<s>
IBM	B-Application
ViaVoice	I-Application
was	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
language-specific	O
continuous	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
software	I-Application
products	O
offered	O
by	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
stable	O
version	O
of	O
IBM	B-Application
Via	I-Application
Voice	I-Application
was	O
9.0	O
and	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
transfer	O
text	O
directly	O
into	O
Word	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recorded	O
data	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
tune	O
the	O
acoustic	B-General_Concept
model	I-General_Concept
to	O
that	O
specific	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ViaVoice	B-Application
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
Edition	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Application
Via	I-Application
Voice	I-Application
98	O
TM	O
has	O
been	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Home	O
,	O
Office	O
and	O
Executive	O
Edition	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
languages	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Executive	O
Edition	O
allows	O
you	O
to	O
dictate	O
into	O
most	O
Windows	B-Application
applications	I-Application
and	O
control	O
them	O
using	O
your	O
voice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
printed	O
voice	B-Application
command	I-Application
reference	O
card	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
ViaVoice	B-Application
,	O
IBM	O
launched	O
a	O
product	O
in	O
1993	O
named	O
the	O
IBM	O
Personal	O
Dictation	O
System	O
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
to	O
VoiceType	O
)	O
which	O
ran	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
ViaVoice	B-Application
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
IBM	O
released	O
a	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
version	O
of	O
ViaVoice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
IBM	O
awarded	O
ScanSoft	O
,	O
which	O
owned	O
the	O
competitive	O
product	O
Dragon	B-Application
NaturallySpeaking	I-Application
,	O
exclusive	O
global	O
distribution	O
rights	O
to	O
ViaVoice	B-Application
Desktop	O
products	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
.	O
</s>
