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Advanced speech recognition software for PC controlling and creating documents, chat, surfing the Web and writing e-mails at speaking, not typing, pace.

With Dragon desktop dictation solutions, users can create and edit documents or email without typing. Dragon gives you the freedom to interact with your computer in a more natural environment, so users can focus more on the actual content of your documents instead of the manual task of typing.

It is available in the following editions:

  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking Home: Email friends, search the web, dictate homework assignments and more. From everyday tasks to personal projects, Dragon 13 Home helps you get things done in a fun, easier way using just your voice
  • Dragon Professional Individual: Drive productivity at work and create and transcribe documents, short-cut repetitive steps, by voice
  • Dragon Professional Group: Enterprise-ready speech recognition software features powerful, easily sharable customisation and integrates into current workflows to drive workplace productivity

Key Features:

Dragon Home features:

  • Dictate: Dictate, edit and format memos, to-do lists or even a memoir. Think out loud to capture ideas in Microsoft, Notepad, WordPerfect and other popular applications.
  • Web search: Use your voice to search the web or specific websites for recipes, information, videos, directions or browse online stores with commands.
  • Email & calendar: Email friends and family by dictating, editing and sending messages with your favorite web-based email accounts and manage kids activities, social engagements and other appointments in your calendar with voice commands.
  • Social & chat: Update your Facebook and Twitter status and navigate social media without touching the keyboard, plus speak into a chat client instead of typing to quickly IM friends and family with commands

Dragon Professional Individual features:

  • Powered by Deep Learning: With a next-generation speech engine leveraging Deep Learning technology, Dragon adapts to your voice or environmental variations, even while youre dictating.
  • Work on the road: Dragon works with popular form factors, such as portable touchscreen PCs. And it syncs with Dragon Anywhere, the separate, cloud-based mobile dictation solution, letting you create and edit documents of any length by voice directly on your iOS or Android device for seamless productivity no matter where your job takes you.
  • Advanced customisation and personalisation:With advanced personalisation features, like the ability to create custom commands and custom words, Dragon Professional Individual allows you to tailor it to the way you work for big productivity gains.
  • Easy transcription: Dictate into a digital voice recorder and Dragon will automatically transcribe the recordings when you connect to your desktop.

Dragon Professional Group features:

  • Dragon speech recognition: Your organisation can speed turnaround of more complete, accurate documentation to meet critical deadlines, minimise compliance liability and reduce outside transcription costs.
  • Dragon Anywhere Group: Easily integrate Nuance's cloud-based into your mobile documentation workflow and enable mobile professionals to complete documentation requirements in real-time, by voice, via iOS and Android smartphones and tablets.
  • Nuance Management Center (NMC): Makes it easy to track usage and centrally manage licenses, user accounts and profiles, administrative settings and custom words and commands across the enterprise.

Dragon - Features


Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard enables you to talk to your computer and watch the words appear in common Microsoft Windows based applications including popular e-mail clients, word processors and web browsers. Launch programs, create, edit and format documents and manage the desktop using vocal commands. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard fully integrates with mainstream software, such as Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, Outlook Express, Internet Explorer and AOL.

Features in version 10

  • Up to 99% Accurate and Three Times Faster than Typing
    Most people speak over 120 words per minute, but type less than 40 words a minute. That means you can create documents and emails about three times faster with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Dragon never makes a spelling mistake, and it actually gets smarter the more you use it!
  • Easy to Use
    Dragon NaturallySpeaking installs quickly and requires no special script reading. New on-screen help and tutorials will make you an expert user in no time.
  • Use with Many Windows Programs
    Use your voice to dictate, edit and control applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and AOL.

