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Nuance Communications Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard 9 | 
| From: Nuance Communications
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $88.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 3774
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 2000
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.9 x 2.8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: A309A=G00-9.0
UPC: 780420115125
EAN: 0780420115125
ASIN: B000H1DF7W
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Extended support for new applications | | • | Support for Non-standard Edit Controls such as Select-And-Say | | • | Work in Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect | | • | When dictating casual writing, you don't have to say period and comma | | • | Windows XP or 2000 (sp4) |
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Amazon.com
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 (Standard Edition) gives small business users and PC enthusiasts the power to create documents, reports, e-mails and more -- all by speaking! Over three times faster than typing, and amazingly accurate, NaturallySpeaking 9 translates your voice dictations into Microsoft Word and Excel, Corel WordPerfect, and virtually all Windows-based applications. It's never been easier to use -- with no script reading required, you can get started right away! 
NaturallySpeaking 9 translates your voice dictations into Microsoft Word and Excel, Corel WordPerfect, and virtually all Windows-based applications. View larger. | Three Times Faster than Typing
A C/NET Editor's Choice for February 2006, and a PC World 100 best products of 2006, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is up to 99 percent accurate, and often more accurate than typing. Dragon NaturallySpeaking never makes a spelling mistake, and it's actually programmed to get "smarter" the more your use it. And because most people speak over 120 words per minute, but type less than 40 words a minute, NaturallySpeaking lets you create letters and e-mails about three times faster than typing by hand. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is extremely easy to use and require no training. A full set of new on-screen tutorials simplify the training process, so you can be an expert Dragon NaturallySpeaking user right away. An included approved free noise-canceling microphone helps you get started immediately. And you can use your voice to dictate, edit and control just about any Windows-based application, which gives you unprecedented flexibility as you work. It even supports Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. Just talk, and you can surf the web, open and close applications, even control your mouse and the entire desktop. You can also dictate, edit, and navigate more easily in Microsoft Word, Outlook Express, and Corel WordPerfect than in previous versions. For Web browsing, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 lets you search the Web, access information, and navigate web pages by speaking URLs and links.
The DragonBar includes a "Select and Say" indicator that turns green when you are in an application or window where all of NaturallySpeaking's functionality is supported. | Seamless Editing Functionality
We all add unnecessary "ums" and "ahs" when we speak, and the last thing you want is to spend your time editing all those extraneous insertions from your documents. Thanks to its built-in Nothing But Speech (NBS) technology, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 filters out inadvertent fillers and sounds between words, keeping your document clean. The program's "natural punctuation" feature means that when you dictate casual writing styles, you no longer have to say "period" and "comma." So why type your emails, or fiddle with your mouse to surf the Web when you can more easily and quickly use your voice?
Product Description
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 allows people to perform nearly any computing task by speaking with their PC. This innovative software supports almost all Windows applications and instantly turns the natural voice into text or commands at speeds up to 160 words per minute with accuracy levels that can reach 99 percent - which is faster and more precise than typing. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 delivers significant improvements for existing users, as well as new features designed to expand the use of speech recognition beyond the millions of professionals, enthusiasts and people with disabilities who already use the software. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 delivers on what matters most in recognition products, providing accuracy levels that are unrivaled in desktop speech recognition, 20 percent higher than the previous release. Dragon NaturallySpeaking users gain the added benefit of avoiding spelling errors and typing mistakes, making speech a more natural and satisfying experience.
The new release also removes one of the most significant issues that has caused many people to resist even trying speech recognition - ?training? or ?enrollment.? In historical implementations of speech recognition, users were faced with the time-consuming requirement of reading specific scripts, allowing the speech recognition to ?learn? the voice of the user. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the first-ever desktop speech recognition product to eliminate training while still delivering highly accurate results. Dragon NaturallySpeaking also improves its accuracy as it is used, learning and honing its precision with every dictated word. By removing the need to specifically train the product users can start realizing the benefits of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 more quickly than ever before. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 includes a full library of re-designed on-screen tutorials that reduce the time to become an every-day user of the software. Dr
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Happy ending: Vista has its own speech recognition software July 19, 2007
frownyface (Ridgefield, CT USA)
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
It turns out that Windows Vista has its own speech recognition software--and it's great! You can use it to do all your Windows commands, too, like opening and closing programs and files. (Typical that between work and kids I don't have the time these days even to find out what all these gadgets around me are capable of doing.)
I suppose this is why Nuance has no plans to make Dragon Naturally Speaking compatible with Vista Premium, and I suppose their customer service department had no obligation to tell me about a competing product. (I discovered it when I went to the [...] with the intent of posting on their technology forum, and in searching for the David Pogue article on Naturally Speaking I turned up another one on Vista's speech recognition software.)
Anyway, I can use Dragon Naturally Speaking V9 on my work and other computers, and so far it does work superbly well. It's incredibly quick and easy to learn, too. So I'm retracting the 1 star I gave it earlier and giving it 5 stars instead.
 Does not save time for me! September 29, 2007
Hamid Mukhtar
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Impressive speech recognition but still makes unacceptable number of mistakes. Editing them, takes away any speed advantage. I am a South Asian physician with electronic medical records. I am still trying to achieve the ultimate goal of being able to get the computer to transcribe. However, still no real joy!Good fun though.
Dragon Naturally Speaking Standard V9
Fantastic Software August 4, 2007
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is an unbelievable and extremely effective program that I've used with lots of success. It is as accurate as the company claims and the features are fantastic. This program has lots of extremely useful features, and as long as you get a microphone of reasonable quality you will be extremely satisfied with the features, ease-of-use and phenomenal skill of this program. this is the absolute best program, you can buy if you're looking to find a speech recognition program or you would just like to increase your productivity in the office or would like to work and do your school assignments faster. This is a definite buy!!! :-)
Excellent school aid October 19, 2007
J. Jamieson
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 14 year old grandson. He uses it to do reports for school and thinks it is really cool. Instead of proofreading his work for spelling errors, this program does it for him. He has a tendency to mumble and the program won't work unless you speak clearly, so this was an unexpected plus and will hopefully carry over into everyday speech. Finally, because he enjoys using it, his reports are more detailed and thorough. He truly likes speaking "Dragon".
 Beware and be ready to pay $10 PER CALL to support line! March 31, 2008
JR (Frisco, TX USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I will definitely NOT buy this product. I refuse to be RIPPED OFF $10 for EACH AND EVERY time you e-maill or call customer service. This is totally ludicrous, and the support service should be included with the purchase of the product. Apparent Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking is trying to squeeze every nickle and dime out of their customers. I refuse to by any product by a company that will do that to their customers. I think this is about the ONLY company that charges for their support. Try to find an alternative voice recognition software company who will support their product free of charge. SHAME ON YOU, NUANCE DRAGON NATURALLY SPEAKING.
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