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  1. Speech Recognition Family:  IBM Personal Dictation System
  2.  
  3. Bringing the power of speech to personal computers
  4.  
  5.  
  6.  
  7. GET LARGE-VOCABULARY ACCURACY
  8.  
  9. How to have an easier relationship with your PC?
  10.  
  11. Just talk to it.
  12.  
  13. Because now, you can create business and medical text - quickly and
  14. accurately - simply by speaking to your OS/2((R)) workstation.
  15.  
  16. The highly accurate IBM Personal Dictation System actually analyzes
  17. your spoken words and then enters them into your computer. Using a
  18. sophisticated general office dictation language model, it lets you
  19. dictate:
  20.  
  21. o   Letters
  22. o   Reports
  23. o   Electronic mail
  24. o   Office correspondence
  25. o   Technical documents
  26. o   Medical transcriptions
  27. o   Legal correspondence
  28. o   Contracts
  29.  
  30. As a result, you no longer have to use a keyboard to enter words or
  31. data. You can even run applications without using the keyboard.
  32.  
  33. This capability is especially important for business professionals,
  34. as well as others in paper- and forms-intensive occupations, such as:
  35.  
  36. o   Doctors
  37. o   Nurses
  38. o   Lawyers
  39. o   Reporters
  40. o   Loan officers
  41. o   Auditors
  42. o   Insurance personnel
  43. o   Researchers
  44.  
  45. Winner of Byte magazine's 1993 Spring and Fall Comdex awards, the IBM
  46.           ____
  47. Personal Dictation System even has optional vocabularies for
  48. journalists, doctors, and other medical personnel, which include
  49. specialized terminology and language models.
  50.  
  51. No matter what kind of occupation you are in, you can use your
  52. computer more comfortably and productively with the IBM Personal
  53. Dictation System. So, if typing interferes with your work - or you
  54. never learned how to type - the IBM Personal Dictation System may be
  55. the solution for you.
  56.  
  57.  
  58. HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS
  59.  
  60. As you dictate your text into a handheld or a headset microphone, the
  61. system analyzes it and displays it in a speech window. You can
  62. dictate text as fast as 70 to 100 words a minute. And, because
  63. properly recognized words are automatically spelled correctly, you
  64. don't even need to perform a spell check.  Text can be transferred
  65. into applications running on OS/2, DOS guests or WIN-OS/2(TM)
  66. windows.
  67.  
  68. Because the IBM Personal Dictation System uses sophisticated
  69. statistical language models and a high-performance speech accelerator
  70. card on a Personal System/2,((R)) ValuePoint(TM) or compatible
  71. workstation, it is highly accurate. For example, it can correctly
  72. choose between like-sounding words, such as "to," "two" and "too" or
  73. "our" and "hour."
  74.  
  75. Using the Voice Action Editor, you can easily create special
  76. commands, or incorporate standard phrases and paragraphs into
  77. documents.  Sophisticated APIs (Application Program Interfaces) are
  78. also available for application developers.
  79.  
  80. The IBM Personal Dictation System uses a speech adapter card designed
  81. by IBM to rapidly analyze your spoken input. These adapter cards are
  82. available for a wide range of personal computers, including most IBM
  83. compatibles, IBM ValuePoint computers (which accept ISA bus cards),
  84. and IBM PS/2((R)) computers (which accept Micro Channel((R)) cards).
  85.  
  86.  
  87. OPTIONAL VOCABULARIES
  88.  
  89. To make the system even more accurate for medical and journalistic
  90. dictation, you can order optional vocabularies for these areas.
  91. Easily installed, the vocabularies include words, spellings, word
  92. probabilities, and linguistic information, which enable the IBM
  93. Personal Dictation System to correctly "hear" industry-specific
  94. words.
  95.  
  96. The following vocabularies can be ordered separately:
  97.  
  98. o   Journalism - 30,000 words.
  99.     Constructed from the archives of major newspapers, this
  100.     vocabulary includes a variety of significant proper names, as
  101.     well as the terminology used in various editorial sections.
  102. o   Emergency medicine - 16,000 words.  This vocabulary includes
  103.     medical terms used in hospital emergency room environments; it's
  104.     also appropriate for other doctors and health-care professionals.
  105. o   Radiology - 19,000 words. Carefully constructed for radiologists,
  106.     this vocabulary includes medical terminology used in radiology
  107.     and related specialties.
  108.  
  109.  
  110. SUPPORTED APPLICATIONS
  111.  
  112. The IBM Personal Dictation System currently provides support for the
  113. following applications:
  114.  
