[MV] Re: OS X ScanSoft Via Voice

[Randal Gilliam]

Norm,

What type of Mac are you using?  Are you running Panther? How much 
memory are you using? Where did you buy the Telex M-560?

Randal

On Jan 6, 2004, at 2:32 PM, Norm Birtwistle wrote:

> Hello Helen,
>
> I suffer from MS and have used speech recognition software since the 
> early days. I have never been happier than I am right now with iListen 
> 1.6.4. It was just released yesterday. I have been part of their beta 
> testing program for about a year and I can't believe the advances that 
> are being made. However, the program really has improved as a result 
> of my acquiring a Telex M-560 desktop microphone. This is the best 
> microphone that I've ever had and the combination of the two really 
> helps me. As a professional engineer I do lot of dictation and this 
> company may very well be the only one doing any "new" work for the 
> Apple platform.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Norm
>
> Ellen Scheiner, M.D. wrote:
>
>> Am a longtime speech recognition junkie- paralyzed right arm, worn 
>> out left, Mac Head. Am typing this in OS X. Have Power Secretary 
>> which works in 9.2.2.
>>
>> Tried, and abandoned earliest Via Voice for Mac. Have beta tested 
>> MacSpeech which does not really work efficiently. Really need a 
>> dictation system that works, desperately
>>
>> Options
>>
>> 1. Buy new ScanSoft ViaVoice v.3 for Mac. Does anyone have experience 
>> with it?
>>
>> 2. Get an IBM compatible laptop and use Dragon Naturally Speaking, 
>> dropping data into Mac via network, already in place
>>
>> Help!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ellen Scheiner
>
>
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