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When the original Mac 128KB was released in 1984, you heard this new
computer speak to us. Haven’t you since wanted to be able control the
Mac by voice, and have it transcribe what you are saying? I have a
great voice recognition program now; but first, a brief history of such
software for the Mac.
Read the review from the appleJAC Macintosh Users Group.
Whenever I travel, at least three iPods and an iPhone go with me for audio and visual education and entertainment. Several sets of earphones accompany me, but I would also prefer a set of speakers for my room. A delightful and colorful unit caught my attention at Macworld that were exactly what I needed.
The Tweakers Mini-Boom Speakers from Grandmax are known as Pull-n-Play because of their cute and very functional retractable connecting cords.
Read the review from the appleJAC Macintosh Users Group.
A UGAB Feature Article by Lesa Snider King
Resizing your images to print borderless can be an exercise in frustration. Unless you know the trick, you'll end up with a nasty white border. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to do it quickly and painlessly in both Photoshop Elements and Photoshop CS. The best part is that both programs will figure the resolution for you automatically!
Read the article here.
Bio: Lesa Snider King is the author of "Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual" (O'Reilly), chief evangelist of iStockphoto.com, and founder of GraphicReporter.com. She's a proud member of DACS, NCMUG, and WAP. You can catch her graphic tips live each Wednesday night on YourMacLifeShow.com.
ChemBio Office Ultra 11 is a highly professional chemistry and biology application for chemists and biologists. The application provides an efficient means of correlating biological and chemical information. The ULTRA version of the application requires Windows 2000, XP or Vista. This review was assessed using Parallels for Mac running OSX 10.5.x, with XP. A separate version, ChemBio DRAW Ultra 11, is available for the Mac.
Read the review from the Apple Macintosh Users Group Sydney, Australia.
IRISPen™ Translator 6 is just a great tool that every student, interpreter and other people should have if they need to translate text from one language to another. The reviewer trialed the product using XP professional on a Macintosh iMac with the Parallels application. IRISPen™ translator has 13 interface languages and recognizes 128 different languages.
Read the review from Apple Macintosh Users Group Sydney, Australia
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