An overview of speech recognition technology and the speech recognition products available from IBM for different personal computer hardware and operating system platforms. It provides details on how it works, which system to use, the national language aspects, and how to customize products to a specific environment. The CD-ROM includes an online version of the original ITSO redbook, demo programs, tools, and macros. A sample dictation product was actually used to dictate this book, including the BookMaster tags. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.