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Charles Moore Reviews iListen 1.6 Dictation Software For OS X

Appendix 1

iListen 1.6 Feature Summary

Friday, June 13, 2003


By Applelinks Contributing Editor Charles W. Moore

Easy to install, train and use

Continuous Speech Recognition — Dictation in normal tone of voice and at a normal pace using the Philips FreeSpeech 2000 speech engine

Direct Dictation — Dictate, edit and format text directly in any Application

Correction — Correct and Update your Voice Model in almost any Application.

Hands Free Correction — Correct using your voice, no need to use the keyboard or mouse!, (Mac OS X only)

Correction Playback — Hear what you said - in your own Voice!

Adapts to your Speech — iListen adapts to your pronunciation of words faster and more accurately!

Transcription — Use a Digital Voice Recorder such as the Olympus DS-2000 with your Mac. Let iListen read and transcribe your AIFF or WAV audio files into text. See the iListen Transcription Solution special offer.

Huge Vocabulary — Vocabulary of more than 330,000 words developed in cooperation with Oxford University

Command and Control — Speech control of the computer through built-in normal language and individually created commands

Constant Feedback — The iListen Floating Palette provides you with constant feedback.

Dock Menu — You can even use the Dock to access iListen functions on Mac OS X.

Multiple Profiles — Everyone in your home can create their own voice profile, now everyone can use it!

Text Macro Capabilities — Insert (up to 32,000 character) standardized or predetermined phrases and text - with a single spoken phrase

Speech Navigation — Open, close and control applications and navigate the desktop by speech

AppleScript Compatible — Ability to take advantage of Apple’s built-in scripting language

Internet Ready — Surf the web with your voice

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Charles Moore Reviews iListen 1.6

Appendix 2 - New in iListen 1.6


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