IBM VIAVOICE Standard v.10 review:1 stars (ViaVoice - very disappointing) - You don't get your money's worth with ViaVoice. At first, it seemed to work fine. Contrary to what the program is supposed to do, the more I used it, the worse it got. "Training" the software is extremely time consuming. However, I did this in hopes of improving its performance. Unfortunately, after spending all the time doing that, it was actually worse, not better. It has finally gotten so bad I cannot use the application at all. As I am dictating, it throws in random words which can't possibly have anything to do with what I am saying, some of them foreign. Dictate, "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country," and you are likely to get "Avarice now is the Bois time for all good men to Gwendolyn." Help is impossible to find, and if you go to the IBM or ScanSoft site, you have to pay for it. Do not buy this software.1 stars (This is a waste of time, effort, and money.) - I bought this product to use with Microsoft Word. I can not dictate anything! What a huge disappointment. Too bad I could not rate it 0 stars. Don't even consider this product, it is fruitless to even try to get it to work at all.4 stars (Getting Pretty Good) - I thought that voice recognition software had finally reached the point where I would buy it. Based on my research IBM seemed to be the best. The Standard version really is all you need for dictation of reports, articles, letters, etc. Email will require a more advanced version. It actually works quite well. The key is to spend time at the beginning to train it to your voice and to correct each error. Now its not going to be like Star Wars (Scotty: "A keyboard, how quaint.") but it works and has greatly reduced my Carpal Tunnel wrist pain. Not quite 5 stars, I am a tough critic, but worth the money and I am using it daily in my work.
IBM VIAVOICE Standard v.10 Features:
Computer software (programs)
Utilities
Voice Command (Recognition)
Internet
CD
Includes noise-canceling headset microphone
Voice recognition with essential dictation, command, and control features
Use IBM ViaVoice SpeakPad to dictate letters, reports, memos, or faxes
Easily transfer SpeakPad documents to other text-based applications
300,000 vocabulary and backup English dictionary words

IBM VIAVOICE Standard v.10 is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 42.99USD.