Control your computer by voice and listen to it speak back with our software. Use voice commands to operate your computer hands free and speech recognition to do dictation. Dictate text into any field or word processor Display weather maps by voice names you create Run programs or ask for web sites by name Surf the net and follow links using your voice Programmable conversation and out-loud responses Voice lookup topics from breaking news stories This is Mary, our character that listens to you speak to her using your headset or microphone. She talks back in a natural voice (similar to this web site voice) into your computer speakers or headset. Her face animation shows when she is smiling, looking around and talking. Mary can automatically wake-up and goes to sleep when you leave the room. Basic awareness of the user. Our software is aware of you by its sense of sound (your microphone) and talks back (speakers) using text-to-speech. This program enables your desktop or laptop to wake itself up (it hears your approach), activates your monitor and greets you with Hello John its 6:30 Voice Web Browser Multiple characters and male/female voices Natural text-to-speech responses Read live news sources out-loud Say a weather map name to display it Ask for weather maps and web cameras by name. Here is a map of the US that we have named as Weather . When you say "Weather" a current weather map is retrieved from the internet. Read product news details Mar 10-06... New instruction topics for download at Web Support link below. Feb 19-06... TalkingDesktop V4 41007 released. Can be installed on 2 computers. Jan 08-06... 2nd release of experimental vision module for web cameras. Dec 17-05... Upgrade dictation module for V4 is available for download. Email a question or place an order toll free 1 866 697-0326