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Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard | 
| From: Nuance Communications, Inc.
Category: Software
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $69.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 53
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 2.9
MPN: A309A-G01-10.0
Model: A309A-G01-10.0
UPC: 780420119208
EAN: 0780420119208
ASIN: B001B5J7T8
Release Date: August 11, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Offers unprecedented speech recognition with unrivaled accuracy levels | | • | Dictate and edit in virtually any Windows application, including Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and AOL | | • | Compose emails and instant messages or surf the Web just by speaking | | • | Quick Voice Formatting commands allow users to issue a single voice command to make deleting and formatting text faster than ever | | • | Everything you need to get started, including a high-quality headset |
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Product Description
Now you can create documents on your PC without having to type. Dragon NaturallySpeaking enables professional PC users to create documents and emails, fill out forms, and streamline workflow tasks - all by speaking. It is fast, easy and amazingly accurate. It offers complete hands-free use of the PC for disabled users. You can use the Standard version with almost any Windows program, including the full Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Corel WordPerfect. It also supports Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, and has simultaneous Dictation and Command Modes. Format, edit and control your mouse by voice. It also includes the Nothing But Speech (NBS) Natural Punctuation, USB Audio Support, and Say Web and Browser Links by Voice. BRBR Use with Bluetooth headsets - Microphone Included Mobile - Dictate into a supported digital voice recorder for automatic transcription when you sync with your PC Hands-Free Robust Customization - Create commands that enters blocks of text. Import personal words and phrases into the existing vocabulary. Streamline repetitive tasks Use with Almost Any Windows Program, including the full Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Corel WordPerfect Support for Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Simultaneous Dictation, Command Modes Format and Edit, Mouse Control by Voice Nothing But Speech (NBS) Natural Punctuation USB Audio Support Say Web and Browser Links by Voice Minimum System Requirements - Dual Core 2.0 GHz and 2 GB RAM
Amazon.com
With Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard, a user can talk to the computer and watch the spoken words instantly appear in documents, email and instant messages. Users can even surf the Web just by speaking. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 turns voice into text three times faster than typing, and it delivers up to 99% accuracy. It learns to recognize the user's voice instantly, and continually improves the more it's used. table width="300" cellpadding="10" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001B5J7T8-1-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiTalk to the computer and watch the spoken words instantly appear in documents, email and instant messages. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001B5J7T8-2-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiQuick Voice Formatting makes deleting and formatting text faster than ever. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B001B5J7T8-3-th.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiNew on-screen help and tutorials help users become experts in no time. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr /table pSpeech recognition software products like Dragon use the human voice as the main interface between the user and the computer. Millions of users turn to Dragon each day to make PC interaction easier, faster and more fun. Users can dictate and edit in virtually any Windows application, including Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and AOL. This revolutionary and easy-to-use product gives users everything they need to get started, including a high-quality headset. h3bTurn Talk Into Text/b/h3 pbAccurate Speech Recognition for PC Applications/bbr Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard offers unprecedented speech recognition with unrivaled accuracy levels: it's up to 20% more accurate than Version 9, with up to 50% more accurate results than the product delivered just five years ago. Users gain the added benefit of avoiding spelling errors and typing mistakes. In fact, the product actually learns from corrections over time. pbWorks With the Applications Users Already Have/bbr Dictate directly into Microsoft Word and most other Microsoft Office applications running on Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Vista. Dragon also supports popular programs such as Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and AOL. Navigate the desktop by voice: launch or switch applications, save or print documents, and more--even control menus and dialog boxes. pbCreate and Edit Documents and Messages/bbr Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 introduces new graphical icons to enhance the DragonBar user interface, making the product even easier to use. pUsers can quickly add custom words, such as proper names, to the system's vocabulary. pQuick Voice Formatting commands allow users to issue a single voice command, such as "Bold Quick Voice Formatting" to make deleting and formatting text faster than ever. In addition, unique Natural Language Commands mean users don't have to memorize complex instructions. In Word, for example, a user can say, "make that bigger," and the font size increases instantly. pWith the automatic punctuation option, users can omit spoken periods and commas during dictation--Dragon NaturallySpeaking enters them automatically. pbSend Email, Instant Messages and Surf the Web--All by Voice/bbr