IBM ViaVoice problems
Thread poster: Mark Osborne
Mark Osborne
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Germany
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French to English
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May 18, 2004

Hello everybody,

My company recently bought an English version of IBM's ViaVoice (Version 10 Pro USB) as an experiment for dictated translating. The system works perfectly until I try to dictate into Word, where nothing happens at all. I suspect the problem may be that my MS Office package is in German, not English. Has anyone had a similar experience? And - most importantly - do you think that the same problem would occur with Dragon's NaturallySpeaking?

Many thanks fo
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Hello everybody,

My company recently bought an English version of IBM's ViaVoice (Version 10 Pro USB) as an experiment for dictated translating. The system works perfectly until I try to dictate into Word, where nothing happens at all. I suspect the problem may be that my MS Office package is in German, not English. Has anyone had a similar experience? And - most importantly - do you think that the same problem would occur with Dragon's NaturallySpeaking?

Many thanks for any tips!

Mark
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Fernando Toledo
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Spain
Local time: 07:50
German to Spanish
The "Dot" file May 18, 2004

Maybe you do not install the needed template file (Dot) correctly.

CU
Toledo


 
Brandis (X)
Brandis (X)
Local time: 07:50
English to German
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you need a language module Jul 4, 2004

Mark Osborne wrote:

Hello everybody,

My company recently bought an English version of IBM's ViaVoice (Version 10 Pro USB) as an experiment for dictated translating. The system works perfectly until I try to dictate into Word, where nothing happens at all. I suspect the problem may be that my MS Office package is in German, not English. Has anyone had a similar experience? And - most importantly - do you think that the same problem would occur with Dragon's NaturallySpeaking?

Many thanks for any tips!

Mark
HI! I think you need the German language module. IBM Via voice must have this, just like Dragon speech has.I use both, but prefer Dragon speech, here you get a german edition.
Regards,
Brandis


 


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