Dec 95 New Products

Software Audio Workshop (SAW) Plus extends the power of digital audio editing and recording to 32 simultaneous tracks (16 mono or 16 stereo). You can achieve live playback on all 32 tracks using any Windows sound card and no additional proprietary hardware.

SAW Plus provides automatic live blending of different file formats, such as mono, stereo, 8 bit and 16 bit. You can mix formats and adjust volume, pans, mutes and solos during playback. SAW Plus' drag-and-drop features and 3-D graphics make for easier editing. A remote panel allows control of SAW Plus from any application, and it supports four stereo sound cards and eight inputs and outputs. Like its predecessor SAW 3.0, SAW Plus supports .WAV and .SND files, but the MultiTrack window in SAW Plus actually shows you the .WAV form.

$999.
Innovative Quality Software
702-435-9077, fax 702-435-9106.

You have Windows 95 up and running, now train it to listen to you. Listen for Windows 95 features a complete speech-enabled interface that lets you enter data, format documents, retrieve information and switch between programs. You can even access the toolbar and use the Phone Dialer with your voice.

With Listen for Windows 95's continuous speech feature, you don't have to pause between words. Its speaker independence eliminates the need for voice training. Spoken commands replace keystrokes and mouse clicks. Listen comes bundled with more than 40 applications.

$139; without microphone,
$99; upgrade, $49.95 or free if you purchased version 2.0 after July 14.
Verbex Voice Systems
800-ASK-VRBX, 908-225-5225.

Nearly everyone agreed early voice recognition programs needed improvement, and Kurzweil Applied Intelligence was listening. Kurzweil Voice Release 1.5 has been enhanced with a larger active vocabulary and features that make it easier to use. You can choose a 30,000- or 60,000-word active vocabulary. The program works without voice training. Its new continuous digit recognizer lets you enter numbers more efficiently, and its discrete speech recognition engine requires a sixth-of-a-second pause between words.

With sound board and microphone, $995; software only, $695; upgrade, $295.
Kurzweil Applied Intelligence
800-380-1234, 617-893-5151.

The new 32-bit SoftPhone 2.0 is OLE-compliant, supports Microsoft's TAPI specification, and is compatible with Windows 95 and the NT Advanced Server architecture. The software program allows you to tap into all available network data by telephone. You can set up conference calls, look up directory data, interact with contact management apps, and review lists of incoming calls and previously dialed numbers. It's also possible to log and sort calls, and share databases and directories.

$225.
AnswerSoft
800-896-2677, 214-612-5100.

The Computer Peripherals ViVa Speakerphone Modems for Windows 95 systems allow hands-free duplex telephone communications, so users at both ends of the connection can speak and hear at the same time. The modems provide 28.8Kbps or 14.4Kbps data communications and faxing capabilities, and employ Radish VoiceView capability to use voice and data modes on the same call. They're also Plug-and-Play compatible.

Prices not available at press time.
Computer Peripherals
800-854-7600, 714-454-2441.

You can preview information about a caller from your workstation before or during a call with Call Link. Minutes after you hang up, the post-call functions can provide confirmations, invoices or faxes. The system includes voice response and call distribution through a Call Services Processor.

From $2,500 per workstation.
Teledata Solutions
708-620-5298, fax 708-620-5274.