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because of its comparatively poor floating point performance. I ordered
an AMD K6 233 MMX processor on a Shuttle HOT 603 motherboard with the AMD
640 chipset (Via Apollo VP2). The Shuttle board is very similar to the
FIC PA 2007 but with greater expandability and versatility. I got 128
EDO RAM and the Ensoniq AudioPCI soundcard, and I'll start with the
Andrea NC 50 microphone that came with Nat. I can hardly wait to get it
all set up and try continuous speech! I will let you guys know how it
works with this setup.
By the way, what is the best way to dictate all those computer names and
terms, like AMD K6 233 MMX or Shuttle HOT 603 motherboard? Would the
best method differ for DD and Nat? Would the best method differ for
terms used frequently or infrequently? I use DD because of physical
limitations and now I'm stressing my voice! I'm really into figuring out
the absolute most efficient ways of using these programs. I read with
great interest and appreciation the tips offered on this mailing list and
hope to contribute in ways that I can. Thanks.
Brooks
Graeme Roffey wrote:
>
> >Howard Broman wrote:
> >>
> >> At 03:52 PM 12/23/97 -0800, Brooks wrote:
> >> SNIP....
> >> >What a disappointment - I thought I'd found an unusually
> >> >great and cheap hardware setup for voice. There had to be a catch.
> >> >Thanks everybody for the guidance.
> >>
> >> Wait a minute Brooks-Folks are just giving you an opinion on what
> >> they*think*will work and the expected results. Frankly, I haven't read any
> >> concrete statements by anybody about the comparative speeds of the three
> <Snip>
>
> A colleague recently set up NatSpeak on a Cyrix chipped 166MMX PC and is now
> in the process of replacing the motherboard and Processor. The lack of
> floating point appears to be critical. The response he got was worse than
> the response from an Intel P100 with 32MB which he tried to see what would
> happen.
>
> Despite Howard's comments and encouragement I suggest that you will probably
> end up going to either Intel or AMD eventually.
>
> Regards
> Graeme Roffey
> Equation Systems Limited
> Supplier of Dragon Systems Speech Recognition Products
>
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