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From: Frank.Whitney@p0.f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Whitney)
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Subject: IBM voice recognition
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Date: 5 Jun 91 12:57:42 GMT
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>The new board and software require a 32-bit
>PS/2-compatible (Micro Channel) system and won't ship
>until August.
>
>At just over $3,000, the system comes complete with a video
>training tape, standard documentation, and a microphone
>headset.
>
>For further information or to order IBM VoiceType, call
>Dragon Systems at 1-800-TALKTYP (825-5897).
>
In addition, you also have to buy a hard card that list for $390 from
IBM.  At the present time this product is also prohibited from being
sold out of the United_States.  The problem with having to run on a
true blue IBM product is that it is very expensive especially since it
would require additional RAM.  The lowest model that it will run on is
the IBM model 70 which is a 386/20 megahertz system.  I'm not sure but
I believe that in the not to distant future it will run on other
clones with the micro channel architecture which will drastically drop
the price.  Right now I'm using the DragonDictate 30K system on a
386/33 megahertz system and it is very accurate.  If I didn't have
this system I probably wouldn't even be on the boards with these
messages.  One of the things that I like about the people at Dragon is
that they listen to their end user's.  They have put in quite a few of
my suggestions and it has made my usage much easier and faster.
Frank.

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