Chant SpeechKit is a developer's tool. It provides the component software to talk with the applications. You can develop applications that you talk with instead of using a computer mouse or keyboard. With this tool, the speaker can develop speech-aware applications using his favorite RAD environment. For more information or to order on line, click here.
Motorola Lexicus Division developes a revolutionary speech recognition software for high noise environments. The Clamor system was designed to be particularly insensitve to background noise, and requires little memory. The software is a small vocabulary, command-and-control system that can recognize any language. This makes it suitable for voice-enabling a large range of products, from speaker phones, PDAs, home stereos, video games to automotive and industrial applications etc. For more information or to download Demo or order on line, click here.
Computer Talk software includes LawTalk and Office Talk. It is a speech-recognition productivity tool that allows business professionals to create documents on their computers by speaking in plain English. Users can dictate and edit letters, reports, and forms without touching a keyboard or mouse. LawTALK’s intuitive voice commands for dictation, navigation, command and control, and formatting are easy to learn and use. These commands are included for Microsoft Office, Lotus SmartSuite, and WordPerfect Perfect Office. LawTALK also voice enables the menus of other Windows applications. For more information or to order on line, click here.
Digital Speech Recognition has two main components: the Speech Manager and the Vocabulary Manager. It is a command and control environment that was designed for Alpha Station systems running Digital UNIX and integrates speech recognition capabilities into the desktop. The Speech Manager provides a graphical control panel that controls to enable and disable the speech recognition system. It needs the speaker-adaptive training to improve accuracy for individuals. Vocabulary Manager provides a graphical interface for vocabulary used by the Speech Recognition. It presents a hierarchical view of the vocabularies. The speech recognition engine has the features of speaker independent models and improved recognition accuracy. It has both the discrete speech recognition and continuous speech recognition capability. It provides users with the ability to speech-enable their own applications and allows users to create a vocabulary for any application program. It requires Digital UNIX V3.0 or higher and Multimedia Services V1.5. For more information, click here.
DragonDictate is a speech recognition software package that allows you to dictate directly with discreet speech into DOS or Windows applications. It typically has 94-98 percent accuracy at over 45 words per minute (free dictation), and has Accurate command and control capabilities, allowing you to access menus, dialog boxes and to control your MOUSE by voice. DragonDictate works well on a Pentium 133 MHZ with 32MB of RAM. DragonDictate comes in three editions, Personal, Classic and Power. The Classic Edition is the most popular,and has a 30,000 word personal vocabulary. The Power Edition has the largest personal vocabulary at 60,000 words. Professionals who require a very extensive vocabulary and use specialized words may like the Power Edition. For more information or to download Demo or order on line, click here.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking comes in two versions, Personal and Professional Editions. Either version allows you to speak in conversational continuous speech at a normal rate into Dragon's word processing program. The Personal Edition has a 30,000 word active vocabulary while the Professional has up to 55K word. Once the text has been dictated, the document can be cut and paste into any Windows application. NaturallySpeaking Personal Edition works well on a Pentium 166 or Pentium 200 with 48MB of RAM and for those whose goal is to solely dictate original text, and who are well-handed(able to use hands without hesitation or difficulty). The Professional Version comes with an upgraded version of Naturally Speaking along with a copy of DragonDictate Classic Edition. For more information or to download Demo or order on line, click here.
FreeSpeech 98 is a continuous speech recognition software. It combines online natural speech recognition for dictation of documents with user control over many popular Windows based applications, all through the human voice. It comes with a comprehensive and customizable vocabulary designed to facilitate the creation of "correspondence" documents such as business letters, personal letters, memos, e-mails, etc. It starts with 30,000 words and can be customized to a maximum size of 64,000 words. Its ability to learn means faster and more accurate recognition. It will adapt to speaker's voice as well as the dictation style. A built-in tuner allows you to add words to the vocabulary. The patented dictation playback with synchronous highlighting allows the speaker to proof-read the text quickly and easily. For more information or to order on line, click here.
Kurzweil Voice products include Kurzweil Voice Commands, Voice Pro, Voice Plus and Voice Pad. Kurzweil Voice Pro is a full-featured, voice-recognition system that combines discrete speech dictation with continuous phrase commands and control and enables voice control of common Windows applications. With its 60,000 word active vocabulary, it is intended for professionals or corporate workers who have high-end computer systems and want to improve their use of Windows software applications by integrating voice, mouse, and keyboard input. VoicePro enables the user to customize a large discrete vocabulary to satisfy their unique vocabulary requirements. For more information or to download Demo, click here.
