Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 10

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred gives small business and advanced PC users the power to create documents, reports and emails three times faster than most people type -- 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. Create voice commands to quickly insert blocks of texts or images -- such as your name, title, and signature. Dictate into a handheld device when you're away from your PC, or use a Bluetooth microphone for the same great dictation results without the wires. A high-quality headset is included.

TOP FEATURES:

• Up to 99% Accurate and Three Times Faster than Typing
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 NaturallySpeaking. Dragon never makes a spelling mistake, and it actually gets smarter the more you use it!

• Easy to Use
Dragon NaturallySpeaking installs quickly and requires no special script reading. New on-screen help and tutorials will make you an expert user in no time.

• Use with Many Windows Programs
Use your voice to dictate, edit and control applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and AOL.

• Search the Web and Your Computer with Dragon Voice Shortcuts (NEW)
Use Dragon Voice Shortcuts to quickly search for information on the Web or on your own computer. Need to find some information on the Web? 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.

• Bluetooth Support
Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with Nuance-approved Bluetooth headsets.

• Be Productive on the Go
Dictate into any Nuance-certified handheld device for automatic transcription when you synch with your PC.

What's New in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10:

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is here, and the world's best-selling speech recognition system just keeps getting better. Dragon NaturallySpeaking is faster and more accurate than ever, delivering up to 20% more accurate results than Version 9. Your transcribed words now appear on the screen in half the time it took in the past. With new Dragon Voice Shortcuts, you can search the Web for information, products, news and more with a single voice command. Updated graphical icons for the DragonBar are intuitive and easy to see. New Quick Voice Formatting makes it easier to format, delete, and copy words and passages with a single command.

• More Accurate Than Ever
Unrivaled desktop speech recognition accuracy; up to 20% more accurate than Version 9.
• Faster Than Ever
Significant improvement of response time; more than 50% reduction in the time it takes for words to appear on the screen.
• Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Web Search
Dragon Voice Shortcuts collapse common multi-step tasks into direct voice commands. Now you can search the Web for information, products, news and more -- faster than ever.
• Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Desktop Search
  Dragon Voice Shortcuts collapse common multi-step tasks into direct voice commands. Now you can search your computer -- faster than ever.
• Quick Voice Formatting ("Delete | Copy | Bold | Underline | Italicize <XYZ>" commands)
New direct commands for formatting, deleting, and copying words and passages. Rather than selecting the relevant word(s) or passage and commanding what to do with that text (e.g., "Select very, [pause] Bold that"), you can now directly name the desired text with the desired action in a single voice command, such as "Bold very."
• New UI Look and Feel - Updated icons are intuitive and easy to see
Dragon 10 introduces new graphical icons to enhance the DragonBar user interface, including a larger microphone icon, making the product easier to use.
• Improved Help System and Tutorials - Includes enhanced Sample Commands window and interactive HTML tutorial
Dragon 10 offers an enhanced Sample Commands window and interactive tutorial with a completely new look and feel. The new Web and Flash-based system offers improved navigation and content -- comprehensive resources are just a command away! In addition, Dragon 10 also introduces a new mechanism to enable the creation of customizable help screens for end-users to be reminded of their favorite commands.
• Improved Natural Commands for Mozilla Firefox
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 makes it easier than ever to use speech recognition with Mozilla Firefox, the award-winning Web browser used by tens of millions of people worldwide: you can now benefit from Natural Language commands, and the ability to activate a hyperlink by just saying part of its name.
• More Flexible Enrollment for younger speakers and users with certain speech challenges
Self-paced reading is available for speakers who have difficulty with the existing interactive text passages.
• Regional Accent Support
Significant increase in accuracy for accented speakers by using more advanced adaptation techniques and accent-specific models.
• Option to Disable Microsoft Text Services (CTFMon) Easily turn off Alternative User Input Text Input Processor (CTFMon) to eliminate potential conflicts with Dragon.
• Better control of commands vs. dictation on the Web
Require "Click" for hyperlinks and disable Web commands separately from dictation support.
• Auto Configuration for Optimal Performance Based on System Profile
During installation, Dragon 10 automatically analyzes your PC's resources and changes default settings as needed to increase speed; this may include moving the Speed vs. Accuracy slider towards speed and disabling the Natural Language commands in some applications. The users can later change these options if they wish. In addition, DNS10 gives finer control over the support for Natural Language commands, which means users can gain speed if they only use Natural Language commands in some applications. One can disable these large sets of flexible command wordings separately for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Corel WordPerfect.
• Formatting and Word Properties Interface Enhancements
New Formatting dialog and Word Properties let you control the written forms more finely than ever, including alternate forms, spacing and capitalization before and after each item.
• Embedded Data Collection Tool
A New User Wizard screen invites users to participate in a program designed to collect data to improve the overall accuracy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. The option is off by default.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.0 Preferred : Overview

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.0: Feature Comparison Matrix

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

• Intel Pentium 1 GHz processor or equivalent AMD processor. Faster processors will yield faster performance.
• 512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM for Windows Vista)
• 1 GB (2 GB for localized non-English versions)
• L2 Cache: 512 KB
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2000/2003, Windows XP SP2 or higher, 32-bit,Windows 2000 SP4 or higher,Windows Vista or Windows Vista SP1, 32-bit
• DVD-ROM drive (required for installation)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher (free download available at www.microsoft.com)
• Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included), Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording, speakers (required for playback of recorded speech and text to speech features)
• For Bluetooth wireless microphone support, please visit support.nuance.com/compatibility/
• A web connection is required for activation.

During the install process the software checks to make sure your system meets these minimum requirements. If you do not meet the requirements, the software will not be installed.

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

Product information, specifications, and compatibility are for advisory purposes only, and is the buyers full responsibility to verify with the manufacturer prior to ordering.