Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard 10.0 (PC DVD)

I bought the standard version of Naturally speaking as i didnt need the extra features of the other bundles. Amazon was far more cost effective than any other supplier I had found which was good. I use Windows 7 and I am currently testing Office 2010 so I wasnt sure if the product would work. It did work and installed as if I was using Vista which was fine for me. A couple of minor issues became apparent , I have 6 gig of ram and when using Dragon it would take up far more than its fair share which I thought was odd sometimes up too 2 gig , i dont think this would happen on a normal system so i have logged a bug. Secondly I would have liked to use the integrated mic in my laptop but the system would not give me the option and I was forced to use the one that came in the box as Dragon is convinced that all internal mics are substandard, that may be but i would rather check the results and make the choice myself. The actual use of the system is good , the learning process is fast , the commands easy to use. After a couple of days of use I was still not at a point where it became easier than typing , after a few more the use of the exturnal mic was annoying me as I use skype voice all the time so was forever plugging in and out. After a few weeks it has not been used for a while , I think as a concept it is great in reality i would probably have saved my money if they had let me demo it first!

I bought Dragon Naturally Speaking from another source earlier this year and had to return it as the headset was so brittle it snapped when taking it out of the bag.I had an email from Amazon recently showing it at a third of the price I had payed from the other source. I decided to try it again.The headset still leaves a lot to be desired and no matter how I tried the volume check kept throwing back at me as being too low even though I pushed everything to maximum. As luck would have it I had another, better headset from a version of ViaVoice from about ten years ago. This was so effective I got a message that the volume was too high and I had to wind the settings right down.I then gave the speech tutorials a quick run through and decided to do some dictation. Even though I have a real broad dialect the accuracy was unbelievable and is getting better day by day.For a standard version at a cracking price this is a must buy for anyone who would like the ease of use and to rest those weary hands and wrists from constant typing.Only four stars because of the poor headset.

My own health is deteriorating and in preparation for the time when I have trouble typing I thought I would get Dragon set up on my PC's (the licence allows you to have it in several PC's so long as you are the only person using it that copy). Several of my friends who also have MS use Dragon and spoke highly of it.I am still training it to recognise my slurred speach, and the exercises I have used it for so far have worked, although it does feel weird sitting in front of a PC talking to yourself!I do play the World of Warcraft game (a lot) and am hoping it will help me with that, several reports I have read have said it works with the game ...Although this report will not enlighten anyone greatly about the product, I have not anything bad to say about it.There are competative products also available, such as the free speech recognition program within Vista, which I have tried, but the free program did not feel as comprehensive as Dragon. My decision to actually buy a speach recognition program, rather than using a free program was really decided by the number of 'live' recomendations I got from the prople I knew (and the fact that Amazon had a 1/2 price promotion), most of who were using it in a chat area, their responses, replies etc could hardy be distinquished from people actually typing, although this report was typed by swooping eagles. When Dragon did make mistakes in interpreting speech, the results were so funny that they actually prompted new lines of chat!I have only used Dragon on the new Windows 7 (64 bit professional), although I know other people use it fine on Vista and XP.

I suffer from tendinitis and so decided it would be a good idea to get voice-recognition software. It's been a long time since I tried any speech-to-text product, but it quickly became apparent that NaturallySpeaking was the market-leader.Initially I was a little disappointed as I was using a gaming headset. Once I replaced that with a desktop microphone, I was very impressed.Although not perfect, I'd say it gets it right around 90% or so of the time. I'm sure this will improve as the software gets more and more used to the way in which I speak.For me, this software only has one real flaw - 64bit support. Now, before you freak out, it will work on 64bit windows vista and windows 7. However, at the time that I purchased my copy, it wasn't on the disc.That meant downloading the entire program from the manufacturer. Hopefully this will be included on the disc soon and no one else will have to wish they could've just bought a CD key from the company.Finally, yes the supplied headset was way too small for my head. I expected this though, given the number of times it's been mentioned by others.