IBM ViaVoice Advanced Edition 10 series

IBM ViaVoice Advanced Edition 10 Reviewed on 02/23/2006

The Bottom Line: ViaVoice is an affordable, if buggy, program for basic speech-to-text dictation. To avoid using your hands, however, we recommend the Windows-only Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8.

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, 510 MB, Intel Pentium 300 MHz, 192 MB, 10, 4x CD-ROM, Sound card, Intel Pentium, 300 MHz, Windows

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IBM ViaVoice Pro USB Edition 10 Reviewed on 02/23/2006

The Bottom Line: ViaVoice is an affordable, if buggy, program for basic speech-to-text dictation. To avoid using your hands, however, we recommend the Windows-only Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8.

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2, 510 MB, Pentium III 600 MHz, 192 MB, 10, USB port, 4x CD-ROM, Pentium III, 600 MHz, Windows

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IBM ViaVoice Standard Edition 10 (windows) Reviewed on 02/23/2006

The Bottom Line: ViaVoice is an affordable, if buggy, program for basic speech-to-text dictation. To avoid using your hands, however, we recommend the Windows-only Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8.

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, 500 MB, Intel Pentium 266 MHz, 192 MB, 10, 4x CD-ROM, Sound card, Intel Pentium, 266 MHz, Windows

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IBM ViaVoice Mac OS X Edition 3 Reviewed on 02/23/2006

The Bottom Line: ViaVoice is an affordable, if buggy, program for basic speech-to-text dictation. To avoid using your hands, however, we recommend the Windows-only Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8.

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, Apple MacOS X 10.1, 600 MB, PowerPC G3 300 MHz, 192 MB, 3, CD-ROM, USB port, Sound card, PowerPC G3, 300 MHz, MacOS

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