Dragon NaturallySpeaking Home

Details

With Dragon Home, you’ll be surprised at how much productivity and creativity is inside you. Dragon understands what you say and how you say it. Simply speak words and they appear on the screen — three times faster than typing — with no typos. Tell your PC what to do and it does it. Use Dragon Home with your favorite applications to dictate reports, send email, surf the Web, update Facebook, and more. Once you start using Dragon you’ll wonder how you managed without it.

Stop Typing, Start Talking
Say words and watch them appear on your screen in Word, WordPerfect, Outlook, and more — three times faster than typing — with up to 99% recognition accuracy right out of the box.

Express Yourself
Transform ideas into text at the speed of thought; don’t let typing or spelling slow you down. Convert your thoughts into words just by talking, it’s that simple!

Say It, Do It
Tell your PC what to do, such as “Search maps for financial advisors in Boston, Massachusetts” and it does it. Dragon understands and obeys your voice commands. It even gets to know you better over time so recognition accuracy keeps increasing.

Sit Back, Relax, and Get More Done
Control your PC in a comfortable, hands-free mode without being frustrated by your keyboard and mouse.

Use Your Favorite Applications
Dictate documents, send email and instant messages, search and surf the Web, and more -- using just your voice.

Get Personal
Dragon adapts to your voice and the words you use. You can even personalize Dragon with your own word lists of acronyms, proper names and other unique phrases.

Multi-task Like Never Before
Dragon Voice Shortcuts make it faster and easier than ever to create email, schedule appointments, and search the Web or your desktop for specific information or resources at anytime.

Have Fun at Your PC
Dragon is easy to install and fun to use. It changes the way you interact with your computer for the better so you can get more done faster and get on with your life.

Features/Demos

Feature Demos:

• General Dictation
• Searching the Web
• Correcting Text
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Features:

• Up to 99% speech recognition accuracy right out of the box
• Creation of documents, reports, or messages just by speaking
• 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 the Web or your desktop using simple voice commands
• Support for Microsoft Word, Open Office Writer, Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Firefox
• High-quality headset microphone included with purchase

What's New

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

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.

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. 
•    Improves recognition response time; faster than previous editions when selecting application menu items by voice; faster when executing voice commands that perform actions within applications.

More Intuitive User Interface
•    New Dragon Sidebar of commands makes it easier to discover and access important but often overlooked features, commands, and options. Version 11.5 delivers additional application contexts to the Sidebar and layout improvements to maximize content and readability.
•    Recognition Analytics alerts you when there is an audio issue so you can achieve the best accuracy.
•    Elimination of on-screen distractions enables you to focus more on your thoughts and ideas for better communication.
•    New Facebook and Twitter commands make it faster and easier to update your status by voice.
•    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 users 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.

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 (2.8 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?

“I am the world’s worst typist…Dragon enabled me to become more productive in my work, and to correspond with the family members, whom I never corresponded with before because it simply took too long.” Dennis B.

“Dragon is far and away the best tool that I have ever purchased to help me deal with RSI issues.” Ed. C.

"It is truly amazing, and my fellow classmates are in awe at home fast I am able to get my work done.” Emily D.

“Being free from typing improves my speed and creative writing ability.” Jeffrey T.

“I’ve always enjoyed writing, but Dragon has definitely added to my joy. Each day, I find something new and wonderful that it can do. It is an amazing product.” Linda R.

“Dragon has become an indispensable tool of my daily routine – email, letters, and an occasional short story are all composed with it.” John M.

“It is a pleasure to sit in front of my computer talking to Dragon like an old friend.” Charles I.

“It has greatly increased my productivity (talking is way faster than typing), and I absolutely love it! It really is changing the way we interact with computers.” Lisa S.

“Dragon has enabled me to overcome my disability and give me complete independence with regards to work correspondence, e-mail and reports. It has allowed me to work independent of a secretary. As a matter of fact, it has reduced my secretarial need from 40 hours a week to 16. This alone is a major cost savings but the independence to express myself without the assistance of others is immeasurable and this is directly attributable to Dragon.” George F.

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