SpeechVibe allows complete control over one’s PC using voice commands. You first create a voice profile, which doesn’t take too long-and you can start using SpeechVibe.
SpeechVibe scans the Start Menu, and launching an installed application is straightforward-just say, “Launch (application name)”. There’s something called the Mouse Grid, pictured below. It allows even mouse movements to be controlled by voice. This translucent grid takes up the whole screen and highlights point coordinates. You use the name of the coordinate-such as 3-29, 3-30, and so on-to tell SpeechVibe which action you want performed. So, for example, if your outlook icon is under coordinate 2-23, you say “2-23″ and Outlook will be launched. You can click, move, double-click, right-click, and perform drag and drop operations using the mouse grid. It is so precise, you can even create objects in MS Paint, as we’ve done here. Not that you’d want to paint this way, but it demonstrates the power SpeechVibe brings with it.
Browser and mail client support computers inbuilt; when you say “Go to {Web site}”, SpeechVibe launches the default browser. A window filled with sorted, numbered, and continuously scrolling favorite URLs is superimposed.You then open a Web page by saying “Pick {number}”. SpeechVibe also supports speech-to-text by superposing a “dictate environment.”This allows you to correct mistakes on-the -fly. An example of this is shown below: a speaker said “Tech Freek”, and the word was recognized-and there are several alternatives that you can choose from by saying the appropriate number.
SpeechVibe is not as accurate as expensive voice recognition software, but the features are innovative. These will take some getting used to of course.At just Rs 675, you might want to consider this one if you are in the market for speech recognition software.

Xara Xtreme allows designers to create vector-based graphics and illustrations to be used in print and Web-based publishing. It primarily a vector graphics software, but it incorporates bitmap and flash editing tools. It is an alternative to Adobe Illustrator CS3 and CorelDRAW X3 for th Windows platform, and has much prove! The layout is well-organized with handy

tools and easy-to-reach menu bars-most beginners and intermediate users should be comfortable from the start. Xara Xtreme allows advanced bitmap editing options. Operations like crop, rotate, auto-enhance,etc. Can be applied to bitmap images.
Each stp in the process of editing is noted by a picture, so backtracking to earlier versions of the is possible. The flash tool is very similar to the bitmap tool; even the interface looks alike. The features available here are pretty basic, though. You get support for print and pre-press; you can set up multi-page documents and spreads. Xara Xtreme Pro documents can be exported to PDF. The is support for rich txt documents-meaning th formatting is maintained in the process. Linking to an external editor is possible: Xara automatically updates its own document when one saves changes to the file or image in an external application.
Effects are rendered very fast; memory consumption hovered around the 60 MB mark during our test-pretty good for a graphics suite.
Xara Xtreme Pro turns out to be moor thn just a vector illustration program.The Pro 3.2 edition packs in some exceptional features for print and Web designers alike. Considering that Adobe Illustrator CS3 retails at $599 and Corel DRAW X3 at $399, the pric tag of $249 is decent.
Beginners might want to try out Xara Xtreme (not to be confused with Xara Xtreme Pro). The feature set is reduced, but the price is unbeatable: $79

PG Dating Pro Social is ready to go script-based networking software that can be used to host a social networking site an online dating service. The idea is to be able to get off the ground in the shortest time possible, assuming you have your business plan ready! Various Web site design templates are available -dating, family, adult, entertainment, etc.
The site can be managed using the administration panel (called the admin console).The tray icon

allows access to the admin console along with the hosted Web site. The site will have a user-friendly layout. The site will, by default,have an English-language interface, but additional language support is possible using context management in the admin console.
Incorporation of RSS news feeds is possible using the same console. User feedback is an integral part of any Web site; a PHP-based forum and pull are available at your disposal for this Registered users can interact with each other using Flash-based IM, chat, and blogs, and can mail messages to each other. HTML and image advertisement banners can be attached to the bottom half or the left of all the pages excluding the home page.
Paid user access is set by default-users are clubbed into groups such as platinum gold, and so on. The site can be made completely free by deleting these paid user groups. The admin decides the cost structure on an hourly basis for paid users via the users management in the admin console. The script even allows the admin to choose the payment system for paid users-PayPal,E-gold,Authorize.net, among others.
The site’s contest management option binds a vulgar word list to the site, notifying the admin when such a word is used. the option to watermark photos hosted on the site prevents possible misuse of profile images. The 33 preloaded profiles are enough to start a Web site. There’s also an option to add chat-bots, if desired.
At $899, PG Dating Pro is available with its code as an open code license. This while having a developer at one’s disposal, would help in implementing additional features or modifying or upgrading existing features.
PG Dating Pro-$599 for the version without the code-is great for a Web startup, because it is priced right and has most of what you’d need.

System Requirements:
PHP 4.0 or greater
MySQL 3.23.0
Windows XP/2003/Vista
Windows based server and web hosting services