Dragon NaturallySpeaking® 9 Preferred
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the most accurate speech recognition product Nuance has ever developed delivering accuracy that can exceed 99%! No other product delivers the proven accuracy, performance and ease-of-use that make Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred the world's best selling speech recognition product ideal for the PC enthusiast or small business user!
Toss your keyboard away! Replace typing with the simplicity of using your voice to turn speech into text at up to 160 words per minute. Create email, documents and spreadsheets more than three times faster than typing simply by speaking.
Plus, you can use your voice to control your PC. Start programs, use menus and surf the Web all by voice. The age of speech recognition has arrived, and Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9 gives you everything you need to get started in minutes including a high quality headset microphone withnoise-canceling technology.
- MORE ACCURATE THAN EVER BEFORE!
- With a 20% increase in accuracy over the previous version, Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9 can exceed 99% accuracy and is frequently more accurate than typing. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred never makes a spelling mistake, and actually makes fewer mistakes the more you use it!
- FASTER THAN TYPING!
- Most people speak faster than 120 words per minute but type less than 40 words a minute. That means you can create documents and email messages up to three times faster using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9!
- NO TRAINING REQUIRED!
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9 installs quickly and requires no training. You'll be using your voice to dictate letters and emails instantly! We even include a comfortable, high quality noise-canceling headset microphone.
- BE PRODUCTIVE ON-THE-GO
- Use your Pocket PC, palmOne Tungsten® or digital recorder to capture your dictation, and let Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9 automatically transcribe it. Palm OS Dragon Recorder software included free!
- AVOID SPELLING AND TYPING ERRORS
- With a vocabulary of over 300,000 words all spelled correctly your email and documents will always look professional.
- SAY IT NATURALLY
- Unique Natural Language Commands mean you don't have to memorize complex instructions. In Excel®, for example, if you say, "Total those columns," the figures will be summed without requiring any complex formulas.
- NEW! BLUETOOTH® WIRELESS MICROPHONE SUPPORT
- With Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9, you can use a Nuance-approved Bluetooth microphone as an input device.
- NEW! ON-SCREEN TUTORIALS!
- You'll be an expert user in minutes.
- DO EVEN MORE WITH VOICE COMMANDS
- Say, "Insert signature" and presto-your email signature and logo automatically appear! Point & click tools let you create your own voice commands, an ideal way to complete multi-step tasks with a single word or phrase.
- VOICE FORMATTING AND EDITING
- Yes, you really can use your PC completely by voice, including formatting and editing. Select some text and say, "Bold that" and the text is made bold.
- AVOID REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURIES
- By using your voice to control the PC and create documents, you reduce your risk of developing repetitive strain injuries.
- INTEGRATED WITH YOUR FAVORITE APPLICATIONS
- Simply Install Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9, and virtually every Windows application on your PC can be controlled by voice. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 also supports Tablet PC versions of Microsoft® Office.
Top 10 Reasons to Buy
- Most accurate version ever
An amazing 20% more accurate than the previous release - Works with most commonly-used desktop applications
Launch, manage and dictate into virtually any Microsoft®Windows®-based program, simply by speaking. - No Training Required
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred installs quickly and requires no special script reading or training, meaning that you'll be using your voice to dictate letters and emails instantly! - Easier than ever to use
New On-Screen Tutorials will make you an expert user in no time. - Create documents, reports, and emails faster
You can speak over three times faster than you can type. - Works the way you work
Add names, addresses and other words to your custom speech vocabulary. - Be productive on the go
Dictate into any Nuance-certified handheld recorder or Pocket PC. Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred to automatically transcribe your documents later. - Create time saving shortcuts
Insert blocks of text or graphics such as your name, title, logo and signature into your files using a simple voice command. - Browse the Web with Ease
Search the Web, access information, and navigate web pages, all by voice. - Protect your health
Reduce the risk of developing a repetitive strain injury by talking instead of typing.
System Requirements
- Intel® Pentium® / 1 GHz processor (for example Pentium® M, Pentium® 4 or equivalent AMD® processor Faster processors will yield faster performance)
- 512 MB RAM
- 1 GB free hard disk space
- Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP1 or higher) Home and Professional, 2000 (SP4 or higher)
- Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5 or higher (free download available at www.microsoft.com)
- CD-ROM drive (required for installation)
- Speakers (required for playback of recorded speech and text to speech features)
- Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included)
- A web connection is required for activation
- For Citrix deployment system requirements, please read the Nuance specifications.
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