Features in Version 9

  • Improved Speech Recognition Accuracy - The new Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 speech engine is up to 20% more accurate than version 8.
  • No Training Required - Get started instantly with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 without having to read any scripts or training text.
  • Expanded Support for New Applications - Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 now supports Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird.
  • New Tutorials - New tutorials simplify the training process, so you can be an expert Dragon NaturallySpeaking user right away.
  • Support for Non-standard Edit Controls - Support for Non-standard Edit Controls means you get full Dragon functionally, such as "Select-And-Say" in more applications than ever before. New supported edit controls include Borland's TMemo, TEdit & TRichEdit controls as well as TE Edit from SubSystems and TX Text from TX Text Control.
  • Select-And-Say Indicator - Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 includes a new indicator that lets you know when you have “Select and Say” functionality available.
  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking Command Browser - The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Command Browser is faster and easier to use than ever before.

Other Features Include:

  • Add Terms and Contact Names - Scan your documents, contact names, and sent e-mails to update your vocabulary so you never have to spell a name again.
  • Dictate into Favorite Programs - Dictate directly into virtually any Microsoft Windows-based application.
  • Navigate Desktop by Voice - Launch or switch applications, save or print documents, and more, using menu commands for all standard Windows-based applications.
  • Eliminate "Ums" and "Ahs" from Dictation - The built-in Nothing But Speech (NBS) technology increases accuracy by filtering out inadvertent fillers and sounds between words.
  • Control Mouse by Voice - Use multiple methods - including commands like "move mouse upper left" - to work hands-free.
  • Work on the Web by Voice - Search the Web, access information, and navigate web pages by speaking URLs and links.
  • Multiple Correction Methods - Select and correct a misrecognized word - using voice, mouse, or keyboard - without going into a correction window, and the software will learn from your correction.
  • Edit by Voice - Use Select-and-Say to make text changes by voice in many dialogs and applications.
  • Work in Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect - Dictate, edit, and navigate more easily in Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect.
  • Natural Punctuation - When dictating casual writing styles, you no longer have to say "period" and "comma".

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Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred offers home and small office users the ability to talk to a computer and watch the words appear in virtually any Microsoft Windows-based application including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Outlook Express, Internet Explorer and Corel WordPerfect. Launch programs, create documents and reports and manage the by voice by dictating into a ScanSoft certified Pocket PC or handheld digital recorder and transcribing the dictated speech when synchronising with a PC. Use RealSpeak Proofing to hear the text in documents read back in the most natural sounding synthesized voice available or hear the recorded dictation.

Features in version 10 include:

  • Up to 99% Accurate and Three Times Faster than Typing
    Most people speak over 120 words per minute, but type less than 40 words a minute. That means you can create documents and emails about three times faster with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Dragon never makes a spelling mistake, and it actually gets smarter the more you use it!
  • Easy to Use
    Dragon NaturallySpeaking installs quickly and requires no special script reading. New on-screen help and tutorials will make you an expert user in no time.
  • Use with Many Windows Programs
    Use your voice to dictate, edit and control applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and AOL.
  • NEW Search the Web and Your Computer with Dragon Voice Shortcuts
    Use Dragon Voice Shortcuts to quickly search for information on the Web or on your own computer. Need to find some information on the Web? Just say Search the Web for global warming articles, Search Wikipedia for George Washington Carver, or Search eBay for Batman comic books. Searching the Web or your computer has never been faster or easier.
  • Bluetooth Support
    Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with Nuance-approved Bluetooth headsets.
  • Be Productive on the Go
    Dictate into any Nuance-certified handheld device for automatic transcription when you synch with your PC.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional enables corporate and professional users to speak and see words appear on a screen in letters, spreadsheets and forms. Dictate memoranda, reports and other documents, enter data, fill-in forms, send e-mail and work on the Web by voice. Perform complex tasks using a spoken word or phrase, customise vocabulary and commands to match workflow, listen to incoming e-mail and documents and reduce the need for manual transcription. It is integrated with the full Microsoft Office suite and Corel WordPerfect and works with virtually all Microsoft Windows-based applications including enterprise information management systems.

