0
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups Version 3.11
4. At least 16 MB of RAM.
5. IBM VoiceType Dictation files should not be compressed with disk compression utilities.
6. 20-30 MB of virtual memory (temporary type preferred). Turn off 32-bit access (can be restored after enrollment process is complete). Consult your Windows User's manual.
7. 30 MB of available disk space on the same drive where IBM VoiceType Dictation is installed. This disk space is used for processing your enrollment and should be in addition to the size of the swapper file (file being used by virtual memory).
8. Make sure that the following statements exist in your CONFIG.SYS file:
FILES=60 (at least 60)
BUFFERS=60 (at least 60)
517KB of free conventional memory (after windows is loaded). Consult your DOS User's Manual on how to add additional memory.
9. You can increase your conventional memory by:
A. If you have Microsoft DOS, use memmaker. Or if you have IBM PC DOS, use ramboost.
or
B. Temporarily remove unnecessary device drivers or TSR's from your CONFIG.SYS file and AUTOEXEC.BAT file by placing a REM statement at the beginning of the line.

CAUTION: For Steps 8 & 9, make sure that you make a backup copy of your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files before modifying them.

Do not run any other programs while enrollment is being processed.

You may now resume processing of your enrollment.


Answers section 4 - Voice Action Editor

4.1

When attempting to install the Windows 95 macros, the VMG504 error is received.
VoiceType Dictation ships with *.VML macros specifically for Windows 95. These include:
ALP95US.VML - contains the letters of the alphabet.
MIL95US.VML - contains the voice alphabet words that represent letters.
DIG95US.VML - contains all of the digits so they are available while navigating.
WIN95US.VML - contains the macros needed to navigate the Explorer shell.

To import these do the following:
1. Start Windows Explorer.
2. Select VIEW from the Menu Bar.
3. Select OPTIONS from the pulldown.
4. Select the VIEW tab. (Usually selected by default)
5. Click the left mouse button on the checkbox for "Hide MS-DOS file extensions for file types that are registered."

Now follow the documented procedures for importing the macros and they will install correctly.

4.2

How do I make the Launch Macro permanent on the WordPerfect Standard Template?
After you have installed the dictation launch macro and activated it, you might want to make the launch macro a permanent part of the WordPerfect standard template (Standard), or the template you normally use. Complete the following steps to copy information to Toolbars and Macros:

- Open WordPerfect
- Access the File pull-down menu from the WordPerfect menu bar and select New.
- Select Standard from the list of templates.
- Choose the Options button and select Edit from the Options list in order to update the template you selected.
- Choose the Copy/Remove Object button from the button bar.
- Select Dictate from the list of templates that appears in the Copy from field in the Copy/Remove Template Object dialog box.
- Select Toolbars from the Object Type field.
- Highlight Dictation under the Toolbars area and choose the Copy>> button to copy the Dictation Toolbar to the Standard template.
- Select Macros from the list in the Object Type field.
- Highlight Launches the Dictation Window under the Macros area and choose the Copy>> button to copy the object type to the Standard template.
- Choose the Close button to close the Copy/Remove Template Objects dialog box.
- Choose the Exit Template button to exit the standard template editing session.
- Choose Edit and select Preferences.
- Double click on the Toolbar icon in the preferences window.
- Choose WordPerfect from within the Toolbar Preferences window and select Edit.
- Select Play a Macro Radio button then click on the Add Template Macro button.
- In the Select Template Macro dialog box, choose Launches the Dictation Window from the Macros in Template field, then click on the Select button.
- Choose OK to save your selection and close the Toolbar Editor dialog box.
- Choose Select button to close the Toolbar Preferences dialog box.
- Choose Close button to exit from the Preferences dialog box.


Answers section 5 - Voice Manager

5.1

How do I creating a Personal Icon For VoiceType Dictation 1.32 Using Windows 95?
Below are the steps to create a personal icon in Windows 95.

- From the Windows 95 desktop, click once with the left mouse button on "Start", then click on "Settings", then click on "Taskbar".

- From the "Taskbar Properties" window, click once with left mouse button on "Start Menu Programs", then click on "Add".

- From the "Create Shortcut" window, Type the following path:
{VTD directory}\Bin\Vm.Exe -u{userid} -e{enrollid} -dstartus -Len_us

NOTE: VTD directory is where the Voice Type Dictation Product has been installed (e.g. C:)

Your userid is different from your enrollment id. In order to determine your userid, perform the following two commands:

cd {VTD install directory}\Users\{users Name}
dir

There will be several files listed. Most of these consist of a
filename, such as IBMxx1. There will be one filename where xx will be your initials. This file name with your initials (excluding the file extension) is your userid.

Your enrollment id is the name used when you completed your enrollment.
- Click Next
- From the "Select Program Folder" window select the folder where you would like your icon to be located (e.g. on your desktop or in the IBM Voice Type Dictation folder where your other Voice Type icons reside).
- Click Next
- From the "Select A Title For the Program" window enter the name you want to give to your icon.
- Click Finish
- From the Taskbar Properties Window click "OK".

