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Stuff: ViaVoice Millennium EditionAbout ThisStuffBY JAMIE MCCORNACK, JMCCORNACK@ATPM.COMViaVoice Millennium EditionCompany: IBM CorporationWeb: http://www-4.ibm.com/software/speech/mac/Street Price: $79.95Requirements: G3- or G4-based Mac, 48 MB of RAM, 200 MB available disk space, audio input jack compatiblewith Andrea NC-71 microphone.I’ll be darned it works. Paragraph. I meanLet’s try again. I’ll be darned, it works.See, I messed up before when I said and, “Paragraph,” because the proper command for anew paragraph is “New paragraph,” and to speak that phrase into text you have to say “New”and then pause and say, “Paragraph. “ this is going to take some getting used to do This isgoing to take some getting used to.I’m letting ViaVoice write its own review. Here I sit, with my little plastic headset on my headand my fingers least behind my back. I’m talking, and my words appear—proof—rightthere on my monitor. I’ve had this dream since March 2nd, 1984, and though this stream hastaken much longer than I expected to come true, here it is at last, of voice recognition programworth using.Note: The text above is the raw and uncorrected transcript of my first ViaVoice session.From here on out, I’ll correct my mistakes.OK, I’ll admit it, my typing is faster and more accurate then my ViaVoice dictation. It oughtto be, since I’ve been stroking keyboards for a living for 15 years and talking to ViaVoice foran hour. To be fair, we should compare this session with my first day as a typist, and by thatstandard I am smoking!ATPM 6.04 ← 120 → Stuff: ViaVoice Millennium Edition