Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional

Details

From Legal, Insurance, Finance to Education and Social Services industries, countless professionals rely on Dragon Professional to automate their PC computing processes to work faster and smarter. Use Windows applications to create documents, send email, search the Web, and more — just by talking. Customize the vocabulary and commands to reflect your terminology and workflow. Create macros to automate business processes. Use your iPhone or iPod as a wireless microphone or use Dragon with a digital voice recorder, anywhere, anytime for productivity on the go. Dragon Professional provides security features, configuration options and administrative tools for managing large user networks.

Fast, Accurate Dictation
Dictate naturally to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, email and more — three times faster than typing — with up to 99% recognition accuracy.

Works with Most windows-based Applications
Use your voice to dictate, edit, and control applications like Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, and more. Dragon also works with many industry-specific software programs.

Control Your Computer by Voice
Use simple voice commands to create files, send email, schedule meetings, open and close applications, save documents, and search the Web or your PC faster than ever before.

Custom Vocabularies
Add unique names, acronyms and terminology tuned to your business or industry so that Dragon will recognize the words and phrases you use. Custom word lists can be imported and shared across the enterprise.

Time-saving Macros
Easily create or import custom voice commands that let you fill out forms, insert frequently used text and/or graphics, or automate processes.

More Productivity Away from the PC
Dictate into a Nuance-approved digital recorder from anywhere, at any time and Dragon will transcribe the resulting audio files. Wireless microphone support, including the ability to use your iPhone or iPod as a wireless microphone, delivers added convenience.

Ideal for Enterprise Deployments
Centrally manage voice profiles, custom vocabulary, feature access, and multiple installations over a network. Robust security features and administrative tools make Dragon enterprise ready.

Section 508 Certified
Meet government-mandated accessibility requirements for workers with disabilities. Prevent repetitive stress injuries and keep more employees on the job.
 

Features/Demos

• Feature Demos:

• Dragon Remote Microphone
• Improved Correction
• New Facebook and Twitter Commands
• Improved Formatting and Editing Commands
• General Dictation
• Searching the Web
  
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Features:

• Up to 99% speech recognition accuracy right out of the box
• Creation of  documents, reports, spreadsheets, or messages just by speaking
• Ability to compose emails or search the Web for information faster than ever with Dragon Voice Shortcuts
• Nuance Text-to-Speech technology that reads on-screen text in human-sounding synthesized speech
• Dragon Voice Shortcuts that let you create email, schedule appointments, and search your desktop using simple voice commands
• Creation of custom commands for inserting frequently used text and graphics or automating routine data entry
• Ability to use Dragon with a Nuance-approved digital voice recorder and automatically transcribe your recorded voice
• Support for multiple audio input devices; use Dragon with a wireless microphone, including Bluetooth
• Support for Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, and virtually any other Windows application
• Audio playback of your dictation with the associated transcription highlighted on the screen for easier proofreading and correction
• Ability to import/export custom word lists that can include commonly used proper names or industry-specific terminology
• Support for custom voice commands to quickly insert frequently used text and graphics
• Administrative security options to enable only select users to modify vocabularies; add/modify/create custom commands; and view/edit/export custom commands
• Dragon profiles centralized on the network ("Roaming" configuration)
• Remote management of wordlists, custom commands and vocabularies (Nsadmin.exe and Data Distribution Tool wizard)
• MSI installation
• High-quality headset microphone included with purchase

What's New

New features and enhanced capabilities introduced with Dragon 11 and 11.5 Professional include:

Improved Audio Input Options
•    The new Dragon Remote Microphone application converts your iPhone, iPad or iPhone touch into a wireless microphone.
•    The minimum reading time required to train Dragon for use with a digital recorder was reduced from 15 to 4 minutes. The enrollment user interface now guides the user through a simplified, clear set of instructions to set-up Dragon for use with a portable device.

Improved Corporate/Enterprise Usability  
•    Improvements to enterprise profile management make it easier to work with “roaming” user profiles based on specific network connections, and the enhanced open user dialog for large sites makes it faster to access multiple profiles.

