Christine Micky commented about Dragon in an earlier response and I just wanted to confirm his endorsement. Checked with my quadriplegic friend and she uses Dragon Naturally Speaking, which she says is the golden standard of voice recognition. It's also a multilingual app, that is, she uses this for her translation work too. Although Dragon is hardly "new", unless they're just referring to a new version. FYI. C On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Christine Kent <c.bkent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi Guys > > > > I keep getting advertising from Nuance for their new speech recognition > software, Dragon, and am questioning whether it is now time to make another > leap from "old" to "new" technology. Last I knew anything about it, speech > recognition software was heavy going and almost impossible to "tune" with > anything other than an American accent. > > > > Their advertising "So imagine how much more productive you'd be if your > everyday tasks no longer involved typing. Most people type about 40 words > per minute but speak more than 120 words per minute. What if you could > create email, documents and spreadsheets simply by speaking? Or control your > PC just by talking to it, starting programs, using menus, surfing the Web? > That would be pretty amazing. And fast." > > Does anyone know if these claims are now actually true? Imagine the > benefits for us if it is! > > > > And these claims > > "• > > Create and edit documents and spreadsheets by voice > > • > > Quickly send email and instant messages > > • > > Quickly search the Web and your desktop by voice > > • > > Format and correct text by voice > > • > > Use a single voice command to insert blocks of text or graphics, like your > name, title, logo and signature > > • > > Easily proof your documents with dictation playback > > • > > Dictate into a handheld recorder for transcription later > > • > > Enjoy up to 99% accuracy - more accurate than the most skilled typists" > > > > > > Regards > > Christine > > > -- Carolyn Hart