Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Premium Wireless Edition (PC)

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• ASIN: B003ULO27I
• Release Date: 23 Aug 2010
  

By : Nuance Communications, Inc.
Price : £99.99

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Premium Wireless speech recognition software lets you control your digital world by voice — three times faster than typing. Turn ideas into text at the speed of thought. Tell your PC what to do and it does it. Use Dragon to talk your way through your “to-do” list — email, reports, spreadsheets, presentations, social networking, and more — quickly and confidently. Use a digital voice recorder and Dragon will transcribe the audio files when you return to your PC. With Dragon as your personal assistant, you’ll get more done faster for less stress and more success — at home, work, or wherever life takes you.
From improved accuracy and faster performance, to an intuitive user interface with a rich Help system, powerful new voice commands, and an enhanced correction and adaptation process, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 has been redesigned to be FASTER, BETTER and SMARTER.
The Dragon user interface now offers better usability, and includes a new Sidebar showing tips as well as many commands. It’s now easier to discover, remember, and access important Dragon features and options. New Recognition Analytics continuously monitor audio quality and alert users when there is an audio issue, to help them achieve their best accuracy. More than ever, Dragon 11 enables users to focus on their thoughts and ideas rather than the mouse, keyboard or computer screen.
Dragon 11 is more accurate out of the box than version 10, and uses state-of-the-art technology. Thanks to improvements at various levels, corrections are faster to make, and quickly become less necessary. Version 11 “learns” better than any previous version, including from existing documents and dictations as well as from corrections made via the keyboard. Dragon 11 responds faster to voice commands and also introduces new time-saving commands that consolidate multiple mouse clicks and keystrokes. It’s faster and easier to open applications, get to a particular window, move within a window, send e-mail, create appointments, search the Web, and more – all by voice. So now users can get even more done faster on their computers.
Key Benefits
TURN TALK INTO TEXT
Say words and watch them appear on your computer screen in Word, Word Perfect, Excel, Outlook, and more — three times faster than typing — with up to 99% recognition accuracy right out of the box.
UNLOCK YOUR CREATIVITY
Transform ideas into text at the speed of thought; don’t let typing slow you down. Play back what you’ve written for easy proofing.
WORK COMFORTABLY
Control your PC in a relaxed, hands-free mode without being tied to your keyboard. Say goodbye to repetitive stress injuries.
USE VIRTUALLY ANY WINDOWS APPLICATION
Create reports, spreadsheets or presentations; send email or schedule meetings; surf the Web; update your Facebook status or download your favorite music -- using just your voice.
MULTI-TASK LIKE NEVER BEFORE
Tell your PC what to do, like “Send email to Jon Smith and Raphael Sanchez” or “Search the Web for Internet marketing companies in Guildford, Surrey” to work faster and smarter. Complete multiple steps with a single voice command.
WORK YOUR WAY
Personalize Dragon with custom word lists and voice commands that reflect the kind of work you do; set formatting preferences, too.
BE PRODUCTIVE ON THE GO
Use a Nuance-approved digital voice recorder from anywhere, at anytime and Dragon will automatically transcribe the audio files when you return to your PC. Wireless microphone support delivers even more convenience.
Control Your Digital World by Voice Using the World's Best-Selling Speech Recognition Software for the PC Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium speech recognition software lets you control your digital world by voice - three times faster than typing. Turn ideas into text at the speed of thought. Tell your PC what to do and it does it. Create documents, send email, control applications, and navigate the Web - just by talking. Use a digital voice recorder and transcribe the audio files back at your PC. Dragon is your key to less stress and more success! Meet Your New Personal Assistant Dragon...
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Premium Wireless Edition (PC)

 

