Nuance Communications Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard 9

List Price: $99.99 Discount Price: $88.98

Features:

• Extended support for new applications
• Support for Non-standard Edit Controls such as Select-And-Say
• Work in Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect
• When dictating casual writing, you don't have to say period and comma
• Windows XP or 2000 (sp4)

Customer Reviews:

Does not save time for me! [Posted on 2007-09-29]
Impressive speech recognition but still makes unacceptable number of mistakes. Editing them, takes away any speed advantage. I am a South Asian physician with electronic medical records. I am still trying to achieve the ultimate goal of being able to get the computer to transcribe. However, still no real joy!Good fun though.
Dragon Naturally Speaking Standard V9

Excellent school aid [Posted on 2007-10-19]
I bought this for my 14 year old grandson. He uses it to do reports for school and thinks it is really cool. Instead of proofreading his work for spelling errors, this program does it for him. He has a tendency to mumble and the program won't work unless you speak clearly, so this was an unexpected plus and will hopefully carry over into everyday speech. Finally, because he enjoys using it, his reports are more detailed and thorough. He truly likes speaking "Dragon".

Time saver & speech coach [Posted on 2007-12-29]
When I've tried speech recognition products in the past they were cumbersome and any time savings was lost in correcting errors. With Natuarally Speaking there is still a learning process of how to use the tool and its many capabilites (like editing), but it is definitely a powerful, time-saving tool. It also has helped me see where my spoke word is unclear, so that I can start reworking how I communicate. Thus it has also become a speech coach.

Beware and be ready to pay $10 PER CALL to support line! [Posted on 2008-03-31]
I will definitely NOT buy this product. I refuse to be RIPPED OFF $10 for EACH AND EVERY time you e-maill or call customer service. This is totally ludicrous, and the support service should be included with the purchase of the product. Apparent Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking is trying to squeeze every nickle and dime out of their customers. I refuse to by any product by a company that will do that to their customers. I think this is about the ONLY company that charges for their support. Try to find an alternative voice recognition software company who will support their product free of charge. SHAME ON YOU, NUANCE DRAGON NATURALLY SPEAKING.

Good but takes lots of work [Posted on 2008-05-27]
I was anxious to use this product and got it loaded right away.
However, it takes quite some time to "train" the program to understand
your speaking style. I'm still working with it. It is superior to
the older products. I find I must speak more slowly than normal. I would
recommend if you have time to work with the product for 8-10 hours to
train it. I just haven't found all that time yet.

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