IBM also provides very good documentation on how to use the program most effectively-far more than any of the other programs. It isn't as good for dictation as NaturallySpeaking Preferred, so it doesn't make the WinList. It's also the only one I looked at in a final shipping version. Installation and enrollment was harder for VoiceXpress Plus than it was for the other programs. I found myself repeating sections a couple of times to get them right.
Enrollment takes well over an hour.
In most other respects, VoiceXpress Plus is remarkably similar to ViaVoice 98. Both programs use a command bar at the top of the screen to control voice recognition commands and options, but VoiceXpress Plus only works within its own VoicePad application and Word 97. VoiceXpress Plus has good initial recognition-about as good as ViaVoice 98. However, it's much harder to correct errors in VoiceXpress. But, unlike the other programs, VoiceXpress Plus doesn't offer a list of potential matches.