[Athen] Voice recognition for Mac

[Gaeir Dietrich]

I just researched this information for a friend, and here is what I
discovered. Which voice recognition software to use for the Mac appears to
comes down to which version of the Mac OS you have. 

If you have OS X 10.3 or older (10.1, 10.2, 10.3) then you need ViaVoice.

If you have OS X 10.4 or newer then you need iListen. 

If anyone knows something different, please let me know, but this seems to
be the breakdown for the two...


ViaVoice

Mac OS X version 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 

300 MHz G3 processor or higher* 

192 MB RAM (256 RAM recommended) 

600 MB of available hard drive space 

USB port 

Audio output jack or USB speakers 

CD-ROM drive or DVD drive 

Macintosh Computer Requirements

G3 and G4 Macintosh computers which support the system requirements noted
above*.

Note to Mac OS X - Unix File System (UFS) users:

IBM ViaVoice for Mac OS X has been designed to take advantage of the
Extended File System, also known as HFS+. Installation of IBM ViaVoice for
Mac OS X in a UFS volume is not supported. 
 

iListen

Mac OS X 10.3.9 or newer (Mac OS 10.4 or later recommended). 

G4, G5 or Intel, (G5 or Intel recommended). 

512MB RAM. 

MacSpeech certified microphone required to receive technical support. 


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Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich
High Tech Center Training Unit of the
California Community Colleges
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
www.htctu.net
408-996-6043

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of E.A. Draffan
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:48 PM
To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] Voice recognition for Mac

Have you heard of iListen  http://www.macspeech.com/  it may be worth a go -
I have used it with one student and although it does not have all the
features of Dragon Naturally Preferred and does not work in all applications
it has improved in its recognition rates in recent times. 


Best wishes E.A.

Mrs E.A. Draffan
Learning Societies Lab
ECS, University of Southampton
Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 7246
http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk 
http://www.emptech.info/
-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Heidi Scher
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:01 PM
To: Athen at athenpro.org
Subject: [Athen] Voice recognition for Mac

Hi all!

OK - here it is - I'm not familiar with AT for the Mac.  I admit it.
Hard to believe that I've not had students asking me until now.  But just
today, I've had a student in my office to discuss options.  So, of course, I
come to you, this oh-so-wise group, to gain knowledge and understanding.

Student is running Mac OS X, has Boot Camp, but not very familiar with it.
Although he does use Word...  Is willing to consider running something
PC-side, but he much more comfortable with the Mac environment. He is
desperate for voice recognition.

What are your suggestions???

Many thanks in advance to one and all!

Heidi

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Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC
Interim Assistant Director
Center for Educational Access
University of Arkansas
1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 104
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 575-3104 (voice)
(479) 575-7445 (fax)
(479) 575-3646 (tdd)

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