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Do these software designers ever stop?! Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan, Assistive Technology Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RW 01273 678497 [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/ATC/index.htm ---------- > From: Jon Pishney <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FYI: voice-controlled software editor > Date: 18 July 1997 15:22 > > VOICE-CONTROLLED MS WORD > Lernout & Hauspie, a speech technology software vendor, will introduce > a voice-controlled software editor for Microsoft Word in the fall. Users > will be able to select a sentence, underline a group of words, and > change the color and size of a font, all by naturally spoken voice. "It'll > make people give up the mouse," says Lernout & Hauspie's chief > technology officer. The Lernout & Hauspie product uses discrete > dictation pathology software from Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, which it > acquired earlier this year. Kurzweil's artificial intelligence technology > allows the software to prompt users for answers as if they were > entering information onto a form. The initial product will be aimed > specifically at pathologists, with other versions for the legal profession > and police reporting to follow. > (InfoWorld Electric 17 Jul 97) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%