Matt’s Cuppa

• Speech Recognition: Control Your PC with Your Voice

  To be honest, I’ll be dragged kicking and screaming into Windows Vista, but I realize that there are people out there who use (and enjoy) Vista. If you are one of those, this freeware tool from Microsoft might boost your productivity (or it might just boost your frustration instead.)

  I’m used speech recognition software on my tablet PC’s for years. If you’re lucky enough to work in a quiet environment, it’s awesome. This article by Adam Pash is great. He walks you through the software, complete with screencasts. Now, shouting at your Vista PC can actually be productive!

  tags: vista, speech-recognition, lifehacks

• Preview the contents of ZIP files before downloading with Archview for Firefox - Download Squad

  See what’s in that zip file before you download it. Sweet! This officially wins the Matt’s Cuppa Most Useful FF Extension of the Day award.

  tags: firefox, zip

• Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 will add support for Open Document Format - Download Squad

  Or, like the article says, you could just download OpenOffice.org for free.

  tags: microsoft, office, openoffice

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