First Presenter - Dragon Naturally Speaking/Voice Factor
Mr. Keith Ennis, Sales Manager for The Voice Factor/PCS,
will introduce exciting new speech recognition products for the PC.
The Voice Factor Bundle is the ultimate software package
including Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 7 Preferred Plus an upgraded
high-quality Noise Canceling Microphone, as well as another text-to-speech
program called Text Aloud.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 7 is the most advanced
voice-recognition technology on the market today and after only five
minutes of creating a user profile; you can become a skilled typist, using
your voice instead of your keyboard and mouse. You can talk to your
computer and watch your words instantly appear in virtually any Windows®
based application, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Outlook
Express, Internet Explorer and Corel WordPerfect.
Type into any Windows-based application as well as command
and control your PC. Increase productivity, make your computing fun, and
with no worries of carpal tunnel syndrome, neck and back strain,
repetitive strain or arthritis pain. With the use of this software, you
can sit at your desk with your feet up, kicked back in the chair just
dictating to your PC!
Text aloud, based on the award-winning ScanSoft RealSpeak™
Version 2 is text-to-speech technology, this will read your documents and
e-mails back to in a human sounding voice. Avoid eyestrain or overcome
minor vision problems with this tool.
The included Voice Certified Noise-Canceling Microphone
will permit dictation without concern for the usual household or office
background noise.
SECOND PRESENTATION - ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
Ron Schooler from Skyland Technology, the Midwestern
regional manufacturers representative for AMD, will be discussing AMD's 64
bit technology for both desktops (Athlon 64) and servers (Opteron). He
will cover the architecture of the exciting new AMD processor in detail,
and will discuss why it performs well in both 32 bit and 64 bit
applications. Additional information can be found on AMD's website
<www.amd.com/us-en/>
There will also be a good amount of time for question and
answers, as that when this very new and different technology is covered,
there are always plenty of questions.
Skyland Technology represents AMD's computer processors
and other manufacturers hardware to regional distributors, resellers,
VAR's and OEM's.
They are currently represented in 12 states in the north
central United States. They can be contacted thru their website at
<www.skylandtechnology.com>
Cincinnati PC User Group