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VOICETYPE DICTATION FOR OS/2 AND WINDOWS
The high-accuracy speech recognition solution
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Highlights
IBM VoiceType Dictation offers:
o A personal productivity investment
- No more typing
- Proven IBM technology
- Work where you want
o Capture precisely what you say
- Accurate speech-to-text
- Optional vocabularies improve accuracy
o Work the way you think
- Maintain your train of thought
- Create text while busy
A personal productivity investment
Once the realm of science fiction and futurism, talking to a computer
instead of typing is now a practical and affordable solution for a
wide variety of professionals. With IBM VoiceType(TM) Dictation for
OS/2((R)) or IBM VoiceType Dictation for Windows,(TM) people can
create text quickly and efficiently simply by talking to a desktop
personal computer, notebook or subnotebook PC.
No more typing
VoiceType Dictation transforms spoken words into accurate text that
is available within seconds-without typing, and without the
time-consuming, labor-intensive process of manually transcribing
dictation.
The result is increased productivity and faster turnaround. For
people who need to use their hands and eyes and simultaneously create
written information, this increase can be even more pronounced. For
example, doctors can review X-rays or examine patients and dictate
their findings directly into the computer. This means they can see
and verify reports onscreen, then transfer them immediately into the
medical records system. Nurses can update patient charts at the
bedside-by voice input. And because no transcription is needed, the
results can be available to other medical professionals sooner.
The capabilities of speech recognition technology can be just as
valuable in other professions. Attorneys can develop briefs while
working with research materials. Reporters can dictate stories rather
than using the keyboard. Executives can call up database information
or dictate their electronic messages.
Anyone can benefit
VoiceType Dictation can speed information handling in almost any
paper- and forms-intensive office environment, or wherever people
need to dictate while working with their hands and eyes free for
other tasks. By making speech recognition technology readily
available to the millions of users of PCs, VoiceType Dictation
represents the beginning of a major change in the way people interact
with computers.
What's more, VoiceType Dictation can enable those people who cannot
use a keyboard to enter data, create text and run most business
applications. This can help organizations meet the special needs of
employees, plus make computer resources available to people who
simply aren't comfortable with typing.
Proven IBM technology
VoiceType Dictation is pure IBM technology, based on more than two
decades of IBM research and development. Developed in conjunction
with IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, VoiceType Dictation's
speech recognition technology and high-accuracy language models were
previously available only in the award-winning IBM Personal Dictation
System product.
Capture precisely what you say
VoiceType Dictation for OS/2 and VoiceType Dictation for Windows run
on IBM-compatible desktop, notebook or subnotebook personal computers
with 486 or Pentium(TM) processors. It is an isolated-word,
speaker-dependent system that utilizes sophisticated statistical
language models and a speech adapter card-both designed by IBM-to
rapidly analyze spoken input.
Accurate speech-to-text
The language models, an extensive 22,000-word general vocabulary and
a detailed understanding of each user's voice, allow VoiceType
Dictation to accurately convert speech to text as quickly as 70 to
100 words a minute- faster than most people can type. Users simply
talk into a hand-held or headset microphone. The system analyzes
their speech in seconds and displays it onscreen as text.
Properly recognized words are automatically displayed correctly. Even
like-sounding words that are difficult to distinguish-such as "to,"
"too" and "two" or "our" and "hour"-are easily understood.
With voice commands, users can edit or correct dictated text while it
is displayed in the VoiceType Dictation speech window. VoiceType
Dictation can even "play back" a user's dictation for easier
proofreading. Dictated text can then be transferred into OS/2 or
Windows applications for processing.
VoiceType Dictation can be ordered with ISA, Micro Channel((R)) or
PCMCIA(TM) (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association)
speech adapter cards. The cards handle voice processing and word
recognition functions, independent of the computer's processor, and
provide audio support for the microphone and speaker.
Optional vocabularies improve accuracy
You can optimize VoiceType Dictation and increase accuracy for
various professions, including medicine and journalism, by taking
advantage of specialty vocabularies, available as an option. Easily
installed, these vocabularies include words, spellings, word
probabilities and linguistic information that enable VoiceType
Dictation to correctly "hear" industry-specific words. Optional
vocabularies include:
o VOICETYPE VOCABULARY FOR RADIOLOGY DICTATION. 19,000 words.
