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| IBM VIAVOICE for Mac OS X USB | 
 enlarge | From: Nuance Communications, Inc.
Category: Software
List Price: $129.99
Buy New: $32.50
You Save: $97.49 (75%)
New (20) Used (5) from $25.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 5977
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Macintosh, Mac Os X
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8 x 2.8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: SCAB2
Model: H501A-G00-3.0
UPC: 780420105355
EAN: 0780420105355
ASIN: B0000A58IY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 I HAD TO TYPE THIS BY HAND March 23, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have a MAC IBOOK G4 OSX 10.4 The viavoice software has been nothing but problems.Getting severally stuck on words in making a voice model of my own. Then in everyday use It would work for a sentence then get stuck and I would have to restart. It cannot process any of my documents. IBM just wanted my money.
Disappointed after using Viavoice PC version January 7, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Viavoice is running on my PC and it does very well. I hoped that was getting the same or similar product for my iBook G4, but it has been a disappointment. The software frequently stops responding, Speak Pad dictation screens crash often and without warning, and the correction process is slow and tedious. Microphone shuts off during corrections and must be frequently restarted. These are major complaints but there are many minor ones. For example, defined formatting decisions such as starting sentences with numerals rather than written numbers (2 cats vs Two cats...) is time consuming to correct. In contrast to the PC version of Viavoice, the OSX version is painstaking. These observations cover about 6 months of use; I'm about to quit trying.
Find an Alternative December 18, 2005
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I've been in touch with Nuance to ask about compatibilty. The reviewer above is right that ViaVoice doesn't work with later versions of Mac OS 10.3/Panther. Neither does it work with any version of 10.4/Tiger. I was told that Nuance is working on a Tiger-compatible upgrade, but that no release date for the upgrade could be given-- not even an approximate one. Unless you're willing to postpone upgrades of your OS indefinitely, order iListen instead. It isn't Naturally Speaking, but at least it runs on the current Mac OS.
 ViaVoice Mac OS X doesn't work beyond 10.3.5 July 27, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I recently purchased ViaVoice MAC OS X because I had used the OS 9 version and liked it. When I up-graded to a new G4 Powerbook running OS 10.3.7, I purchased the new version so that it would work with OS X. After installing it and going through the training, I found that I could not use it, because it kept unexpectedly quiting when I tried to launch Speakpad. I called Scansoft and was informed that it only works with 10.3.5 or below. I have searched many descriptions of the product and no mention of this was found. Tech support said that they had been working on it, but saw no new release in the near future. I would not recommend the product if you plan to use an up-to-date operating system. ScanSoft ought to make this clear in their product requierments.
 Outstandng product June 16, 2005
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
I receive my ViaVoice software last night one day after I ordered it. Amazon told me it would get here in seven to nine business days, but it came the next day. Hats off to Amazon for quick delivery. Thirty minutes after I opened the box, I was dictating on my Macintosh using ViaVoice. I took the time to go through two of the training lessons, and the more I read to ViaVoice the better it got at recognizing my words. Now, after only a few hours of working with ViaVoice, my dictations are almost one hundred% error free. I wholeheartedly recommend ViaVoice to anybody who is looking for a dictation package for the Macintosh which is price effective and easy to use. By the way, this entire review was dictated to ViaVoice. I left in the few errors and that it made so that you could see how effective is.
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