L&H Voice Xpress software include Professional, Advanced and Standard versions. It's a continuous speech technology, therefore no need to pause between words and up to 140wpm can be "typed" in. Its natural language technology can let you "Say It Your Way" and create entire documents directly in Microsoft Word or its own word processor by voice. The new L&H Voice Xpress Plus can automatically adapt to the speaker's voice without any training, boosting ongoing accuracy upto 95% or higher, what's more, it even offers unique speech profiles developed to boost the accuracy of teen-agers and children. It has a 30,000-word vocabulary and up to 30,000 words or phrases can be added. Its Text-To-Speech allows the documents can be read back to the speaker. The L&H Voice Xpress Plus on a network server allows to create documents on any network client. It also supports for multiple users. For more information or to download Demo, click here.
The Lucent Automatic Speech Recognition Engine is speaker-independent, equipped with continuous speech recognition and fast, run-time vocabulary change. Both sub-word models and whole word digit models are supported with the rejection of out-of-vocabulary diction. The engine also offers a background, silence, and filter/generation compiler. For more information, click here.
Medical Desktop is a voice automated's complete patient report solution that allows doctors to complete reports in continuous speech. MD is the easy, intuitive interface designed specifically for doctors. MD formats reports automatically while storing patient demographics for easy retrieval. Every MD comes with the Voice Automated General Medicine Language Model included. In addition choose the language model of your specific profession from a complete line of medical specialties. HCFA compliant with continuing updates. It can be used for Windows 95, 98 and NT. For more information or to download Demo, click here.
Nuance products include Nuance 6 and Nuance Verifier and developer toolkit. Nuance 6 is available across a range of accents, languages, devices, and platforms. It employs a distributed client/server architecture to achieve scalability in large call centers for even complex systems. Nuance Verifier and Nuance 6 combine to make up the integrated secure natural speech recognition. Nuance Verifier creates a voiceprint for users who enroll their voice in a simple one-time interaction, and uses sophisticated impostor models to authenticate the user when accessing privileged data. For more information or to hear a Demo, click here.
Apple's Speech Recognition is for MAC Operating System. It is a continous speech recognition software with speaker independence feature which means you don't have to "train" the software. It has a flexible vocabulary that can be customized.It has the ability to function accurately in real-world environments using the "push-to-talk" feature. The text-to-speech features allow you to have your computer speak the alert messages that appear on the screen and choose 26 different voices as well as adjust the voice rate. For more information, click here.
SpeechWorks is now used by United Airlines in employee reservation system. It is a software solution for building advanced telephone-based speech recognition applications. SpeechWorks provides developers with the ability to "speech-enable" a broad range of transaction processing, information exchange, and messaging applications. It's a continuous speech recognition designed to work with multiple speakers and accents without user training. It has a large vocabulary and allows real-time vocabulary generation directly from text. It also provides flexibility and knowledge in developing the dialog flow for applications and allows callers to interrupt the system. It is an open, standards-based software which supports multiple platforms. For more information, click here.
SpokenWord incorporates voice dictating and the use of keyboard or mouse. It engineered speech capability directly into WordPerfect 7 or 8 and MS Word '97. Typhoon’s interface provides an accurate Speech Recognition capability without slowing down dictation. It also provide complete speech capability for menu, toolbar, dialog box, and editing commands. For more information or to order on line, click here.
IBM offers a family of speech products: ViaVoice 98,ViaVoice Gold,ViaVoice, Voice Type connection, Voice Type dictation etc. ViaVoice Gold has the capability of a continuous speech recognition. You can dictate directly into your applications and no initial training is required. The feature of shortcuts allows you to use a key word to automatically trigger commonly used phrases, paragraphs, or pages. ViaVoice Gold uses context to distinguish between similar sounding words and phrases. It can also read aloud your own documents or imported documents. The base vocabulary of 22,000 words can be expanded to 64,000 words. It analyzes text documents for new unique words with the option of adding them to the vocabulary. ViaVoice Gold requires Windows 95 or Windows NT4.0 with Pentium MMX 155MHz/32M RAM/125MB HD/SB16. For more information or to download Demo, click here.
Voice Pilot for Win95 permits Win 95 users to use VP's Voice Manager as a full-featured voice-command interface for command and control, text entry, number entry and free- form dictation. Includes: Calendar, Address Book and Memo Pad. For more information, click here.
WATSON for Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer is a add-in to popular Internet browsers that enables hands-free navigation. You surf the Internet by speaking to your PC. The on-screen interface lists user commands, links from the current page (which are automatically updated when a new web page is loaded), and your favorites list. It can also be hidden. The vocabulary (command) for the WATSON Voice Control browser add-in is simple and intuitive. WATSON Voice Control also supports many other voice-enabled commands. For more information or to order online, click here.
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