Carefully constructed for radiologists to use while reading
X-rays or films, this vocabulary includes medical terminology for
radiology and related
specialties.
o VOICETYPE VOCABULARY FOR EMERGENCY MEDICINE DICTATION. 16,000
words. This vocabulary contains medical terms used in hospital
emergency room environments. It can also be used by other doctors
and health-care professionals.
o VOICETYPE VOCABULARY FOR JOURNALISM DICTATION. 30,000 words.
Constructed from the archives of major newspapers, this
vocabulary includes a variety of significant proper names, as
well as editorial terminology.
You can also customize VoiceType Dictation's base vocabulary by
adding up to 2,000 of your own words.
Adapts to you
VoiceType Dictation is a user-specific speech recognition solution.
This allows the system to deliver the highest accuracy, while
supporting an extensive vocabulary of general and specific terms and
accommodating the natural variations in pronunciation from speaker to
speaker.
The initial enrollment process for each speaker takes about an hour
and a half of the user's time. The process also helps individuals
learn the "discrete" speech pattern-short, clear spaces between
words-understood by VoiceType dictation. As people use the system,
VoiceType Dictation continues to learn each person's speaking style,
further increasing accuracy and instant word recognition.
Create customized solutions easily
The Voice Action Editor, along with built-in support for OS/2 and
Windows applications and sophisticated APIs (application program
interfaces), make it easy to develop customized speech recognition
solutions built around IBM's VoiceType Dictation.
The Voice Action Editor is a powerful yet simple voice-controlled
macro application. Individual users can create dictation macros with
the Voice Action Editor by prerecording repetitive phrases or
"boilerplate" paragraphs and later recalling them with a single
spoken word.
With the same ease, developers or systems experts can build
application-specific macros that invoke and control other programs.
The system prompts you by displaying all possible voice or
keyboard-activated commands. Plus, you can store a series of
keystrokes as a voice-command macro.
The possibilities are limited only by your imagination. The command
"Good morning," for example, could automatically call up a calendar
program. Or "Save report" could call up a dialogue box for naming,
identifying and saving a radiology report, then transfer the file to
the medical records system and place it in a work queue for text
processing.
Support for OS/2 and Windows applications
VoiceType Dictation works in concert with existing OS/2, OS/2 Warp,
and Windows operating systems and applications. Using voice, mouse
or keyboard commands, you can transfer dictated data to most OS/2 and
Windows applications that support a data transfer clipboard via
cut-and-paste functions. Keystroke emulation macros enable voice
command transfer of data to applications that do not support
cut-and-paste. What's more, you can use voice commands to invoke many
operating system and application functions.
VoiceType Dictation includes automatic speech enabling of the OS/2
Workplace Shell((R)) and Presentation Manager((R)) application
controls. This means users can select and operate Presentation
Manager applications by speaking words that appear on menu bars, list
boxes, push buttons, check boxes and radio buttons.
Compatible OS/2 applications include:
o WordPerfect((R)) for OS/2 V5.2
o Lotus((R)) 1-2-3((R)) for OS/2 V1.1
o Lotus Notes((R)) for OS/2 V3.0
o Microsoft((R)) Word((R)) for OS/2 V1.1
o OS/2 System Editor V2.1
o OS/2 Communications Manager 3270 Emulator V2.0
o DeScribe(TM) for OS/2 V4.0.
Speech support for Windows and Windows applications allows users to
select icons and tool-bar functions with voice commands. Compatible
Windows applications include:
o Intuit((R)) Quicken((R)) V3.0
o Lotus 1-2-3 V4.01
o Lotus Notes V3.0
o Lotus Ami Pro((R)) V3.01
o Lotus cc:Mail(TM) V2.0
o Microsoft Word V6.0
o Microsoft Excel(TM) V5.0
o Microsoft Works(TM) for Windows V3.0
o WordPerfect for Windows V6.0.
Support for OS/2 and Windows applications is continually being
expanded. Ask for a current list of compatible applications.
Everything you need in a single package
The IBM VoiceType Dictation solution includes:
o 3.5-inch 1.44MB program diskettes
o User's Guide with Program License Agreement
o One IBM VoiceType Dictation Adapter (ISA, Micro Channel or
PCMCIA)
o One IBM-qualified microphone.
Voice your request for more information
To learn more about how IBM VoiceType Dictation can help you enhance
your productivity, call 1-800-TALK-2-ME (1-800-825-5263), or ask your
authorized IBM reseller about customized speech recognition solutions
using IBM VoiceType Dictation.