Improved Speed and Accuracy 
•    15% greater accuracy out of the box compared to Dragon 10.
•    Improved ability to learn from corrections of misrecognitions —whether the revisions are dictated or typed — to deliver continuous accuracy improvements over time.
•    Response times significantly faster than Dragon 10 for dictating, for selecting application menu items by voice, and for executing voice commands to perform application functions.

Time-Saving Voice Commands
•    Enhanced editing and formatting capabilities enable you to make multiple selections, edits or formatting changes at one time for improved productivity and time savings. 
•    More Dragon Voice Shortcuts are included to consolidate multiple mouse clicks and keystrokes into a single voice command.
•    New desktop and document navigation commands let you switch effortlessly between open windows by just saying the number of the selected window. Other commands make it simpler than ever to launch popular Windows programs on demand or to scroll up or down through pages of text within Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, and 2010 programs.

More Intuitive User Interface
•    New Dragon Sidebar of commands makes it easier to discover and access important but often overlooked features, commands, and options.
•    Recognition analytics alert you where there is an audio issue so you can achieve the best accuracy.
•    Elimination of on-screen distraction enables you to focus more on your thoughts and ideas for better communication.
 

Tech Specs

System Requirements

The install process checks that your system meets the minimum requirements; if they are not met, Dragon NaturallySpeaking will not be installed.
• CPU: minimum 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent AMD processor or 1.66 GHz Intel® Atom® processor. We recommend 1.8 GHz Intel Dual Core or equivalent AMD processor. (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set required)
• Processor Cache: minimum 512 KB. We recommend 2 MB.
• Free hard disk space: 2.5 GB (3.2 GB for localized non-English versions)
• Supported Operating Systems:
o Microsoft Windows 7, SP1, 32-bit and 64-bit
o Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit
o Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 32-bit only
o Windows Server 2003 and 2008, SP1, SP2 and R2 SP1, 32-bit and 64-bit
• RAM: minimum 1 GB for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008. We recommend 2 GB RAM for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 4 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008 64-bit.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher (free download at www.microsoft.com)
• Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording
• DVD-ROM drive required for installation
• Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included in purchase). See details at

support.nuance.com/compatibility/

(includes Bluetooth microphones, recorders, and Tablet PCs).

*This edition of Dragon does not support dictation directly into Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems. For EMR support, please use Dragon Medical Edition.
 

Reviews

 What are customers saying about Dragon?

“Overall, Dragon 11.5 is the best version of Dragon that Nuance has released – and I’ve been using it since version 9. Performance is outstanding and recognition speed is virtually instantaneous. In my experience, the recognition accuracy in Dragon 11.5 is so improved that I only need look at my dictation when I mispronounce a word. Adding words to the vocabulary is easier now – a great feature since I use a large number of acronyms.”  Steve Smith, an Information Technology Consultant

“I work for an international technology analyst firm. I’m on the road approximately 4 days a week to different locations worldwide. Unfortunately with so much travel it becomes very difficult to capture my thoughts and publish them in a way that can provide value to all of our 40,000 plus customers. I’ve been using Dragon Professional for the last year to help me capture all of my thoughts in a way that allows me to free flow and later go back and edit. Dragon is a part of my window, it comes with me on the road, it’s here in my home office and I’ve recommended it to my colleagues. It helps me do what I do.” Frank Kenney, research director, Gartner, Inc.

“As Director of Contracts at a software company, I create, review and revise legal documents all day. I have tendonitis from repetitive motion (too much typing) so I use Dragon to dictate memos, emails, letters, notices, etc. and this saves me from the pain and strain typing puts on my hands. Not only that, Dragon is a great relief from eye strain as I can have my text dictated back to me after it is composed. Our entire company uses instant messaging as its preferred means of communicating with coworkers in other offices, departments and in a dozen other countries around the world. I use Dragon to dictate my messages and don't even have to hit the enter key to send them. A simple "click Send" command is all it takes. The more my hands are off the keyboard, the less pain I have, both literally and figuratively." Jaclyn R.

“Dragon NaturallySpeaking should be a mandatory purchase for everyone that wants to increase their productivity. Responding to e-mails, writing documents, developing Excel spreadsheets … things that took hours before, now take minutes.” Robert D

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