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From: Peter Krantz
Date: Mar 24, 2011 5:06AM

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:53, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Users that need speech are far better served with having something
> running on their machine that works on all sites, not just on select
> ones that paid to get BA to run there.

I can imagine several use cases where on-site speech could be
beneficial (using someone elses terminal etc.) but as you indicate, a
need for speech is probably better served with locally available
software, which may provide better means for configuration and may
work in other software as well (e.g. a Word document).

Has anyone seen any research on the benefits for this type of service?
What is the main reason to implement it?

Regards,

Peter