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In article <1992Aug31.210146.11282@Trirex.COM> mmelling@Trirex.com(Michael Mellinger) writes:
>I'm considering buying Simon Says, and I would like to hear from some  
>people who have used it for some time.  Did the product meet your  
>expectations?  In practice does it recognize what you have to say >95% of  
>the time.  My only experience with it was with a demo version in a noisy  
>computer lab, and it didn't work very well.  Is version 1.1 much of an  
>improvement?  In short, is it worth the money?


Version 1.1 is a major improvement as far as recgnition goes.  With a
good mike in a relatively quiet envirenment, it's right on about 95%
of the time.  With the music on, it's about as reliable as the 1.0
version.

There are a _lot_ of factors.  The way you form words, how tired you
are, the mike, the words you pick, etc...

I've found that with most single commands, using Simon says isn't
worth the hassle.  But, for multiple command macros, pasting of
commonly used text, and the like, it's great.  It's the only macro
software available...  So it's more hassle to say 'hide' (since there
is noticeable recognition lag) than to hit cmd-h, but it's way more
convienient (and faster) to say 'spec-sheet' than to go to WM, open
the spec-sheet RTF file, select all, copy, go back to mail, and hit
paste.  (I've even used it for mudding... ;-)


andrew
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