SuperKids Software Review of Encarta Speech Recognition Capabilities.

SuperKids Software Review - The Parent's and Teacher's Guide to Childrens' Software

free newsletter! tell a friend! contests

software
reviews
bestseller list
price survey
what's new
product support
search

educational tools
ask a scientist
math worksheets
vocabulary builders
hangman
iPhone/iPad apps
logic games
brain food

educational insights

feature articles

marketplace
iPhone/iPad apps
reading corner
movie corner

SuperKids home
about SuperKids
advertise!
humor
links
help

* * *

Promotions

* * *

all reviews > > > encyclopedia software > > > encarta

Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2000
Speech Recognition

The Deluxe version of Encarta 2000 includes Speech Recognition capability. With the addition of an inexpensive microphone, it is possible to search Encarta. But don't throw away your mouse and keyboard.

Although the concept conjurs up visions of HAL in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, or the more prosaic computers in Star Trek, that level of functionality is still just a vision. Here, with studied effort and many, many repetitions, one can painfully make their way through the encyclopedia. But it's slow going, frustrating, and not much fun after the novelty wears off.

The voice control capability can be combined with the read-aloud feature to allow "hands-free" searching and use of the encyclopedia. It's not easy, but it can be done.

< back to Encarta review

on to Encarta text-to-speech >

Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2000 Speech Recognition

Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2000
Speech Recognition