Features in version 10 include:

  • Up to 99% Accurate and Three Times Faster than Typing
    Most people speak more than 120 words per minute, but type less than 40 words a minute. That means you can create documents and emails about three times faster with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Dragon never makes a spelling mistake, and it actually gets smarter the more you use it!
  • Easy to Use
    Dragon NaturallySpeaking installs quickly and requires no special script reading. New on-screen help and tutorials will make you an expert user in no time.
  • Use with Any Windows Program
    Use your voice to dictate, edit and control virtually any Windows application, including the full Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Corel WordPerfect.
  • Streamline Complex or Repetitive Document-Creation Tasks
    Create custom voice commands to automate and streamline repetitive tasks that you perform dozens of times a day. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Professional allows organizations to set up macros of frequently used signatures, boilerplates, phrases, paragraphs and more so that multi-step processes can be automatically executed with a single voice command.
  • Network Ready
    Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Professional offers administrative tools to manage large user populations. Organizations with large deployments can centrally manage voice profiles, custom vocabularies and multiple installations.
  • Productivity for Mobile Workers
    Dictate into any Nuance-certified handheld device for automatic transcription when you synch with your PC. Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with Nuance-approved Bluetooth headsets for great dictation results without the wires. Convenient to use with a Tablet PC system.
  • Provide Accessibility for Disabled Workers, and Protect Employees from Repetitive Stress Injuries
    Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Professional can help organizations meet their disability management needs because it's Section 508 certified. Whether employees are permanently disabled or just in temporary rehabilitation, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Professional can keep everyone on the job. Plus, by using voice to control the PC and create documents, users reduce their risk of developing repetitive strain injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome.
  • NEW Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Email and Calendar
    At any time, no matter what is active on the screen, you can automatically create and address an email. For example, while reviewing a Web site, you may need to send an email to colleagues. Just say, send email to Jon Smith and Raphael Sanchez," and Dragon will activate your email program, create a new email and put the contact name(s) you said into the "to:" box. Or to schedule a group meeting, you can say, "Schedule meeting with [name of saved distribution list], and Dragon jumpstarts the process by opening a new calendar entry in Outlook and adding the selected contact(s). See the feature highlight.
  • NEW Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Web Search
    Make searching the Web faster and easier. Just say a command containing your desired search words, such as "Search the Web for financial management resources," or "Search maps for Italian restaurants in Burlington Mass.," and Dragon will use the default search engine and Web browser to enter your dictated term(s) in the search field and return the results. You can also search specific sites or search the Web for a specific type of information using commands such as Search Wikipedia for George Washington Carver, or Search eBay for Bluetooth headsets. Sites supported by Dragon Voice Shortcuts include Google, Yahoo, eBay, Wikipedia, YouTube and more. See the feature highlight.
  • NEW Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Desktop Search
    Search the computer as directly as the Web, by dictating the word(s) to find documents, emails and web browsing history. For example, you can say, Search computer for launch plans, and Dragon will complete the search using Google Desktop or Windows Vista desktop search. In addition, commands such as, Find an email about the Robinson report directly open the top email containing the dictated keywords. Searching the computer has never been faster or easier.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional version 10 - Ultimate Access edition

Based around the award winning, highly accurate NaturallySpeaking Professional version 10 engine, Ultimate Access delivers highly accurate text creation (by voice) alongside custom built voice commands specifically for applications such as Read & Write and Zoomtext.
Included with the Ultimate Access (tm) edition is an extensive series of additional NaturallySpeaking Professional voice commands for the following assistive technology software applications:
  • ZoomText Magnifier/Screen reader version 9
  • TextHelp Read and Write Gold and Standard version 8/9
  • SparkSpace version 3/4

In addition to this, Ultimate Access (tm) provides new voice commands for:

  • Internet Explorer version 6
  • Windows 2000, XP & Vista accessibility options

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Whats New in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.1?

