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wrote:
> May not be correct here but my guess is that Dragon Dictate 3. (or
any
> of the discrete versions) is not 32 bit is because Dragon is still
> attempting to address the less than Pentium class users. My
assumption
> is that a 32 bit program would not run on a 486, is that right?
I believe that the 486 will be fine with 32 bit software (a 386 also, but I
don't believe that could deal with Windows 95). Jonathan adds:
There may be other technical issues as well (sometimes it's not just
a matter of recompilation), but I suspect that it's also an issue of
providing quality assurance for the 32-bit product, and the
associated
effort required with that.
Very likely, alas.
I would be very surprised if Dragon ever releases a new version of
DragonDictate ... my impression is that they consider it to be a
dead
product line, despite the fact that it's a terrific and very useful
product.
This impression is based upon their turning over the product to IMSI
to resell as OEM, and also a conversation with a Dragon tech support
person when I requested that they make the necessary enhancements to
DragonDictate to make my "voiceController" application unnecessary.
http://www.out-loud.com/controller/
I think that we just have to hope that the macro and command/control
facilities of D/NS will improve in future releases.
I'm sure you are right, but I think they are missing the point that for
stuff like programming, a continuous speech recognizer is not necessarily
what you want. Judy says:
That's worrying. I still haven't got around to training Nat
properly, and yet am amazed by its recognition powers. But
Dictate really is a remarkable product and there will be people
who need it until Nat has all its qualities.
I agree. It's the old installed base problem. They would like us all to
get rid of the old product because it's more hassle to support than it's
worth. But it does what I want and I have lots of time invested in making
it work in my own environment.
Chris Daft
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