Product Features

• Create documents, reports and emails three times faster than most people type
• Wireless Bluetooth Headset delivers great dictation results – without the wires
• Most accurate version ever, delivering up to 99% accuracy with no spelling errors
• Control menus and dialog boxes by voice, play back your dictation for easier correction/proofing
• New Dragon Voice Shortcuts collapse common tasks into simple voice commands
• Create custom commands to insert blocks of texts or bitmaps—with a single voice command
• Dictate into handheld devices when you’re away from your PC, automatically transcribe documents later
• It learns to recognize your voice instantly, and continually improves the more you use it
• Easier than ever to use: Dragon NaturallySpeaking installs quickly and requires no special script reading
• Use your voice to dictate and edit in virtually any Windows application
• Browse the Internet: search the Internet, access information, navigate Web pages - all by voice
• Surf the Web just by speaking within Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and AOL and more
• New on-screen help and tutorials will make you an expert user in no time
• Works the way you work: add names, addresses and other words to your custom vocabulary
• New Quick Voice Formatting allows formatting and editing your dictated text in record time

Customer Reviews

Dictated with Dragon:
I've tried many speech recognition apps over the last 15 years, starting with IBM's ViaVoice (I worked for IBM then). The technology has improved beyond recognition and, overall, Dragon 11 impressed me a great deal. It was certainly a lot of fun to "play" with.
It installed and ran fine on my fairly high-spec Windows 7 PC, although the activation process was tedious and the app slow to launch.
The supplied headset worked fine but I tried other input methods too. Best results were with the USB headset I use for Skype.
Recognition wasn't far off 100%. Key to recognition seems to be distinct pronunciation of the first and last syllable of each word - a lot of Brits are very sloppy in this regard; it seems to count for more than vowel sounds or other aspects of accent. If it struggles anywhere in particular, it's with short words, perhaps because there's no clear first/last syllable.
Auto punctuation was less successful, for me, and I found it much easier just to dictate it.
This product does a lot more than simple dictation into documents. It can enable you to operate your PC with voice control. It's even smart enough to know which app does what, so if you ask it to search for something, it will use your default browser and search engine to do so. For most people, using a mouse and keyboard makes more sense; for anyone who can't do so, Dragon will prove a godsend.
It's even smart enough to scan documents on your PC for words it doesn't recognise and "learn" them. That's brilliant for the buzzwords and jargon of your particular industry, potentially saving you a great deal of time.
You can also program "shortcuts" for frequently use phrases or longer pieces of text. For example, you might want it to convert "emea" to "Europe, Middle East and Africa", or "office" to your office address.
I'm surprised to find myself saying this but, for the first time, I think it likely that I will continue using Dragon on a daily basis.

I have now bought two of these Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Premium editions. The first was the wireless bluetooth version. I was unable to install this on my Dell computer. The bluetooth worked but the sound card used in Dell computers doesn't work with Dragon! I spent about 5 hours on the 'phone with Nuance support over a couple of days for them to tell me to return the item to Amazon. I also spent many hours over the two days trying to install/uninstalll and re-install but to no avail.
I then purchased a newer faster computer from Dell and thought that if I purchased another version of Dragon then it would work. This new computer has an i7 processor and 12Gb of RAM. I decided to buy the Premium 11 version with the supplied headset rather than the bluetooth. Again it didn't work! I was informed by the Nuance technical support lady that I should purchase a USB headset rather than use the supplied standard headset! I spent £40 on a Logitech H360 headset (which is a quality headset which works perfectly well with Skype and Windows Live Messenger) and it still doesn't work. I spent hours on the phone and wasted another 2 days trying to get it to work with the help of Nuance technical support but again to no avail.
If Nuance know that there is a problem with the sound card in Dell computers and that both their Bluetooth and standard headsets will not work properly then they should not be selling this product without a warning. How many computers worldwide does Dell sell? I am sure that they have a very high percentage. The problem is known to Nuance! Why do they not sort it out? Why do they still sell the product to Dell users? How many other people have had to go through what I have had to go through with Nuance technical support?
I hope that this review assists you in your choice of software provider.
A very disgruntled Nuance customer.

 

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Premium Wireless Edition (PC)