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.1, the newest version of the worlds best-selling speech recognition software, introduces the ability to install and run Dragon on Microsoft Vista 64-bit systems.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.1 introduces the following functionality:

  • Installs and runs on Microsoft Vista 64-bit systems
  • Extends Dragons Web capabilities to Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3
  • Enhanced documentation, including a Commands Quick Reference sheet and updated Installation Guide and Users Guide, as well as updated Help files and Tutorials

New Features in Version 10


Your transcribed words now appear on the screen in half the time it took in the past. With new Dragon Voice Shortcuts, you can search the Web for information, products, news and more with a single voice command. Updated graphical icons for the DragonBar are intuitive and easy to see. New Quick Voice Formatting makes it easier to format, delete, and copy words and passages with a single command.
  • More Accurate Than Ever (ALL EDITIONS)
    Up to 15% more accurate speech recognition.
    Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 delivers on what matters most in speech recognition: accuracy. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 offers accuracy levels that are unrivaled in desktop speech recognition, up to15% more accurate than version 9, and about 55% more accurate than the product delivered just five years ago. Dragon NaturallySpeaking users gain the added benefit of avoiding spelling errors and typing mistakes. In fact, the product actually learns from your corrections over time, making speech a more natural and satisfying experience.
  • Faster Than Ever (ALL EDITIONS)
    The words appear on the screen as soon as you say them Compared to Version 9, Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 delivers 50% faster results in turning speech into text. Words appear on the screen as soon as you say them. Since some users pause in the dictation process to check the accuracy of the dictation, the ability to watch words appear on the screen as soon as you say them facilitates a more seamless dictation experience. Most people speak about 120 words per minute, but type less than 40 words a minute. Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets users create documents about three times faster than typing by hand!
  • Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Web Search (PREFERRED, PROFESSIONAL, LEGAL & MEDICAL)
    Dragon Voice Shortcuts collapse common tasks into simple voice commands. Now you can search the Web faster than ever before Use Dragon Voice Shortcuts make searching for information on the Web faster and easier. Need to find some information on the Web? Just say Search the Web for financial management resources, or Search maps for Italian restaurants in Burlington, Mass., and Dragon will use the default search engine and Web browser to enter the term in the search field and return the results. Working with Googles Im Feeling Lucky search, you can say, Find a site about motorcycles, and Dragon will open the top-ranked site directly. You may also search specific sites directly for video, images and news using commands such as Search Wikipedia for George Washington Carver, Search eBay for Bluetooth headsets. Sites supported by Dragon Voice Shortcuts include Google, Yahoo, eBay, Wikipedia, YouTube, about.com, and more.
  • Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Desktop Search (PREFERRED, PROFESSIONAL, LEGAL & MEDICAL)
    Dragon Voice Shortcuts collapse common tasks into simple voice commands. Now you can search your desktop faster than ever before Search your computer using voice commands as easily as you can search the Web. You can quickly locate information on your computer including documents, email and Web history all by voice. For example, you can say, Search computer for launch plans and Dragon will complete the desktop search for you using Google or Windows Vista desktop search. Commands such as, Find an email about the Robinson report, directly open the top email for the given keywords. Searching your computer has never been faster or easier.
  • Quick Voice Formatting (Delete and Format commands) (ALL EDITIONS)
    Format and delete words faster than ever
    Dragon 10 streamlines the commands required to format and delete text. Rather than commanding the system to select the relevant word(s) or phrase and then issuing a format command (e.g., select very, bold that), you now simply issue a single voice command, such as Bold very.
  • Improved Help System and Tutorials (ALL EDITIONS)
    Customizable help screens remind you of your favorite commands
    Dragon 10 offers an enhanced interactive tutorial with a completely new look and feel. The new Web and Flash-based system offers improved navigation of the help system to put comprehensive resources at the users fingertips.
  • New UI Look and Feel (ALL EDITIONS)
    Updated icons are intuitive and easy to see
    Dragon 10 introduces new graphical icons to enhance the DragonBar user interface, making the product easier to use. The new MyCommands Window (Dragon Medical only) offers users a way to quickly get an overview of user-specific commands that can be filtered to meet user needs.
  • More Flexible Enrollment for younger speakers and users with certain speech impairments
    Self-paced enrollment is available for speakers who have difficulty reading interactive text passages Special simplified voice enrollment is available for speakers who have difficulty reading interactive text passages. Dragon 10 set-up now offers dysarthric support to tune acoustic models during initial configuration. By making it easier to read the text used to train the product to an individual users voice, Dragon 10 improves the experience for younger users and users with certain speech impairments.
  • Automatic Accent Tuning (ALL EDITIONS)
    Dragon 10 will automatically adjust to many regional accents the first time you use it
    Following a significant data collection effort, Dragon 10 incorporates new acoustic models that automatically adjust to recognize regional accents during enrollment. Dragon 10 will help everyone get better recognition accuracy from the very first use.
  • Option to Disable Microsoft Text Services (CTFMon) (ALL EDITIONS)
    Option to easily turn off Alternative User Input Text Input Processor (CTFMon) to eliminate potential conflicts with Dragon Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 introduces an option that reduces to a simple checkbox the multi-step process of turning off services, such as advanced technical services on Windows XP or handwriting features on tablet PCs, that may conflict with Dragon commands.
  • Option to Disable Web Commands (ALL EDITIONS)
    Disable HTML commands separately from dictation support
    During dictation, a user is occasionally faced with hyperlinks that conflict with words or phrases that the user needs to dictate. In the past dictating these words functioned as a click on a hyperlink. The previous option to disable this functionality also disabled the native dictation support for HTML boxes. Users now have the ability to disable HTML command support separately from dictation support.
  • Automatic Accuracy Tuning (ALL EDITIONS)
    Dragon can automatically run tuning programs to improve accuracy while you sleep
    Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 introduces a new Language Model Wizard that aids the selection of the correct language model and acoustical model when creating a new speaker profile. By selecting, periodically optimize user profiles, Dragon can be set to process your models based on data and corrections on a regular basis to improve accuracy. Letting Dragon perform these optimizations helps to generate personal accuracy improvements over time.
  • Auto Configuration Based on System Profile (ALL EDITIONS)
    Latency configuration on slow machines
    To balance the demands of speed vs. accuracy within a Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 system that has been loaded on a machine with a small cache size (1 MB or lower), Dragon 10 will disable the natural language processing commands to enable fast recognition results. The user has the option to turn these commands back on if the preference is to improve accuracy over speed.
  • Embedded Data Collection Tool (ALL EDITIONS)
    Data Collection engine embedded in the product
    A New User Wizard invites users to participate in a program designed to collect data to improve the overall accuracy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. The option is off by default.

