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From: orajean@betasvm2.vnet.ibm.com (Ora J. Williamson)
Subject: Re: ASP capable sound cards???
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In article <00986655.C6D68880@Violet.CCIT.Arizona.EDU>, hemmings@Violet.CCIT.Arizona.EDU (bill hemmings) says:
>
>After talking to Dragon Dictation Systems, I'm left wondering.....
>
>They claim their software (large-vocabulary speech recognition)
>works best on the IBM version sound cards, specifically only the
>ASP-equipped ones. And they sell such a card, along with their
>software, for an additional $300, if you "don't have one".
>
>They further say recognition is substantially worse with any
>other type of sound card. Does anyone have any direct experience
>in this area? How much should an ASP sound card cost, and if you
>have a source in mind, please mention a phone number.
>
>Is it true that the ASP chip by itself costs about $50?
>
>What about the "Easy Options by IBM" model AC523? Apparently it
>comes with an ASP chip. Supposedly $299 "list price". Funny,
>the box only says IBM, but this is obviously a Creative Labs
>product!    Being 'dumped' because of problems with OS/2? ??

Have you looked into IBM's Personal Dictation System?  It requires a
special Speech Accelerator card which IBM sells for about $1000.  The
card is available as a full sized card and as a PCMCIA.

Ora Williamson
