Was it on HISTARCH where someone was seeking voice recognition software for
the Macintosh platform?  I suspect so, since I only monitor a couple of
lists.     Latest news attached:  Apologies to the uninterested.
>6. IBM Brings ViaVoice to the Mac
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>
>Almost everyone who crowded into the Macworld gallery to watch the
>keynote address today was very impressed when IBM demonstrated
>ViaVoice for Macintosh, software that brings IBM's award winning
>speech recognition software to the Macintosh. "ViaVoice," said Steve
>Jobs, "will enable Macintosh customers to interact with software
>applications in the most natural way possible--simply by speaking."
>
>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/1999/jul/21ibm.html


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