ViaVoice for Windows - Pro USB Edition
Via Voice for Windows, Pro USB edition

Premier IBM speech recognition softwareViaVoice Pro USB Edition, Release 10, is the latest edition to the UK English ViaVoice family of products for Windows. It is designed for people who view speech recognition as a powerful productivity tool, and offers an improved speech engine, and background noise adjustment which can provide exceptional accuracy and fewer corrections. Complete the short, optional 'enrolment' to teach ViaVoice how you speak. Then talk to 'type' e-mail and reports on your PC. Use enhanced command and control, navigation and 'voice shortcut' functions to navigate the Web and PC applications, and to manage e-mail with your voice. ViaVoice Pro USB Edition, Release 10, includes a quality headset microphone with USB adapter and can be used with selected handheld digital recorders (available separately) for transcription of mobile dictation.

 Here is a summary of the key features of this exciting new product:


  EASY
Talk normally to your PC and the words appear on screen.
Adjust ViaVoice to your environment with the new background noise sensitivity control.
Dictate, edit, format and correct text in Microsoft Office XP & 2000, Outlook, Internet Explorer, AOL and Netscape Messenger, e-mail applications or ViaVoice SpeakPad.
Dictate directly and say voice commands in many other popular PC applications.
Say numbers normally and they will be formatted correctly.
Use text-to-speech to read e-mail aloud to you or to help you check your dictated text.
Install either the UK English or US English vocabulary.
Make corrections easily with the new streamlined correction facility.
 
ACCURATE
New speech engine for greater dictation accuracy and fewer corrections.
With over 150,000 words, the UK English vocabulary offers exceptional accuracy.
Check the spelling of words as you add them to your ViaVoice vocabulary – ViaVoice knows how to spell and pronounce over 260,000 words in its back-up dictionary.
ViaVoice uses the context of your words to help it "type" the correct words, so it can tell the difference between words that sound the same, such as their, there and they're.
ViaVoice can identify and filter out breath and lip-smack noises as you dictate.
Keep talking. ViaVoice learns from you so, the more you use it, the better it gets.
 
FAST
Personalise the vocabulary quickly with your own names and specialist terms using the improved document analyser; or just add new words as you go.
Save time - the latest VoiceCentre starts up faster and is more flexible.
Use ViaVoice Document templates in MS Word for fast business letters, reports and faxes.
Enjoy optimum performance. The speed and accuracy settings of ViaVoice are adjusted automatically at installation to suit your PC's power.
Use timesaving Voice Shortcuts to insert frequently used text such as addresses.
Complete the short, optional 'enrollment' to teach ViaVoice how you speak.
 
SIMPLY CONTROLLED
Command and control ViaVoice, your desktop and PC applications with your voice – say commands to activate menu options and buttons.
Automate commands across several applications with new smoother Voice Shortcuts.
Use your voice to create, manage and send e-mail, chat on the Internet, control your browser and surf the Web.
Set up Voice Marks to give you audio confirmation of macro commands.
Use single word commands to replace multiple keystrokes - new key control stops commands from being mistaken for dictation.
Use natural commands like "check my messages" to manage e-mail by voice.



  Related links
ViaVoice Pro USB Edition, Release 10, System Requirements
ViaVoice Pro USB Edition, Release 10 Upgrade
ViaVoice Standard Edition, Release 10
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