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Table #1: Comparison of main
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DNS Preferred Versions 7-10 |
Microsoft SR (Office 2003) |
Windows Speech Recognition
(WSR) |
ViaVoice Version 10.5 (Updated by Quentin Crivon, July 4, 2006) |
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Operating systems |
All Windows versions |
Windows XP |
Windows Vista, Windows 7 |
Windows 98, 2000, XP |
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Direct dictation |
Fully supports various applications,
such as MS Word and WordPerfect |
Fully supports only MS applications (MS
Word, WordPad, Outlook) |
Works in various applications,
not just Office. However, it won't work fully in applications that do not
support Text Services Framework (TSF), for example Open Office, Microsoft
Visual Studio. |
Fully supports various applications, such as MS Word 97 to
2003, other MS Office 97 to 2003 programs and Lotus programs, Outlook Express
5 and 6 |
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Navigation by Voice |
Supported in various applications, such
as Explorer, in addition to MS |
Only in Microsoft applications |
Supported in various applications, such
as Explorer, in addition to MS |
Supported in various applications, such as Explorer, in
addition to MS. |
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Macro creation |
Restricted to text macros |
Restricted to one line text macros,
insertable via the Add/Remove words list |
The new macro tool add-on offers a full
macro language that can be combined with scripts. |
Both text and navigation macros (but
macro language less versatile than DNS Professional) |
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Transcription |
Fully supported; high quality |
Not supported but possible; medium
quality |
Not supported. Can be implemented at a
basic level by Markoe’s Toolkit. |
Fully supported; medium+
quality (other users report good quality) |
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Speech Data (the audio linked with generated speech) |
Playback possible as long as file is
not saved. Full speech data provided by the “Professional” version. |
Speech data saved, though sometimes
large files collapse and lose the data. |
Not supported; playback possible only
for small segments selected for correction. |
Speech data fully supported, but not across
versions. |
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Multilingualism |
Versions 7, 9, 9.5 and
10 support all available languages. Version 8 does NOT
support all languages, only those included in a package. |
Not applicable |
Various languages are supported under
the national versions or modules, but there is no smooth mechanism for
language switching. Basically, different users must be created for each
language for multilingualism to work acceptably. |
Supports all available
languages |