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 enlarge | From: Nuance Communications, Inc.
Category: Software
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $89.99
You Save: $110.00 (55%)
New (17) Used (4) from $60.00
Rating:  252 reviews
Sales Rank: 151
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp Home Edition, Windows Xp Professional
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Preferred
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: A109A-G00-9.0
Model: A109A-G01-9.0
UPC: 780420115095
EAN: 0780420115026
ASIN: B000H2049I
Release Date: July 25, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not recommended at all. Junk! May 31, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I write a lot of things on my computer. Thought I would improve my speed with this software. It is actually slowing me down. I received it in December, and have been using it almost daily to dictate. I am so unhappy with it, I just cut my losses. These folks will never give me my money back. After 5 months, it is still continuously misspelling a huge amount of words, and the punctuation is pathetic. I spend more time correcting words, upper and lower case, and punctuation. It is completely useless for me. I just recently dictated an e-mail to a friend, without making any corrections, and when I was finished, it made absolutely no sense. What good is a program, where I have to spend more time making corrections, that the original composition took. And this is not because I am not able to follow directions. I speak very clearly and concisely, and after the 5 months, it is still not able to serve me right. I feel ripped off by this software, and would not recommend it to an analphabet.
Worst possible customer service May 28, 2008
This product came bundled with a digital voice recorder. Sounded like a great idea...except that the philips voicetracker 7655 NEVER worked correctly from the moment it came out of the box. Nuance never stood behind the product and shuffled me off to deal with philips (no luck there either). I thought that maybe at least the software would work (what was I thinking!?). The program requires an extensive amount of computer resources and "training". The software was never able to remotely deliver on the promise of true voice recognition. I would stay away from this product and this company.
 Dragon is just fine May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Works well, take time to go through the tutorial if first time user. Wish it had better instructions on translating digitized voice from tape recorders. Has most of the features needed without going to the very pricey Professional version
Surprisingly good. Upgrade your microphone May 26, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
when I purchased Dragon NaturallySpeaking, I did so with very low expectations. 10 years ago, I had tried speech recognition software and it was abysmal. The world has moved on.
Training of Dragon NaturallySpeaking took no more than 10 to 15 minutes. The voice recognition accuracy started off good and has gotten increasingly better, as I've corrected and trained to the software when it made mistakes.
You can see from this review, which was dictated using the Dragon NaturallySpeaking, that the accuracy still isn't 100%. However, I find that I can dictate and correct much faster than I can type -- even though I'm a 70 words per minute typist. And using the software definitely saves wear and tear on my arms and wrists.
The software seems to work in most applications, including browsers, AOL Instant Messenger, Word. You also can use it for navigating around your computer, among your desktop icons, and even among the browser tabs in Firefox.
Two suggestions: First, be sure to fully train the software. Don't skip this step where Dragon NaturallySpeaking examines some of your Word files. This will allow the software to correctly interpret obscure names and acronyms that you might use.
Second, invest in it better microphone. Dragon NaturallySpeaking includes a flimsy, uncomfortable headset. Luckily for me, it broke after a week or so. I replaced it with a $20, five year old Logitech headset, which greatly improved both my comfort and the software is accuracy.
You never stop paying for this product May 8, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
When it works well, it's great, but when it doesn't, you're in for it. You can call Nuance for help, but they charge you $10 for the call, even if there's a bug in the program. If there is, you'll call many times at $10 a pop. Invariable the program freezes my computer & I have to restart. They blame it on Service Pack 2 & give you directions on how to disable it - if you can figure out the instructions. This is my 4th attempt at Dragon & I give up. Good luck.
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