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Bruce... and All interested in voice-to-text programs.. Today I received a letter from the company which I bought my DragonDictate program from, Chien & Associates. The purpose of the letter was to let me know about the latest Naturally Speaking, Deluxe, and the newest version of DragonDictate (they are 2 different programs by the same company). The Deluxe Naturally Speaking 2.0 costs $699, tho Chien is selling it for $599. If you're upgrading from N.S. 1.0 to the Deluxe version it's $399. The Deluxe (quoting the letter) N.S. Edition is bundled with DragonDictate Classic Edition 3.0 (the very newest version) in a single package. The latter now has a built-in command allowing you to switch over to Naturally Speaking and back. As a result, you now have full command and control, and dictate in continuous speech. There is ALSO TEXT-TO-SPEECH built-in, allowing you to read back the document in sound and lets you compare the interpreted words against your own voice. The result is you no longer need to remember what you said. There's lots more features listed, and if you're interested, I suggest you drop by the Chien Web site (see below for URL) or call or write 'em for all the stats on this interesting and useful program. To contact Chien & Associates, call, write, or email: CHIEN & ASSOC. 888 S. Figueroa St., Ste. 1980 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Voice #: (800) DO-CHIEN (you gotta figure out the actual numbers yourself) Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.chien.com Finally, please don't email ME with any questions about Naturally Speaking, folks, 'cause I don't know nuttin' about it at all. I just copied what was in Chien's letter and posted it here - merely as a conduit, not an expert! Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Bruce G. Warr Sent: Saturday, October 18, 1997 6:12 PM To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Cc: Barbara Mallut Subject: Re: Naturally Speaking $149 for Naturally Speaking Personal Edition is a fantastic bargain. Buy it even if you do not yet have typing problems. I much prefer it to typing in any condition. (The only consideration is from the noise of my speaking late at night.) Now if they could develop a naturally speaking text to speech program. That would save a lot of band width on the Internet! You speak what you want to say, it is converted into text and sent to the other person where the text is convertedc back to speech. That way we could all be in contact by voice in the CHATroom. Virtually speaking, Bruce 56/9 Sinemet CR & Miarpex