  115. o   WordPerfect((R)) for OS/2 Version 5.2
  116. o   WordPerfect for Windows(TM)
  117.     Version 5.2
  118. o   Lotus Notes((R)) for OS/2 Version 3.0
  119. o   Lotus((R)) 1-2-3((R)) for OS/2 Version 1.1
  120. o   OS/2 PM Workplace Shell((R))
  121.     Version 2.1
  122. o   OS/2 System Editor Version 2.1
  123. o   OS/2 Communications Manager 3270 Emulator Version 2.0
  124. o   Microsoft((R)) Word((R)) for OS/2
  125.     Version 1.1
  126. o   DeScribe(TM) for OS/2 Version 4.0
  127.  
  128.  
  129. In addition, you can use the IBM Personal Dictation System with most
  130. applications that run on the OS/2 2.1 desktop and that support a data
  131. transfer clipboard via the Paste/Edit function. For applications that
  132. do not support Paste, you can use keystroke emulation. You can
  133. transfer data to your application by voice, mouse or keyboard.
  134.  
  135.  
  136. WHERE IT WAS DEVELOPED
  137.  
  138. The IBM Personal Dictation System was developed by IBM in Boca Raton
  139. in conjunction with IBM's Thomas J.  Watson Research Center. It is an
  140. isolated-word, speaker-dependent system using language models
  141. developed by IBM to achieve its high accuracy.
  142.  
  143.  
  144. WHAT YOU GET
  145.  
  146. The IBM Personal Dictation System is shipped with the following
  147. materials:
  148.  
  149. o   3.5-inch diskettes
  150. o   Installation/User's Guide
  151. o   Program License Agreement
  152. o   Proof of License
  153. o   License information
  154. o   Headset microphone
  155. o   Assembly instructions
  156.  
  157.  
  158. FOR ORDERS AND MORE INFORMATION
  159.  
  160. To learn more about the IBM Personal Dictation System - and how
  161. it can enhance productivity in your organization - contact your IBM
  162. marketing representative or call 1 800 TALK 2 ME (1 800 825-5263).
  163. Inquiries from dealers, software developers and resellers are also
  164. welcome.
  165.  
  166.  
  167. +------------------------------------------------------+
  168. |                                                      |
  169. |"THE SOFTWARE IS TRULY EXCITING...                    |
  170. |IT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF RADICALLY                    |
  171. |CHANGING THE WAY IN WHICH                             |
  172. |PEOPLE DEAL WITH PERSONAL                             |
  173. |COMPUTERS."                                           |
  174. |                                                      |
  175. |COLIN MITTY, CORPORATE COUNSEL                        |
  176. |FOR OSBORNE COMPUTERS AUSTRALIA                       |
  177. |                                                      |
  178. +------------------------------------------------------+
  179.  
  180.  
  181.  
  182.  FEATURES                 BENEFITS
  183.  
  184. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  185. | VOICE-TO-TEXT        | o   Facilitates the production of          |
  186. | CAPABILITY           |     business, medical or technical         |
  187. |                      |     documents.                             |
  188. |                      | o   Permits users who are reluctant or     |
  189. |                      |     unable to use a keyboard to run key    |
  190. |                      |     business applications.                 |
  191. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  192. | OS/2 WORKPLACE SHELL | o   Allows users to control the US English |
  193. | NAVIGATION FUNCTION  |     OS/2 2.1 Workplace Shell and           |
  194. |                      |     applications by voice.                 |
  195. |                      | o   Includes mechanism that automatically  |
  196. |                      |     "speech enables" the Workplace Shell   |
  197. |                      |     and any OS/2 applications that rely on |
  198. |                      |     the standard Presentation Manager((R)) |
  199. |                      |     controls.                              |
  200. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  201. | EYE-FREE OPERATION   | o   Allows users to read documents such as |
  202. |                      |     X-rays and describe findings           |
  203. |                      |     simultaneously.                        |
  204. |                      | o   Permits users to dictate while using   |
  205. |                      |     their hands for other tasks.           |
  206. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  207. | LARGE VOCABULARY     | o   Helps ensure accurate word capture.    |
  208. |                      | o   Allows you to personalize the system   |
  209. |                      |     by adding up to 2,000 words to the     |
  210. |                      |     system vocabulary.                     |
  211. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  212. | GENERAL OFFICE       | o   Provides a ready-to-use 22,000-word    |
  213. | DICTATION            |     language model designed to serve a     |
  214. | LANGUAGE MODEL       |     wide range of business professionals.  |
  215. |                      | o   Incorporates a variety of commonly     |
  216. |                      |     used office terminology, so it's easy  |
  217. |                      |     to customize.                          |
  218. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  219. | OPTIONAL             | o   Let you customize the system for       |
  220. | INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC    |     journalists, emergency medical         |
  221. | VOCABULARIES         |     personnel and radiologists.            |
  222. |                      | o   Provide specialized terminology and    |
  223. |                      |     word-pattern models that enable the    |
  224. |                      |     system to frequently recognize words   |
  225. |                      |     that are run together, slurred or      |
  226. |                      |     partially obscured by background       |