Users can browse the Internet with ease: search the Web, access information and navigate Web pages, simply by speaking URLs and links. h3bUser Benefits/b/h3 pbFaster than Typing/bbr Most people speak more than 120 per minute but type less than 40 words a minute. That means users can create documents and email messages more than three times faster using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard. The software never makes a spelling mistake, and it actually gets smarter the more it's used. pbFun and Easy to Use--Get Started Right Away/bbr Dragon NaturallySpeaking installs quickly and requires no special script reading. New on-screen help and tutorials help users become experts in no time. Users can dictate letters and emails instantly! A comfortable, high-quality headset is included. pbAvoid Repetitive Strain Injuries/bbr By using voice to control the PC and create documents, users reduce their risk of developing repetitive strain injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. brbr p table width="800" tr tdh3bKey Feature Differences Between Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard and Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred/b/h3 /td tddiv align="center"strongDragon 10br / Preferred/strong/div/td tddiv align="center"strongDragon 10br / Standard/strong/div/td /tr tr td width="74%" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"More accurate than Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9/td td width="13%" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center" blockquote p#8226;/p /blockquote /div/td td width="13%" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td /tr tr tdFaster than Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td /tr tr td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"New on-screen help and tutorials--be an expert user right away/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td /tr tr tdCreate documents, email and instant messages--simply by speaking/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td /tr tr td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"Surf the Web by voice/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td /tr tr tdNo enrollment required--get started instantly/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td /tr tr td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"New on-screen help and tutorials--be an expert user right away/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td /tr tr tdDictate directly into virtually any Microsoft Windows application/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td /tr tr td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"Control menus and dialog boxes by voice in virtually any Microsoft Windows application/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td /tr tr tdNatural commands for Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Excel/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td tddiv align="center"/div/td /tr tr td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"Dragon Voice Shortcuts to speed Web and desktop search/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"/div/td /tr tr tdAutomatically transcribe recordings from Nuance-approved handheld recorders or Pocket PCs/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td tddiv align="center"/div/td /tr tr td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"Wireless microphone support, including Bluetooth/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"/div/td /tr tr tdIncludes Nuance RealSpeak for turning text into human-sounding synthesized speech/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td tddiv align="center"/div/td /tr tr td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"Play back your dictation for easier correction and proofing/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"/div/td /tr tr tdInsert your signature, logo or boilerplate text in any file with a simple voice command/td tddiv align="center"#8226;/div/td tddiv align="center"/div/td /tr tr td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"Import/export your user files to use on any PC with Dragon NaturallySpeaking/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"#8226;/div/td td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"div align="center"/div/td /tr /table
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 I can't believe how well this product works! November 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
wow I have only had this product for a day and a half. And I am very very impressed with it. The installation of the product(dragon) only took about 10 minutes to install. The voice recognition took about another 10 to fully understand my voice patterns. Actually it started understanding my voice within the first 1 to 2 seconds. I already sent out a ton of e-mails to friends and family. Telling them about this product. All of them are super impressed that for the most part I never even have to touch the keyboard. Most of them have seen my previous e-mails and no that I'm not the greatest typer in the world and misspell words quite a bit. They are impressed of how accurate this software is. For a person like me with a reading disability. This product I would have to say is the best product on the market for people with disabilities. I have dictated this entire review and Dragon has tight every word of it with few mistakes. Occasionally I will have to hit the backspace button and most of the time it is my dictation error that I have to correct. I would recommend this product to anyone that might not have the dexterity to type for long periods of time. Or people with reading disabilities that might not be able to spell very well like myself. This product is awesome. Oh yeah I also read a review before I bought this product that said the man or woman who installed the product on their PC said it had a rocky installation on Vista. I did not run into any problems that they indicated. This product is a dream come true for me.br /br /Landon
