ViaVoice for Windows

ViaVoice for Windows at a glance:

Key Features Standard Pro Pro Enter-
prise
Pro USB
Release 8 8 8.2 9
Continuous speech dictation Yes Yes Yes Yes
Improved accuracy Yes Yes Yes Yes
Works with Office XP suite applications
      Yes
Dictation Direct into Microsoft Word 97 & 2000 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Direct dictation into popular Windows applications   Yes Yes Yes
Dictation into popular Windows applications via SpeakPad Yes Yes Yes Yes
Simple voice dictation shortcuts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Natural dictation of numbers Yes Yes Yes Yes
In-line voice text formatting Yes Yes Yes Yes
Voice correction and editing Yes Yes Yes Yes
Deferred and delegated correction Yes Yes Yes Yes
Voice Documents   Yes Yes Yes
150,000 word UK English vocabulary Yes Yes Yes Yes
Active vocabulary up to 214,000 words Yes Yes Yes Yes
Back up dictionary 260,000 words Yes Yes Yes Yes
Works with Healthcare Vocabulary   Yes Yes Yes
Natural Language Commands in Microsoft Word 97 & 2000 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Natural Language Commands in Excel 97 & 2000, Outlook 97, 98 & 2000   Yes Yes Yes
Command and control of applications   Yes Yes Yes
Key control for commands       Yes
Customisable Navigation Macros   Yes Yes Yes
Voice Marks   Yes Yes Yes
VoiceMouse   Yes Yes Yes
Command and control of Internet Explorer Yes
(limited)
Yes Yes Yes
Command and control of AOL   Yes Yes Yes
Voice control of e-mail in Netscape Communicator 4.5, Microsoft Outlook 97, 98 & 2000, Microsoft Outlook Express 4 & 5   Yes Yes Yes
User Wizard and Woody Yes Yes Yes Yes
Text to speech Yes Yes Yes Yes
User Guide book Yes Yes Yes Yes
New faster enrolment Yes Yes Yes Yes
Choice of enrolment scripts Yes Yes Yes Yes
New enlarged font option for enrolment       Yes
Automatic speed/accuracy adjustment Yes Yes Yes Yes
Improved 'analyse my documents'       Yes
Multiple user support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Noise-cancelling microphone Yes Yes Yes Yes
USB microphone support (USB Microphone not included) Yes Yes    
Noise-cancelling microphone with USB adapter       Yes
Telephone support free for 30 days from first contact with the Support Desk Yes Yes   Yes
Agree support requirements with speech supplier     Yes  
Ability to specify path name when saving voice models       Yes  
Works with Microsoft Windows 95   Yes Yes    
Works with Microsoft Windows 98   Yes Yes Yes Yes2nd Edition
Works with Microsoft Windows Me   Yes Yes Yes Yes
Works with Microsoft Windows XP         Yes
Works with Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5     Yes Yes  
Works with Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6     Yes  
Ability to execute ViaVoice using a non-administrator account on Windows NT     Yes  
Works with Windows 2000   Yes Yes Yes

IBM ViaVoice products are available in UK English, US English, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Specifications for languages other than UK English vary.

 




  Related links
Pro USB Edition Release 9
Pro Enterprise Edition
Pro Edition Release 8
Standard Edition Release 8