IBM VOICETYPE DICTATION AT A GLANCE
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Hardware requirements o IBM-compatible personal computer with a
for OS/2 minimum of a 486SX 25MHz microprocessor
o 3.5-inch 1.44MB diskette drive
o Minimum of 8MB of memory above operating
system and application requirements
o 33MB hard-disk space available (plus an
additional 30MB during the enrollment
process)
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Hardware requirements o IBM-compatible personal computer with a
for Windows minimum of a 486SX/SLC 25MHz with math
coprocessor (486DX 33MHz processor
(recommended)
o Minimum of 12MB of memory (16MB
recommended)
o 33MB hard-disk space available (plus an
additional 30MB during the enrollment
process)
o DOS 5.2 or higher with Windows 3.1/3.11 or
Windows for Workgroups 3.1/3.11
(DOS 6.1 required for PCMCIA)
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Additional requirements o Additional disk space for optional
for OS/2 or Windows industry-specific vocabularies
-VoiceType Vocabulary for Radiology
Dictation: 16MB
-VoiceType Vocabulary for Emergency
Medicine Dictation: 16MB
-VoiceType Vocabulary for Journalism
Dictation: 14MB
o An IBM-qualified microphone (shipped with
the software)
o One available ISA or Micro Channel
expansion slot or PCMCIA Type II slot
o An IBM VoiceType Dictation Adapter
(shipped with the software)
o Optional speaker and appropriate cables
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Software requirements o OS/2 Version 2.1 or higher
o DOS 5.2 or higher with Windows 3.1/3.11,
or Windows for Workgroups 3.1/3.11
(DOS 6.1 is required for PCMCIA)
o IBM VoiceType Dictation is a prerequisite
for optional VoiceType vocabularies
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Limitations o IBM VoiceType Dictation and its files
should not be compressed with disk
compression utilities such as Stacker(TM)
and DoubleSpace(TM)
o IBM VoiceType Dictation may not work with
all processor upgrade boards
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Features Benefits
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Voice-to-text capability o Facilitates the creation of documents
o Saves time and increases productivity by
eliminating transcription
o Provides a solution for people who are
unable (or unwilling) to use a keyboard
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Hands-free, eyes-free o Enables users in technical, production and
operation office environments to dictate text,
produce reports or fill in forms while
using their hands and eyes for other tasks
o Physicians and other medical personnel can
read X-rays or examine patients and
describe findings simultaneously
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Large general-language o Provides a ready-to-use language model
vocabulary designed to serve a wide range of
professional and business users
o Helps ensure accurate word capture
o Allows you to customize the system easily
by adding up to 2,000 words to the
vocabulary
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Optional industry- o Ready-to-use solutions for radiology,
specific vocabulary emergency medicine and journalism enhance
applications
o Specialized terminology and word-pattern
models enable the system to frequently
recognize words that are run together,
slurred or partially obscured by
background noise
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Speaker enrollment o Maximizes dictation accuracy by creating a
function model for every individual speaker
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Clipboard data transfer o Transfer dictated text to OS/2 and Windows
applications by cut-and-paste, using
voice, keyboard or mouse commands
o Use keyboard emulation to transfer data
into applications that do not support
cut-and-paste
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Navigation controls o Use voice commands to operate OS/2,
Windows and compatible applications
o Includes automatic "speech enabling" of
the OS/2 WorkPlace Shell and Presentation
Manager controls, as well as Windows icons
and tool bars
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Voice Action Editor o Allows users and developers to define
macros that perform a sequence of actions
with a single voice command
o Facilitates development of customized,
application-specific solutions
o Increases productivity by letting users
insert prerecorded phrases or paragraphs
of repetitive text with a single spoken
word
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PCMCIA VoiceType o Supports notebook computers for
Dictation Adapter transportable dictation solutions
o Helps make it easy for people to use the
system, wherever they need to work
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Multiple language o Available for OS/2 in U.S. English, U.K.
support English, French, German, Italian and
Spanish.
Available for Windows in U.S. English.
Support for languages is continually being
expanded.
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((R))IBM, OS/2, Micro Channel, Workplace Shell and Presentation
Manager are registered trademarks of International Business
Machines Corporation.
(TM) VoiceType is a trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
(TM) Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective companies.
Screens shown in this publication are prototypes. Actual screens
generated by the product delivered by IBM may differ.
((C))International Business Machines Corporation 1994
IBM Corporation
Department 507
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10604
Produced in the United States of America
10-94
All Rights Reserved
References in this publication to IBM products or
services do not imply that IBM intends to make
them available outside the United States.
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