I’m a big fan of using Voice Recognition Software, especially since I suffered from RSI (repetitive Stress Injury), years ago. I’ve started using Dragon Naturally Speaking 8 and presently use 9. When I heard that Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 was out, my eyes lit up and had to grab myself a copy!! So how does this new version stack up? Read on.
Firstly, version 10 is supposed to be 20 percent more accurate than its predecessor, both which supposedly offers greater than 99 percent accuracy, which is great for me, because I found a few words worked better with this version. But what really got me going on this, is the fact that it supports noise cancelling headsets and microphones. I’m using a Panasonic noise cancelling head phone set which I picked up for about $26 and its really awesome! It can also be used with Bluetooth noise cancelling microphones and ups the speed to about 150 words per minute, which works fantastic for me!! As per the site, while I’m yet to try this, it can transcribe wav and mp3 files from a recording device. So which pretty much means, I can collect my thoughts through out the day and get it all converted to text by just playing it back! This is a fantastic feature especially for bloggers!!
If you also take the Dragon’s typing speed test! , you’ll get a hang of how fast or slow you need to go. I think it’s totally awesome, the progress DNS 10 has made and trust me, when you get your hands on this, it’s totally worth it!
Any downsides? Yes. It was quite a hassle on Vista 64 bit, but was a breeze on Windows XP. I still haven’t installed it completely on Vista, so will plan on doing that soon. Check out other Dragon Reviews too.
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October 17th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
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November 8th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Yeah, I gotta bit of news.
For the proud parents of new PCs that are Vista 64 they’ll find that Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 10 is not compatible, but for the individuals who want to upgrade their PCs and still remain/retain their investment of Dragon NaturallySpeaking; they can upgrade to this to 64 and install Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9.
There’s significant investment in the various different packages are offered by nuance for their speech recognition and with today’s market returning software packages to the store is not really an option [as your assumed to be a Pirate].
With the release of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9, the instructions, documentation and the packaging did not disclose if the software was compatible with a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system [that's been addressed with version 10]. It simply said Windows XP and Vista compatible.
Considering the price tag of some of the Dragon NaturallySpeaking packages, you can assume there was quite a bit of customer attention placed upon this problem. While Nuance was not willing to place any attention upon it, there were a select few who decided to try to tackle the problem and develop a solution; and they did.
From your article I think that you enjoy Dragon NaturallySpeaking as much as I do and I offer this article as a token to try and help your readers.
Regards,
NapoleonAG
Email/IM: NapoleonAG.TSS@Gmail.com
Website: http://www.TechSideStories.com
November 8th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Also if your readers are only interested and the ability to dictate information into any application in Windows, they can visit their local target department store and pick up a copy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking’ essentials’ for $30-$40 [Call local Target and ask for item# DCPI: 201-00-0169].
That DCPI# corresponds directly to Dragon naturally speaking 10.
Enjoy!