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VoiceType 3.0 for Windows 95 - List of Tested Sound Cards

Applicable to: World-Wide

The following cards are considered acceptable for use with IBM VoiceType 3.0 for Windows 95 with an Andrea Electronics ANC-500 microphone. They have all been used during the testing of the VT 3.0 product with no apparent negative effects. These cards have not been "certified" by IBM VoiceType development. Additionally, no specific accuracy/performance tests have been conducted comparing any individual card to any other card; therefore, the following is just a simple PASS/FAIL summary.

Adapters that passed testing:

Company

Product

Model number

Creative Lab

SoundBlaster 16

CT2940

Creative Lab

SoundBlaster16ValuePnP

CT2950

Creative Lab

Vibra16

CT2260

Creative Lab

Vibra16 (planar)

HTM1995 or HTM ICT

Creative Lab

Vibra16S

CT2800

Creative Lab

SoundBlaster32

CT3600

Creative Lab

SoundBlaster32PnP

?

Creative Lab

SoundBlasterAwe32

SB2760/CT2760

Creative Lab

SoundBlasterAwe32PnP

CT3980

Aztech

Sound Galaxy Washington 16

?

Ensoniq

Soundscape

?

Ensoniq

Soundscape Elite

?

Ensoniq

Soundscape Vivo Pnp

?

IBM

Mwave

?

IBM

Dolphin III (in Aptiva M70 and M60)

?

IBM

PC 750 internal sound card (Crystal Audio)

?

Media Vision

Premium 3D Sound

?

Yamaha

AudioTrix Pro

?

NEC

NEC 9522 sound on planar (ESS1688 driver)

?



Laptops with internal sound systems that passed testing:

Company

Product

Model number

Gateway

Solo (ESS1688) (90MHz)

?

Dell

Latitude XP/XPi (120MHz)

?

SwanNote

TS30CPS (ESS1688) (100MHz)

?

IBM

ThinkPad 755CD, 90MHz+ (ThinkPad Mwave)

?

IBM

ThinkPad 760C (ThinkPad Mwave)

?


Adapters that failed testing:

Company

Product

Model number

Media Vision

Pro Audio Spectrum

?

Turtle Beach

Monte Carlo (Windows 95 device drivers fail)

?

Turtle Beach

Tropez

?

Turtle Beach

Monterey (no microphone jack)

?



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Audio, Windows 95, Multimedia, Compatibility

Date Created

11-08-98

Last Updated

19-11-98

Revision Date

09-11-99

Brand

IBM Options

Product Family

Multimedia

Machine Type

Audio

Model

89G2854; 89G3000; 89G3004

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