 great when it works November 18, 2008
I had to get Dragon Naturally Speaking Standard 10 since my newer Vista Laptop doesn't accept my old Dragon version 7, and the built in Vista word recognition is so cruddy, refusing to even work on the Microsoft Word Processor, insisting on only working on the Word, which you must pay extra for. On the one hand, it does work slightly better than 7 even after years of training 7. No need of long training sessions before it even starts to recognize your voice correctly. Right out of the box it works better than 7 in almost every way. However, it does have 2 problems. One, when you say period, at odd intervals, it not only puts in the period, but a random capitol letter and erases any empty space between the random letter and the next word, even if it has to erase two or three empty lines to do it. The second is more frustrating. On random days about two to three weeks apart, it refuses to start. As I say, I have a laptop. Even though it worked perfectly adequately every day for a month, it suddenly refused to turn on because it could not find a multimedia card on my computer. (No laptop has one, as they all use a multimedia chip.) After three or four attempts I gave up. But the next morning it was back to running normally. Until two weeks later. When I tried to turn it on I got the same panic stricken notice that the multimedia card from my computer was missing or broken, and that it was impossible for Dragon to work on my computer until I installed a new card. Next day it ran normally, apparently never noticing the card wasn`t there.br /
 Watch out -- this only works on computers 2006 or later November 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What started out as excitement turned into a four hour nightmare of installation -- and we are NOT computer idiots. Nowhere on the box does it note that you must have an SSE2 chip in your computer (usually found in 2006 or later models). It simply indicates that it works with various OS, including our XP. (However, if you look at the 5 pt. print on the bottom right corner, it gives you a website to "check for compatibility" -- gosh, that's helpful, while you're standing in the store. *sarcasm here*) br /br /After you've spent three hours installing and reinstalling (it does helpfully tell you that it has run into a problem and needs to be reinstalled . . .), you start looking on-line, wondering "is it ME? . . .", and then discover, buried deep in Nuance's problem database, that you need an SSE2 chip. Okaaay . . . check, and sure enough, I only have an SSE chip. Drat. So, I follow the instructions and call Nuance (no evening or weekend hours). FOUR transfers and two hang-ups later, I found a guy who was willing to issue me a RMA to return the software, but only to be told that it would take them 6 to 8 weeks to refund my money. HELLO!?!?!? TWO MONTHS to refund money? No way. My retailer was kind enough to refund the money instantly after it insured that the program had been uninstalled . . br /br /And that's another annoyance. There is no "uninstall" on this software. And just when you think you got rid of it, you try to turn the computer off to reboot, and Dragon won't let you! It keeps telling you that "Dragon Naturally Speaking is still installing. Please wait until process is completed before turning off your computer." br /br /I know a lot of people like this software -- but if you have an SSE chip, DON'T buy the Version 10!!
Good Software... Headphones suck. November 10, 2008
I bought this for my boss and he hasn't had any problems and his only complaint was the headphones leave a lot to be desired. Punctuation, unless spoken, does not show up, but he has only been using it for a month so I don't know if that changes as the program learns.
Not many options for voice speech engines, but this one works well enough November 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Right out of the box, this software was helping me help my wife transcribe some tapes for her. My only criticisms have to do with editing commands. br /br /For instance, when you open the MyCommands editor, you will have to manually change the font from MS Sans Serif 7, unless that font works for you. This, too me, is pathetic.br /br /Also, I'm somewhat surprised that it doesn't automatically capitalize after a colon, or using the word, "Mr." or "Mrs."br /br /Another frustration for me, is many times while dictating a word like "help," DNS opens "Help" at the top of the Word title bar.br /br /The first reviewer posted that DNS 10 requires SSE2 capability, but didn't mention what it is, or who could be affected. Here you go:br /br /Streaming SIMD Extensions 2br /CPUs supporting SSE2br /AMD K8-based CPUs (Athlon 64, Sempron 64, Turion 64, etc) br /Intel NetBurst-based CPUs (Pentium 4, Xeon, Celeron, Celeron D, etc) br /Intel Pentium M and Celeron M br /Intel Core-based CPUs (Core Duo, Core Solo, etc) br /Intel Core 2-based CPUs (Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, etc) br /Intel Atom br /Transmeta Efficeon br /VIA C7 br /VIA Nano br /br /Notable IA-32 CPUs not supporting SSE2br /SSE2 is an extension of the IA-32 architecture. Therefore any architecture that does not support IA-32 does not support SSE2. x86-64 CPUs all implement IA-32, by definition. All known x86-64 CPUs also implement SSE2. Since IA-32 predates SSE2, early IA-32 CPUs did not implement it. SSE2 and the other SIMD instruction sets were intended primarily to improve CPU support for realtime graphics, notably gaming. A CPU that is not marketed for this purpose or that has an alternative SIMD instruction set has no need for SSE2.br /br /The following CPUs implemented IA-32 after SSE2 was developed, but did not implement SSE2:br /br /AMD CPUs prior to Athlon 64, including all Socket A-based CPUs br /Intel CPUs prior to Pentium 4 br /Via C3 br /Transmeta Crusoe br /br /If you do buy DNS, you will most likely find a forum by the name of knowbrainer.com while google-ing for help. Very helpful folks over there.
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