Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Premium Software

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Dragon NaturallSpeaking 11 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 Premium is that extra pair of hands you’ve always needed in your home office. It’s like a personal assistant on your computer than can help you get everything done in your busy day— just by talking.

Enjoy a Whole New Way to Interact with Your PC
Turn talk into text so typing won’t slow you down. Use Dragon to control your entire computer by voice. Launch applications, open files, create spreadsheets, manage email and work on the Web just by speaking.

Work Comfortably ... Anywhere
Say goodbye to pain and repetitive stress injuries. Control your PC in a relaxed, hands-free mode. Dragon Premium works with a wireless headset (not included) for great dictation accuracy without the wires. Or bring along your digital voice recorder (not included) when you head out for the day; Dragon Premium can transcribe the audio files of your voice when you return to your PC.

Use Your Favorite Applications
Dictate text into all the applications you rely on throughout your day — whether it’s a custom program for work, or your favorite instant messaging software.

Reduce Stress at Home, Work or Wherever Life Takes You
By using Dragon Premium to interact with your PC, you can experience new freedom to get more done faster — just by talking — for less stress and more success in your career, home management, school work, hobbies, and more!

Main specifications at a glance

• Up to 99% speech recognition accuracy right out of the box
• Creation of documents, reports, spreadsheets, or messages just by speaking
• Nuance Text-to-Speech technology that reads on-screen text in human-sounding synthesized speech
• Dragon Voice Shortcuts that let you create email, schedule appointments, and search the web or your desktop using simple voice commands
• Creation of custom commands for inserting frequently used text and graphics or automating routine data entry

Detailed specifications

• Ability to use Dragon with a Nuance-approved digital voice recorder and automatically transcribe your recorded voice
• Support for multiple audio input devices; use Dragon with a wireless microphone, including Bluetooth
• Support for Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and virtually any other Windows application
• Audio playback of your dictation with the associated transcription highlighted on the screen for easier proofreading and correction
• Ability to import/export custom word lists

Technical specifications and system requirements

The install process checks that your system meets the minimum requirements; if they are not met, Dragon NaturallySpeaking will not be installed.

CPU: minimum 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent AMD processor or 1.66 GHz Intel® Atom® processor. We recommend 1.8 GHz Intel Dual Core or equivalent AMD processor.

(IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set required)

• Processor Cache: minimum 512 MB.We reccommend 2GB
• Free hard disk space: 2.5 GB (2.8 GB for localized non-English versions)

• Supported Operating Systems:
• Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 32-bit only
• Windows Server 2003 and 2008, SP1, SP2 and R2, 32-bit and 64-bit
• Windows Vista™ or Windows Vista™ SP1, 32-bit and 64-bit

• RAM: minimum 1 GB for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008. We recommend 2 GB RAM for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 4 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008 64-bit
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6 or higher
• Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording
• DVD-ROM drive required for installation
• Note: An internet connection is required for product activation (a quick anonymous process).

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