[MV] Re: IBM's ViaVoice on Macintosh OS X and Windows XP

[Camner]

Good point about install vs. upgrade.  I DID reinstall VV in Panther, then
moved over my voice model.

Robert

> From: Damien Fox <ahdfox at mac.com>
> Reply-To: "MacVoice, Speech Recognition List"
> <MacVoice at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 18:29:23 -0500
> To: "MacVoice, Speech Recognition List" <MacVoice at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [MV] Re: IBM's ViaVoice on Macintosh OS X and Windows XP
> 
> No, no problems or weird behavior since upgraded to Panther from Jaguar
> last month.  If our recall correctly the very first time I tried to
> launch VoiceCenter after operating it wouldn't launch, but I restarted
> and since then it has been trouble-free ( at least as far as voice
> software is concerned).  I never use speakpad and probably never
> will--it's a pretty stupid idea To have their own text editor.
> 
> two things the you might want to think about: First, Speakable Items
> changes my microphone gain to a lower setting than ViaVoice requires.
> Except for the gain settings, they seem to be able to work together
> just fine.  second, I have noticed some strange audio issues with
> panther.  I have a U.S.B. iSub and and external pair of computer
> speakers attached to my headphone jack.  Often the iSub is inactive
> after the computer wakes up, and sometimes the Volume settings change
> without explanation, but for almost always resolved by manually
> changing the volume back.
> 
> I guess there is a third thing as well: all this works just fine on my
> old G3 400 PowerBook running Panther.  Also, both systems were updated
> from 10.2.8 ( second update), rather than installed fresh.  Maybe this
> is the distinction--IBM's ViaVoice works fine when installed in Jaguar
> and updated to Panther, but maybe not when installed in panther.  Can
> anybody prove this wrong?  time for some actual data to support this
> hypothesis.
> 
> Let's all try and figure this one out,
> Damien Fox
> 
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