Your icon should now appear in the folder you selected above.

5.2

When I boot my system I get VMG011, Error Code 10 followed by VMG0600 during Boot Sequence.
VoiceType dictation will not load if it is in the Startup folder. This can be an intermittent problem that can be resolved by running on a faster machine or on a system with less items in the startup folder. During boot time, messages VMG001 Error Code 10 followed by VMG0600 are received. VoiceType Dictation is in the startup folder. Error Code 10 means the system had a problem loading code on to the adapter.

During an error condition, the ERROR.LOG file had the following data:
ENGINE: SPCH001 Severe error in attaching to Dictation Adapter -4
VM: Error = 10, Severity = 0
ENGINE: SPCH001 Severe error in Dictation Adapter timeout ( 27 )
VM: Error = 2 , Severity = 0
VM: Error = -2 , Severity = 3

During another failure the Error.log had the following data:
ENGINE: SPCH001 Severe Error in label buffer overrun (6)
VM: Error = 0 , Severity = 1
ENGINE: SPCH001 Severe Error in attaching to the dictation adapter -4
VM: Error = 10 , Severity = 0

A Timeout Error occurred. During boot time, Windows tries to run several applications at the same time in addition to loading Windows. VTD has only a few seconds to connect
to the speech adapter and may fail.

There is NO problem if VoiceType Dictation is started outside of the startup folder. This is a limitation of VTD

5.3

I get the VMG505 error when importing the Navigation Macros for MS Word 7.0a.
When using MS Word 7.0a, importing the navigation macro fails with VMG505:
C:\MSOFICE\MSWORD\WINWORD.EXE is not a winword5 application, it may have been created for a different version.

This failure does not occur with MS Word 7.0 or 6.0.

Per page 3 of the User's Guide, the supported applications are Microsoft Word for Windows version 6.0 and Version 7.0 for Windows 95. MS Word Version 7.0a is not supported for VTD 1.32. Importing of navigation macros is dependent on the application interface, which usually changes from release to release. Since MS Word Version 7.0a was released months after the Golden Master of VTD 1.32, VTD could not prepare for the interface. Hence it is not supported.

5.4

What problems are fixed by applying the updates in the file VTD13201.exe from the ftp site?
The problems that this fix corrects occurs on VoiceType Dictation 1.32 and Windows 95 or Windows 3.x.

Three problems were fixed and they are as follows:
1 - Page Fault during backspacing operation
2 - Word correction on period causes fault
3 - Wrong Highlighting of Word

Elaboration of these problems is as follows:

1 - PAGE FAULT DURING BACKSPACING OPERATION

The problem can occur while running VoiceType Dictation 1.32 on either Windows 3.1 or Windows 95. The problem can be recreated if more than 1 line of text is dictated.
After 'Stop Dictation', position the cursor at the end of the first line and start backspacing. After deleting 7-10 words, the system will produce a trap and will display the following information:
- When running Windows 95: VMX caused an invalid page fault in module MSVCRT20.DLL at 0137:7fd81c5a.

Registers:
EAX=00744bb0 CS=0137 EIP=7fd81c5a EFLGS=00010202 EBX=0073a4d8 SS=013f
ESP=006ef630 EBP=0073ac74 ECX=81530164 DS=013f SI=00007272 FS=2d6f
EDX=00000017 ES=013f EDI=0071bcf8 GS=0000.

Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 4e 04 80 e1 fc 3b c8 0f 85 bb 48 00 00 8b 4e

Stack dump:
0073ac74 7fd81dae 00744bb4 0041c1df 00744bb4 00413a5c 00744bb4 0744be1
00744bcb 00413dbd 00413e08 0071bcf8 0073ac74 0071005f 00000001 0073ac74

- When running Windows 3.x

Under Windows 3.1, the following Windows dialog box appears:
Application Error
VM Caused a Page Fault in module WIN32S16.DLL at 0005:0632.

Click on the "CLOSE" button, the dictation window along with the VM shuts down.
Reclick on personal icon to restart the VM, produces the following error.

Win32S - Error

Initialization of a dynamic link library failed.

2 - WORD CORRECTION ON PERIOD CAUSES FAULT

In both Win 3.X and Windows 95, Begin Dictation.
Dictate: 'This is a test [Period] StopDictation'
The system ends with the period and one space.
Backspace to remove the space and then perform a word correction on the period. The system will generate a fault.

3 - INCORRECT HIGHLIGHTING OF WORD

After deleting a word within the text and dictating it a second time at the same place, the highlighting of the word(s) to be corrected is incorrect (i.e. highlighting only part of the word and part of an adjacent word). However, the correct word dialog is ok and also the playback is ok.

