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Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred
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List Price: $199.99
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Manufacturer: Nuance Communications, Inc.
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Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Nuance Communications, Inc.
EAN: 0780420118652
Feature: Offers unprecedented speech recognition with unrivaled accuracy levels
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Nuance Communications, Inc.
Manufacturer: Nuance Communications, Inc.
Model: A109A-G01-10.0
Platform: Windows 95
Publisher: Nuance Communications, Inc.
Release Date: 2008-08-11
Studio: Nuance Communications, Inc.
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Features
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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
Easily create and edit documents and spreadsheets, 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
Use the included high-quality headset, work with a Bluetooth microphone, or even dictate into a digital recorder when away from the PC
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Editorial Reviews:
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Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Preferred gives small business and advanced PC users the power to create documents, reports, and emails, three times faster than most people type, and with up to 99% accuracy. Surf the Web by voice, or dictate and edit in Microsoft Word and Excel, Corel WordPerfect, and most other Windows-based applications. New Dragon Voice Shortcuts collapse common tasks into simple voice commands. Create custom commands to insert blocks of texts or images such as your name, title, and signature with a single voice command. Format and delete text faster than ever with Quick Voice Formatting. You can even dictate into a handheld device when you're away from your PC, or use a Bluetooth microphone. Most people speak over 120 words per minute, but type less than 40 words a minute. That means you can create documents and emails about three times faster with Dragon Naturally Speaking. Dragon Naturally Speaking never makes a spelling mistake, and it actually gets smarter the more you use it. Dragon Naturally Speaking installs quickly and requires no special script reading to train the system. On-screen help and tutorials will make you an expert user in no time. Use your voice to dictate, edit and control applications like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook Express, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and AOL. Quickly search for information on the Web or on your own computer. Just say "Search the Web for global warming articles," "Search Wikipedia for George Washington Carver," or "Search eBay for Batman comic books." Searching the Web or your computer has never been faster - or easier. Dictate into any Nuance-certified handheld device for automatic transcription when you synch with your PC.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Dragon Naturally Speaking 10
Comment: I was excited to recieve the product however, even though it stated that it works with Windows Vista it does not if your computer is a 64 bit computer. If the program works it works very well but you may sometimes have to reset the speaking mode. It is though a program worth having once you work out all the bugs.
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Summary: Do not buy this!!!! It will not install on Vista and you must pay for technical support.
Comment: I had used Dragon 6.0 and liked it. My computer died and I had to get a new one. Unfortunatly, they only come with Microsoft Vista now. So I had to buy a new version of Dragon for my new computer. I could not install it because if gave me Error 1330. I looked up the solution to error 1330, which is Tech Note 6042 and followed both solutions, but they did not work. It seemed to work until I tried to use the program and it had me install a vocabulary file when I created a user profile, but the vocabulary file never installed and again I got error 1330. I tried to contact technical support, but I would have to pay $20 per incident. They do give you one free technical support call, but I didn't feel like using that up just to install the program. I looked at many technical support discussion websites about error 1330 and there are lots of angry people out there who have gotten this very same error and have Vista. It seems like Nuance, the makers of Dragon, do not stand behind their product and have made one heck of a lemon with version 10. I recommend looking else where for voice to text program, unless you still have Windows XP or lower. I tried out the speach recognition program that comes with Microsoft Vista and it works fine, I am sticking with that, it is already installed and its free. Just go to "start" "settings" "control panel" "speech recognition" open it, take the tutorial and train it once or twice and your off. Don't bother with Dragon NS.
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Summary: Thanks for the Warnings
Comment: Thanks to everyone here who has given us feedback about Nuance and its products. I was very interested in buying the program but after hearing the horror-stories, I'll be avoiding it.
It seems like the company has a death-wish by releasing a crippled application, not providing adequate on-line support and making themselves nearly untouchable by the customer. I, for one, will never pay for tech support again from ANY company. That's a shame because it gives the impression (at least to me) that they do not value the customer OR the product they are trying to sell. It's not just bad customer service, it's bad business and they will fail eventually. I'd rather not be a part of that dysfunction. Again, thanks for the reviews.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love it
Comment: Product is excellent, works right out of the box with minimim training. Much improved from previous products. Magic!
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Summary: I don't own one, but...
Comment: P.S. I accidentally hit three stars and the review form would not let me change it to two stars.
Last year I bought Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 Preferred for my son. He had no trouble installing it, did mention that the program was "scary smart," and now says it makes his job easier and he uses it constantly. For many months I have been toying with the idea of getting one for myself as it is getting difficult for me to type because of pain in my hands; however, I have been using computers for about 20 years now so am very familiar with the ups and downs of software support - who provides it and how good it is. I always check a product's support pages before purchasing their product(s) - sometimes I DO learn from experience.
And that is the one thing that scares me about Nuance. I have been on their site several times trying to find answers to simple questions like, will it work with Open Office. No answer on their site, no easy way to contact them. I have written several emails to what I thought might be the sales office over the last eight months, no replies. They send me coupons and half-price deals and call me to offer great deals, but no answers to my questions.
So, apparently the software works maybe a majority of the time and that is good. But when something doesn't work AND you can't get any help from the people who made it, what good is it really? Only good until that first call to support.
I'll wait - maybe after the economy sinks for awhile and they find out they actually need customers, they'll decide to do something about their very bad web site and virtually nonexistent customer support.
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