If I may, and I hope you don't mind DejaVu, I'd like to share some additional info. respective of some posts I'm reading in the thread .


Thursday, Windows does have VR installed - if, for instance, a computer's XP platform is Pro, not Home Edition.

Speech/Voice Recognition can be found in the computer's Control Panel (CP).

Go to the Start menu; it's where the Windows icon appears. Left click, and you should see the Control Panel option. Again, left click. Look in the CP for the application.


Monique, you may have already discovered this, so just ignore what I'm about to relay if that's the case.

Each Voice Recog. program I've used, there is also the option to tweak word pronunciations. For example, words that just aren't coming across correctly (say, speech-to-text) can be adjusted phonetically, so that the intended word is saved in the programs database for future use. It's a great tool for people with heavy accents or dialects - and possibly less frustrating.

With one of my programs, I wanted it to have a Southern drawl, and I named the program Kermit. I wanted it to say Key-air-mitt in the "Welcome" message when the app. was booted, so I tweaked the pronounciation. Worked like a charm.


DejaVu, what I did was read a ton of customer reviews and did a comparison, too, respective of features being offered: text, surfing, E-mail, etc., had to be included for me.

Another nice thing I just discovered - for computers/users - that do have Voice Recog. already installed: No training is need if "Read" is a desired function while working in certain applications, such as Adobe PDF. I gave it a test-run on my 'puter. And, it worked beautifully.