[MV] IBM ViaVoice 3 and 10.4.7

[tscheresky at micron.com]

I hate to belabor the point, but I chose Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional to compare to iListen because it was the only DNS product that compared, feature wise, with iListen.  Sure if you want to just check out NaturallySpeaking's dictation you can buy DNS Standard 9  at amazon.com for $90 ( without a microphone ).  As far as upgrading from DNS Standard to Professional... LOL

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[mailto:macvoice-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com]On Behalf Of
David K. Wehe
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 8:40 PM
To: A place to discuss speech recognition on Macintosh.
Subject: RE: [MV] IBM ViaVoice 3 and 10.4.7



I'm not sure that I would necessarily agree that it takes $800 to try 
DNS.  A standard version of DNS is available for ~$100 (check 
Amazon.com), the preferred version for a bit more.  If you have deep 
pockets, then the Professional version will really set you back.  But 
just to try it for a comparison, the standard version might be worth 
a try, and if you like it, follow the upgrade path.

I must confess that I use VV, iListen, and DNS each day.  Variety 
adds a bit of spice.  With the right microphone and enough patience 
and training, iListen can be quite good.

David.



>I would have two agree with Cletus here.  To get DNS ( Dragon 
>NaturallySpeaking ) 9 Professional, with a decent microphone, it 
>would cost somewhere around $800.  So I would say that trying 
>iListen is a pretty small risk.  Besides, if iListen makes you 10% 
>more productive in a day, you'll probably pay for iListen in a 
>couple days.  If it doesn't work out, you write off the $220 
>experiment.  I'm sure you have purchased medical equipment in the 
>hopes that they would improve your productivity, that cost much more 
>than iListen, that haven't worked out and you simply wrote them off.
>
>Thanks...
>
>Todd
>
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>[mailto:macvoice-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com]On Behalf Of
>Cletus Willems
>Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 12:05 PM
>To: A place to discuss speech recognition on Macintosh.
>Subject: Re: [MV] IBM ViaVoice 3 and 10.4.7
>
>
>Robert Marks wrote:
>>  Iif iListen is really better than VV at recognition as you claim, why
>>  not offer a 30-day free trial version, or an inexpensive upgrade path
>>  from ViaVoice so that users like myself can check iListen out at low risk?
>
>Inexpensive upgrade path? Please take a step back and view the
>context. The most expensive iListen retail package I could find goes
>for $219 at full retail, when bundled with a Pro Xpress USB Headset.
>For actively developed and supported software used in a medical
>setting, this is not "expensive". Even at this "maximum cost", in
>context, I think it can be fairly described as "low risk" from a
>purchase price perspective.
>
>Of course, for personal use by folks with small financial resources,
>the situation could well be viewed quite differently.
>
>Regards,
>Cletus Willems
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