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From: tchang@athena.cs.uga.edu
Subject: Re: Verbex Listen for Windows
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Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
References: <C8w7II.9Ky@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <References:> <1993Jun24.194411.16746@rad.verbex.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1993 00:43:32 GMT
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In article <1993Jun24.194411.16746@rad.verbex.com> mwong@rad.verbex.com (Maurice K. Wong) writes:
>In article <C8w7II.9Ky@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> kph2q@onyx.cs.Virginia.EDU (Kenneth Hinckley) writes:
>>If you're interested in alternatives try out Verbex's "Listen for Windows".  I
>>don't think (?) it's quite as powerful as Dragon Dictate (it requires
>>training),
>>but it costs a lot less and works great under windows.  I got it up &
>>running in
>>less than an hour.  They have both plug-in board and "stand-alone"
>>serial port 
>>versions of their recognizer.  
>>
>>The comandy number is 1-800-ASK-VRBX.
>>
>>
>>Ken
>>
>>Disclaimer:  I have no association with Verbex.  I just think their
>>product is
>>cool.
>>
>>
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>>Ken Hinckley (kph2q@virginia.edu)
>>University of Virginia
>>Neurosurgical Visualization Laboratory
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>
>I would like to point out the crucial difference between Verbex's
>"Listen for Windows" and Dragon Dictate: the Verbex system is for
>*continuous speech* recognition, whereas Dragon Dictate is for
>*isolated word* recognition; in other words, for Verbex you can say
>something like "Please open the second editor window" in one breathe
>and in a natural manner, but for Dragon you have to say "Please
><pause> open <pause> the <pause> second <pause> graphics <pause>
>window".  Of course, the pause between words can be extremely short,
>but it does have to be there.  This distinction between continuous
>speech and isolated word is crucial for some applications and less so
>for others, depending on how and what you want to say to the system.
>
>Maurice Wong


Yes, it is really neat!!!!!  

If anyone is interested in buying this product, please let me know;
I have a spare (BRAND NEW) one for sale.


Tony