  227. |                      |     noise.                                 |
  228. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  229. | MULTIPLE LANGUAGE    | o   Includes US English in the United      |
  230. | SUPPORT              |     States, Canada and Europe.  IBM also   |
  231. |                      |     intends to provide French, German,     |
  232. |                      |     Italian, Spanish and UK English in     |
  233. |                      |     Europe, the Middle East and Africa.    |
  234. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  235. | APPLICATION PROGRAM  | o   Let developers customize their         |
  236. | INTERFACES (APIS)    |     end-user interfaces.                   |
  237. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  238. | SPEAKER ENROLLMENT   | o   Allows you to create a speaker model   |
  239. | FUNCTION             |     of your accent by speaking a set of    |
  240. |                      |     numbered sentences.  The system        |
  241. |                      |     analyzes the spoken sentences and      |
  242. |                      |     creates an accurate speaker model for  |
  243. |                      |     you.                                   |
  244. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  245. | NAVIGATION CONTROLS  | o   Allow you to speak the words appearing |
  246. |                      |     in the menu bar, as well as the push   |
  247. |                      |     buttons, check boxes, radio buttons,   |
  248. |                      |     and list boxes within Presentation     |
  249. |                      |     Manager applications.                  |
  250. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  251. | DICTATION            | o   Transfers text to an application by    |
  252. |                      |     cut-and-paste or by keyboard           |
  253. |                      |     emulation.                             |
  254. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  255. | VOICE ACTION EDITOR  | o   Allows you to define command macros    |
  256. |                      |     that perform a sequence of actions     |
  257. |                      |     with a single voice command.           |
  258. +----------------------+--------------------------------------------+
  259.  
  260. IBM PERSONAL DICTATION SYSTEM AT A GLANCE
  261.  
  262. +------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
  263. | HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS  | o   IBM PS/2, ValuePoint or compatible  |
  264. |                        |     system with a 486SX 25 MHz          |
  265. |                        |     microprocessor or higher            |
  266. |                        | o   8MB memory above operating system   |
  267. |                        |     requirements                        |
  268. |                        | o   32MB free disk space (additional    |
  269. |                        |     30MB required during enrollment)    |
  270. |                        | o   Hardware adapter cards: IBM         |
  271. |                        |     Personal Dictation Adapter for ISA  |
  272. |                        |     bus machines or Adapter/A for Micro |
  273. |                        |     Channel machines                    |
  274. |                        | o   Optional loudspeaker and            |
  275. |                        |     appropriate cables                  |
  276. |                        | o   Microphone (shipped with the        |
  277. |                        |     software)                           |
  278. |                        | o   Additional disk space for optional  |
  279. |                        |     industry-specific vocabularies: IBM |
  280. |                        |     Personal Dictation Journalism       |
  281. |                        |     Vocabulary, 14MB; IBM Personal      |
  282. |                        |     Dictation Emergency Medicine        |
  283. |                        |     Vocabulary, 13MB: IBM Personal      |
  284. |                        |     Dictation Radiology Vocabulary,     |
  285. |                        |     17MB                                |
  286. +------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
  287. | SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS  | o   OS/2 Version 2.1                    |
  288. |                        | o   The IBM Personal Dictation System   |
  289. |                        |     is a prerequisite for the optional  |
  290. |                        |     IBM Personal Dictation Journalism   |
  291. |                        |     Vocabulary, the IBM Personal        |
  292. |                        |     Dictation Emergency Medicine        |
  293. |                        |     Vocabulary, and the IBM Personal    |
  294. |                        |     Dictation Radiology Vocabulary.     |
  295. +------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
  296.  
  297. ((R)) IBM, Micro Channel, OS/2, Personal System/2,
  298.       Presentation Manager, PS/2 and Workplace Shell are
  299.       registered trademarks of International Business
  300.       Machines Corporation.
  301.  
  302. (TM)  ValuePoint and WIN-OS/2 are trademarks of International
  303.       Business Machines Corporation.
  304.  
  305.       All other products are trademarks or
  306.       registered trademarks of their respective
  307.       companies.
  308.  
  309. ((C))International Business Machines Corporation 1994
  310.  
  311. IBM United States
  312. Department 507
  313. 1133 Westchester Avenue
  314. White Plains, NY 10604
  315.  
  316. Produced in the United States of America
  317. 5-94
  318. All Rights Reserved
  319.  
  320. References in this publication to IBM products
  321. or services do not imply that IBM intends to
  322. make them available outside the United States.
  323.  
  324. G221-3915-01 / G2213915
  325.