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I found the attached review of voice recognition software products on the www. Hoopeo others find it helpful. It includes the Dragondictate product recently desribed on the list. David Voice Recognition Software Products Last Updated: 4/15/96 by Nancy Dawson, National Center for Atmospheric Research Prices, dictionary sizes, computer systems, and capabilities change frequently. Contact companies for details and for names of local resellers who can demonstrate the products for you. NOTE: Some users develop voice strain from dictating. For a summary of solutions, see "Voice Problems--Prevention and Correction". FULL DICTATION PACKAGES Kurzweil Voice for Windows , 1-800-380-1234 IBM compatibles (486, 33 Mhz minimum); works under Windows 3.11 and Windows95. Much better on faster machines! I use this product on a Pentium 90. For work on Sun workstations, I dictate on the Pentium in either FrameMaker or Microsoft Word and save the files as text-only. Then I transfer the file to the UNIX world by using Winsock FTP software. Or, I telnet from the Pentium to my UNIX account and can then dictate directly into UNIX files. DragonDictate, 1-800-825-5897 IBM compatibles (486, 33 Mhz minimum); works under Windows 3.11 and Windows95. Much better on faster machines! UNIX users use DragonDictate on an IBM compatible, then use free a2x software to translate the output onto the UNIX workstation. DragonDictate has versions in seven different languages. IBM VoiceType Dictation, 1-800-825-5263 for OS/2 and Windows Power Secretary, from Articulate Systems, 1-617-935-5656 Macintoshes A text dictation system, reviewed by David Pogue in MACWORLD, August 1995, pp. 157-58. He also uses QuicKeys 3.01 (CE Software, 1-515-221-1801) to create voice macros for commands.