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#18623 - 25/09/2000 18:38 Betas
jwtadmin enthusiast Registered: 05/09/2000 Posts: 210 Loc: Ipswich, MA	What is Empeg's "official" beta test program? It seems like we are all giving a fair amount of feedback on the current release, but what about new releases? How does one become a beta tester for Empeg? I seem to remember some info about the voice recognition software being released as Beta code. John _________________________ ___ John Turner "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission"
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#18624 - 25/09/2000 18:46 Re: Betas [Re: jwtadmin]
Terminator old hand Registered: 12/01/2000 Posts: 1079 Loc: Dallas, TX	I think they have a few alpha testers, but its by invitation only unfortunately. No voice recognition software has been released in beta that i'm aware of, as far as I know, no voice recognition software was ever licensed by empeg.
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#18625 - 25/09/2000 18:54 Re: Betas [Re: Terminator]
jwtadmin enthusiast Registered: 05/09/2000 Posts: 210 Loc: Ipswich, MA	From Bulletin 16, 14-May-2000 > We have licensed voice recognition software, designed for > use in environments with a high level of > background noise. > Therefore we have decided that voice recognition will > ship in a downloadable Beta release, possibly when the > Mark 2 is launched, or perhaps a little later. ?? _________________________ ___ John Turner "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission"
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#18626 - 25/09/2000 18:59 Re: Betas [Re: jwtadmin]
Terminator old hand Registered: 12/01/2000 Posts: 1079 Loc: Dallas, TX	They tested that voice recognition software and decided that it wouldn't work well enough. They are looking at some other options for voice recognition right now. Plans change. They will still do public betas, but there will be fewer of them, due to the fact that they have an alpha testing team to help work bugs out. Sean
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#18627 - 25/09/2000 20:12 Re: Betas [Re: Terminator]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12338 Loc: Sterling, VA	Besides, Tony will probably get a sneak preview of any new stuff anyway DiGNAN _________________________ Matt
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#18628 - 26/09/2000 00:50 Re: Betas [Re: Terminator]
rob carpal tunnel Registered: 21/05/1999 Posts: 5335 Loc: Cambridge UK	Actually there's a new version of that software which appears to work as we originally expected - we're working on the port to empeg at the moment. We're also looking at a competing system. Rob
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#18629 - 26/09/2000 07:46 Re: Betas [Re: Dignan]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31597 Loc: Seattle, WA	Besides, Tony will probably get a sneak preview of any new stuff anyway Since I'm on the alpha team, yes, I get to test their alpha builds. However, since I own a Mark1, an alpha build of the Voice Recognition software wouldn't be very useful to me. ___________ Tony Fabris _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#18630 - 27/09/2000 00:10 Re: Betas [Re: tfabris]
mcomb pooh-bah Registered: 31/08/1999 Posts: 1649 Loc: San Carlos, CA	Well if Tony can't beta test VR I could probably set aside some time ;-) _________________________ EmpMenuX - ext3 filesystem - Empeg iTunes integration
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#18631 - 27/09/2000 07:19 Re: Betas [Re: tfabris]
PaulH enthusiast Registered: 19/05/1999 Posts: 379 Loc: England	Yes I have the optional Wife VR system for my Mark 1 - but with the obvious draw backs PaulH
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#18632 - 28/09/2000 05:52 Re: Betas [Re: PaulH]
trevorp member Registered: 08/06/2000 Posts: 144 Loc: Ft Lauderdale, FL	Same here Paul. I get about the same accuracy as I did with Dragon Dictate. "no, no, no, Press * then DNPP, not CD-MD CH then DNPP" Very similar to: "Correct that..." -Trevor ----- Mk 2, Green 12GB 080000349 _________________________ -Trevor ----- Mk 2, Green 12GB, Tuner, 2.0b11, 080000349
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