Note: To apply this fix you must be running:

Windows 95 AND IBM VoiceType Dictation 1.32a,
OR
Windows 3.1x AND IBM VoiceType Dictation 1.32a


Answers section 6 - Vocabularies

6.1

After installing the ILM or add-on vocabularies the vocabulary name is not listed in the Domain field of Voice Manager's settings.
Before releasing the 1.32 version of IBM VoiceType Dictation (VTD), all products related to the IBM VoiceType Dictation system (including vocabularies), used three main directories, they were:

\SPCH_RO used to store executables, help files, and vocabulary information
\SPCH_RW used to store user data or Speech files
\SPCH_RUN used for temporary storage, etc...

When an additional vocabulary like Emergency Medicine was added, all files related to the Emergency Medicine Vocabulary would get placed under the \SPCH_RO directory structure. However, because of customer requests for user definable directory names, IBM changed the directory structure under the new version to allow customers to select their own directory or to use the default directory \IBMSPCH. The result changed the directory structure from three main directories to one single directory.

However, looking at the new directory structure within \IBMSPCH, one is able to recognize similarities between the new and the old directory structure. The new directory structure for IBM VTD 1.32 is as follows:
\IBMSPCH\BIN contains the executables
\HELP contains the help files
\LANGS contains the Base, add on vocabulary files, enrollment scripts, standard macro files, etc...
\USERS contains user data or speech files
\TEMP contains log files, and is used for temporary storage.

When the new IBM VoiceType Dictation System is installed, the user is prompted to specify a new directory name or chose the default. In either case, the VoiceType Dictation System is installed using a single directory structure. When an "add on" vocabulary is installed, the old directory structure is used because the add on vocabulary was made available prior to the release of the new VoiceType Dictation System.

Please read through the instructions before starting the process in order to understand what is being done.

The following are the steps needed to move the add on vocabulary files from the old directory structure to the new one.

- Determine the drive and directory in which IBM VoiceType Dictation is installed, and the drive and directory where the add on vocabulary is installed. For this example, it is assumed that VoiceType Dictation is installed on Drive C: under the directory name \IBMSPCH, and the Emergency Medicine vocabulary is installed on drive D: and it has created two directories, D:\SPCH_RO and D:\SPCH_RUN.

- At this point, you need to change directories to where the VoiceType Dictation System is installed. This can be done by typing the following at an MS-DOS C:> prompt (assuming you are already at the C: prompt):
cd \IBMSPCH\LANGS\EN_US\TASKS

- Now copy the files from the D:\SPCH_RO\LANGS\EN_US\TASKS\*.* (and all of the sub-directories) to the VoiceType Dictation system path. This can be done by typing the following command at an MS-DOS prompt:

xcopy D:\SPCH_RO\LANGS\EN_US\TASKS\*.* /s

Now change directories to the \IBMSPCH\TEMP directory.
cd \IBMSPCH\TEMP
Now, copy the files from the D:\SPCH_RUN\*.* to this directory.
copy D:\SPCH_RUN\*.* .

NOTE: After the *.*, there is a <SPACE> and a "Period".

Now, return to the D: drive and remove the old directories by using these commands:

D:
deltree D:\SPCH_RO
deltree D:\SPCH_RUN

The add on vocabulary files have now been successfully moved to the new directory structure and should now be listed in the Domain list of the Voice Manager settings.

6.2

How do I install the add-on vocabularies such as the Legal, Emergency Medicine, Journalism and Radiology?
If you are running Windows 95 and have IBM VoiceType Dictation 1.32a you should use the Vocabulary Installation program that comes with VTD. If you are running VTD 1.32 and either version of Windows (95 or 3.x)or VTD 1.32a and Windows 3.x then you should be running the "A:\SETUP.EXE" program from the first diskette.

6.3

The Emergency Medicine vocabulary fails to install, returning the error "EPFIE32......"
When installing the vocabulary using RUN A:\SETUP.EXE, you are prompted to insert each of the ten diskettes. However, before the completion message appears, you may receive the following message:
Stop Installation.
Error EPFIE132 attempting to create the C:\EMPKG.$BK directory.
Selecting OK, produces...
Error EPFIQ133 you have canceled during the update.
You then select YES.
The EPFIE132 error can be caused if:
- A file with the specified directory name already exists.
- Insufficient disk space is available on the reported hard drive to create the directory.

The directory names are invalid for the type of file system on the drive.

- If the above check out OK, then you must reinstall the vocabulary. Be sure to specify the option to "De-install the product and then Reinstall". If Refresh is selected, the same error will occur.


Answers section 7 - Hardware requirements

7.1

What are the minimum hardware requirements for VoiceType Dictation 1.32?
To run VoiceType 1.32, you can be running Windows 95 or Windows 3.X and have at least the following hardware:
- IBM compatible personal computer with:
- Minimum 486SX-25MHz processor
- 12MB of memory
- 35MB of available (non-compressed) hard file space. Roughly, an additional 42MB of space is required for enrollment
- One IBM VoiceType Dictation Adapter
- IBM VoiceType qualified microphone

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