Two years later, in 1999, IBM released a free of charge version of ViaVoice.
In 1997, ViaVoice was first introduced to the general public. Prior to the development of ViaVoice, IBM launched a product in 1993 named the IBM Personal Dictation System (later renamed to VoiceType) which ran on Windows, AIX, and OS/2.
original software and user guide on CD-ROM.The Executive Edition allows you to dictate into most Windows applications and control them using your voice.ĭesigned for Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0, it has been working very well with Windows 7. The IBM Via Voice 98 TM has been available in the Home, Office and Executive Edition in the following languages:Ĭhinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, UK English, US English. Some of the products or editions available are: Individual language editions may have different features, specifications, technical support, and microphone support. Correction of mis-recognised words was also used to improve subsequent decode accuracy. In addition, user specific text files could be parsed to tune the language model. The recorded data was used to tune the acoustic model to that specific user. Users are able to improve decoding accuracy, by reading prepared texts of a few hundred sentences. It lasts for one hour or more and can be divided in many parts. The most important process for the correct use of this software is the so-called ‘quick training, and ‘enrollment,: it consists of reading many specific words and sentences in order to make the software adapt itself to the specific users' sound and intonation features. The latest stable version of IBM Via Voice was 9.0 and was able to transfer text directly into Word. The current version is designed primarily for use in embedded devices. IBM ViaVoice was a range of language-specific continuous speech recognition software products offered by IBM.