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Product Matrix

Desktop Application Support

Features Standard Preferred Professional
Dictate into most Microsoft Windows-based applications
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Control menus and dialog boxes in most Microsoft Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000-based applications by voice
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Simultaneous dictation and command modes
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Internet Explorer 5, 6, 7
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AOL 7, 8, 9
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Word 2000, XP, 2003, 2007
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WordPerfect 11, 12, 13
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Outlook Express 5, 6
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Excel 2000, XP, 2003, 2007
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Outlook 2000, XP, 2003, 2007
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PowerPoint 2000, XP, 2003, 2007
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Lotus Notes 6, 7
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Mozilla Firefox
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Mozilla Thunderbird
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InfoPath
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Section 508 certified
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Support for Multiple Users

Features Standard Preferred Professional
Import/export user files
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Import/export macros
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Import/export vocabularies
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Specialized vocabularies available for purchase
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Citrix thin client dictation support
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Roaming user (user profile available anywhere on the network)
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Create multiple custom vocabularies using text documents IT administrator manual
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Network tools for centralized vocabulary management
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Editing and Third-party Transcription Tools

Features Standard Preferred Professional
Format and edit by voice
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Save audio with text dictation
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Voice notations feature for Microsoft Word
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Text to speech read-out
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AutoTranscribe folder
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Third-party correction tools
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Select and Say indicator to edit by voice
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Dictation playback
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Quick Start

