I am looking for the differences in Radar Contact and VOXATC. I have read review on both and my understanding is the big difference is RC uses numbers to select phrases, as in FS* and VOXATC uses actual voice commands. Is this correct? What other differences are they between the two? I will also post this in VOXATC forum. It will be interesting to see what the two camps have to say about their product. I wish I knew of a site that did

i don't know anything about voxatc, i can't comment.jd

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In my opinion, the only things that VOXATC has over RC is their voice recognition and the text-to-speech technology, which allows it to say anything it wants, essentially. However, be prepared to spend some extra money to get realistic sounding voices with VOXATC. The default voices are the robotic Microsoft voices. To get a taste of what the default voices sound like, go to your Control Panel in Windows, go to Speech, and select 'Microsoft Sam' from the drop-down box. Those are the types of voices you will hear without purchasing additional TTS voices.RC works with FS's native AI traffic, while VOXATC generates its own traffic, but that traffic won't be visible to you. VOXATC for FSX supposedly generates traffic that is visible, but it won't use your traffic file to do so. It utilizes a workaround where AI traffic is displayed via the multiplayer interface. So it won't use those realistic flight plans that are included with a number of payware traffic addons. Having both, I can say that RC is the superior program at the moment. A greater variety of voices, and a more open-ended ATC system are RC's strengths. Having said that, I would love to see RC integrate speech recognition and TTS technology. It would make the experience that much better. Unfortunately, it would make the product that much more expensive, due to the drawbacks in purchasing new voices mentioned above.Hope this helps you in making a decision.

I confess that I got very excited about VoxATC when I 1st read about it in PC Pilot - they even had the 7 day demo on their dvd with the March/April issue, but then I realised that there were limitations - ie only 2 voices to begin with, and that there is/was another version in the pipeline costing

Hi John,I'm not familiar with VOXATC so comparison with RC4 would not be fair. The best opinions would come from those who have purchased both but I suspect those that have done so will possibly have ditched one in favour of the other.AvSim have reviewed both. This should help you to make up your mind about which one is best for you. You can read the reviews here...http://www.avsim.com/pages/0105/voxatc/voxatc.htmlhttp://www.avsim.com/pages/0206/RC4/RC4.htmAnd to be scrupulously fair I'll post this message in the VOXATC forum.Cheers,

Thank you J.C., Graham and Ray for your comments. Those do help a lot. J.C., your

Hello to everyone - I fly msfsx with all of my free time. One of the hardest things I had to conquer was not having voxatc in my fs, as I did with fs2004. But then I found radar contact - I immediately ordered it and after a little "putzing around" got it installed ok. It works! RC is a WONDERFUL program - Its only "drawback" is the voice recognition piece that voxatc gives you. But it is by FAR the better of the two products.Now to the nitty gritty - I'd pay $100 American for a RC that included voice recognition - if the truth is known, I'd probably pay more. I urge the developers to consider this - charge us whatever you have to to give us RC with the "good" voices that are available in VaxAtc - We'll buy it - just give us the chance - You could always have both products available for purchase.Lastly, this isn't a knock on VaxAtc at all - great product - it is just that, in my opinion, RC is the superior of the two, and it really isn't close.Gotta leave and go take a flight - I'm thinking Indianapolis to Cleveland, in my ERJ! ANXIOUSLY awaiting my delivery of the Airbus Delux package in just a couple more days.Happy Flying,CaptainKen