Scott.Marshall@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Scott Marshall) (08/11/90)
Index Number: 9730 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] Does anyone have any comments on which database programs work best with speech. I use Artic business vision v2.1. This thread was started (not by me) over on Compuserve, and someone recommended PFS File and something called Personal Library. Since we all know that the real action and the fountain of knowledge is over here on blinktalk, I thought I would post a starting message for a thread here. Thanks. Scott ... From Washington, DC Where Every Day is Christmas -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89.0!Scott.Marshall Internet: Scott.Marshall@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org
Rick.Alfaro@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Rick Alfaro) (08/11/90)
Index Number: 9745 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] > Does anyone have any comments on which database programs work best > with speech. I use Artic business vision v2.1. This thread was > started (not by me) over on Compuserve, and someone recommended PFS > File and something called Personal Library. Since we all know that > the real action and the fountain of knowledge is over here on > blinktalk, I thought I would post a starting message for a thread > here. Scott, You will probably get a ton of replies to this and each one will probably be different, but here is my 2 cents worth. Your choice of database programs should depend also on what you intend to do with it. If you are looking for a good general purpose database program, I would highly reccomend Q&A (Q and A). It works very well with speech, and does quite a bit. It even has an easy to learn programming method if you want to get fancy about your database files. It does on screen calculations, generates great reports, and mail merging is a real snap because it also has its own word processor. The word processor isn't a heavyweight like WordPerfect, but offers everything you would probably need for general word processing. It also supports many many printers. If you do decide to go with q and a, make sure the version you get is at least 3.0. The earlier versions worked well also, but 3.0 is especially nice with speech because of the way that the cursor works in the menus. However, if you are looking to do any professional programming with your database, or you need relational capabilities, then you should look at something else like dbase or foxbase. If you go this route though, be prepared to do a lot of studying! <grin> Good luck in finding the right one for you... Regards, Rick -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!369!8!Rick.Alfaro Internet: Rick.Alfaro@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org
Debbie.Hazelton@f19.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Debbie Hazelton) (08/11/90)
Index Number: 9746 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] > Does anyone have any comments on which database programs work best > with speech. I love Q&A. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!369!19!Debbie.Hazelton Internet: Debbie.Hazelton@f19.n369.z1.fidonet.org
Gary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Petraccaro) (08/11/90)
Index Number: 9752 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] What database with speech? First, let's decide whether we mean any file handler or relational databases only. A flat file manager would be something like File Express, or PFS File, where you can only look at one file at a time. DBase is a relational database as are PC File later versions, R:Base, and Paradox. On the whole, I would think that the flat file managers would work better with speech as they're simpler. This doesn't always happen to be the case though. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!90!Gary.Petraccaro Internet: Gary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org