Features Standard Preferred Professional
Microphone included
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No training required
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New tutorials
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USB audio support
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Flexible enrollment
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Auto Configuration for Optimal Performance
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Regional Accent Support
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Surfing the Web

Features Standard Preferred Professional
Search the Web by voice using Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or AOL
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Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Web
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Say web and browser links by voice
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Mobile and Wireless Dictation

Features Standard Preferred Professional
Multiple dictation sources
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Use with handheld digital recorder
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Dictate into Pocket PC or Palm one tungsten
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Support for cordless or array microphones
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Support for Bluetooth microphones
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Voice Commands to Complete PC Tasks

Features Standard Preferred Professional
Text and graphics dictation shortcuts
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Complex macro support
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Macro recorder
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Basic scripting commands
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Advanced Microsoft VBA compatible scripting
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Mouse control by voice
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Smart commands
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Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Desktop Search
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Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Email and Calendar
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Document Creation

Features Standard Preferred Professional
Natural punctuation
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Quick Voice Formatting
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DragonTemplates with VoiceFields
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Customize formatting and for dates, acronyms, and other word properties
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Add new words to the vocabulary
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Nothing But Speech (automatically eliminate um/ah)
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Dragon - System Requirements

System Requirements

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard:

Minimum Specifications

  • CPU: Intel Pentium4 or later or AMD Athlon 64 1 GHz or later. (SSE2 instruction set required).
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM for Windows Vista)
  • Free hard disk space: 1 GB (2 GB for localized non-English versions)
  • L2 Cache: 512 KB

Supported Operating Systems:

  • Windows Server 2000
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows XP SP2 or higher, 32-bit
  • Windows 2000 SP4 or higher
  • Windows Vista or Windows Vista SP1, 32-bit
  • Installs and runs on Microsoft Vista 64-bit systems
  • DVD-ROM drive (required for installation)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher
  • Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included), Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording, speakers (required for playback of recorded speech and text to speech features)
  • For Bluetooth wireless microphone support
  • A Web connection is required for activation

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred:

Minimum Specifications

  • CPU: Intel Pentium4 or later or AMD Athlon 64 1 GHz or later. (SSE2 instruction set required).
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM for Windows Vista)
  • Free hard disk space: 1 GB (2 GB for localized non-English versions)
  • L2 Cache: 512 KB

Supported Operating Systems:

  • Windows Server 2000
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows XP SP2 or higher, 32-bit
  • Windows 2000 SP4 or higher
  • Windows Vista or Windows Vista SP1, 32-bit
  • Installs and runs on Microsoft Vista 64-bit systems
  • DVD-ROM drive (required for installation)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher
  • Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included), Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording, speakers (required for playback of recorded speech and text to speech features)
  • For Bluetooth wireless microphone support
  • A Web connection is required for activation

Recommended Specifications

  • CPU: Intel Pentium4 / 2.4 GHz (1.6 GHz dual core) or equivalent AMD processor. (SSE2 instruction set required).
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • L2 Cache: 1 MB

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional

Minimum Specifications

  • CPU: Intel Pentium4 or later or AMD Athlon 64 1 GHz or later. (SSE2 instruction set required).
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM for Windows Vista)
  • Free hard disk space: 1 GB (2 GB for localized non-English versions)
  • L2 Cache: 512 KB

Supported Operating Systems:

  • Windows Server 2000
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows XP SP2 or higher, 32-bit
  • Windows 2000 SP4 or higher
  • Windows Vista or Windows Vista SP1, 32-bit
  • Installs and runs on Microsoft Vista 64-bit systems
  • DVD-ROM drive (required for installation)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher (free download available at www.microsoft.com)
  • Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included), Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording, speakers (required for playback of recorded speech and text to speech features)
  • For Bluetooth wireless microphone support, please visit support.nuance.com/compatibility/
  • A Web connection is required for activation