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Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 13 (Discontinued)
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- The fastest and most accurate way to interact with your computer; Dragon dramatically boosts your personal productivity and helps you realize your full potential
- A personalized, voice driven experience; Dragon gets even more accurate as it learns the words and phrases you use the most, spelling even difficult words and proper names correctly
- An intuitive design and helpful tutorials make it easy to get started and easy to master
- The ability to create, format and edit documents by voice allows you to think out loud and break through barriers to creativity
- Dictation of text anywhere where you normally type within popular applications enables greater productivity and efficient multi tasking
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Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5 x 2.5 inches; 0.01 ounces
- Item model number : K609A-G00-13.0
- Date First Available : July 12, 2014
- Manufacturer : Nuance Communications
- ASIN : B00LX4BYV6
- Best Sellers Rank: #891 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
- #8 in Voice Recognition
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Product Description
dragon Naturallyspeaking 13 Premium Speech Recognition Software Lets You Accomplish More On Your Computer - Quickly And Accurately - Using Your Voice. Dragon Turns Spoken Words Into Text And Executes Voice Commands Much Faster Than You Can Type So You Can Realise Your Productivity Potential At Work, School Or Home.
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 13
System Requirements
- RAM: Minimum 2 GB for 32-bit Windows 7, 8 & 8.1, 10; 4 GB for 64-bit Windows 7, 8 & 8.1, 10 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
- CPU: Minimum 2.2 GHz Intel dual core or equivalent AMD processor. Faster processors yield faster performance.
- Free hard disk space: 4GB
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit; Windows 8 & 8.1, 32-bit and 64-bit; Windows 10, 32-bit and 64-bit; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2012
- Internet Explorer 9 or higher or the current version of Chrome or Firefox for Online Help
- A sound card supporting 16-bit recording
- A DVD-ROM drive for installation
- A Nuance-approved microphone. See support.nuance.com/compatibility for more information
- An Internet connection for automatic product activation (a quick anonymous process)
- Note: Supports Microsoft Office 2010 & 2013. Does not support dictation into Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems. For EMR support, please use Dragon Medical Practice Edition.
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A Nuance-approved microphone is INCLUDED with this purchase.
Be more productive on your PC for work, school, or home by using your voice
Dragon Naturally Speaking 13 Premium is perfect if you want a robust speech recognition solution that enables you to accomplish more on your computer in less time by talking instead of typing so you can realize your potential at work, school or home. It lets you dictate documents naturally with up to 99% accuracy and control your computer and applications using simple voice commands for significant productivity gains and reduced stress and strain on your arms, neck or back.
Whether you’re a student, teacher, professor, self-employed worker, writer/blogger, consultant or anyone who spends a lot of time on a computer, you can use Dragon speech recognition to complete everyday tasks or large work projects faster than you ever thought possible.
Dragon makes it easy to:
* Dictate, edit and format letters, articles, papers, essays, spreadsheets, presentations, reports and more — all by voice
* Search the Web to find facts, figures and images for inclusion in assignments and documents
* Take voice notes on the go by dictating into a digital voice recorder or smartphone for later transcription
* Enter frequently used text or graphics into a document with a simple voice command
* Email professors, colleagues, friends and family by dictating, editing and sending messages using your voice
* Speak into a chat client instead of typing to collaborate with peers on projects or to communicate with friends and family
* Talk to fill out online applications, registration forms, shopping check-out fields and more
* Enter and check class schedules, client meetings, kids’ activities and other calendar appointments by voice
* Update your status and check what’s new on social media like Facebook and Twitter
* Multitask by interacting with your computer hands-free to fit more in your busy day
Key Features
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Enjoy amazing speed and accuracyDictate up to three times faster than typing; your words appear on the screen almost instantly. Speak naturally and Dragon recognizes what you say right out of the box. Talk naturally at normal speeds and your words appear on screen almost instantly. Eliminate spelling concerns and minimize corrections. Get results the way you want them; Dragon adapts to your preferences for how words, phrases or numbers are formatted. Achieve even better accuracy the more you use it; Dragon continues to learn the way you speak and write. Optional advanced training or analysis of existing documents and emails further enhance accuracy. |
Be more productive on your computerCreate, edit and format documents—with no spelling mistakes! You can select text and apply formatting such as bold, underline, capitals and more, or just speak to make needed changes. Smart Format Rules automatically adapt to how you want abbreviations, numbers and more to appear, so you don’t have to correct them every time. Easily switch between typing and voice so you can use the mode of input you prefer for any given task. Launch applications, control programs, surf the web and switch from one window to another—all by voice. Create your own custom voice commands to insert frequently used text and graphics. You can also import/export custom word lists. |
Work the way you want toInteract with your computer in a more comfortable and ergonomic manner. Go wireless with built-in laptop microphones—no headset required! Or, use your smartphone as a wireless microphone. With automatic microphone detection, Dragon will conveniently show you which microphones are available for you to use. With Dragon you can also use multiple audio device types within the same profile, meaning that you can easily switch to another microphone while keeping all your personalized preferences for accuracy and formatting. This is useful if, for example, you use a USB mic at home, a Bluetooth wireless mic at school, and your laptop’s built-in mic when you’re on the go. Capture notes using a digital voice recorder or compatible iOS and Android devices and Dragon will transcribe the audio for you. Dragon is optimized to transcribe a single speaker’s voice. |
Use favorite applicationsControl your computer and your applications—whether on the desktop or in the cloud—using your voice. Speak voice commands and use Full Text Control in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Notepad, WordPad, and DragonPad. Enjoy Full Text Control in many popular web applications including Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Outlook.com, when using Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome. Full Text Control allows you to perform direct dictation, selection, correction and cursor movement within the text using your voice. |
Easy to get started, easy to master
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Helpful tutorials make it easy to become productive right away |
Learning Center at your fingertips |
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Customers are pleased with the accuracy of the software. They say it's more accurate than other programs they've tried, and is more powerful than earlier models. They also say the dictation is very accurate and the captioning is very correct. The software has built-in procedures to improve accuracy, so they suspect the mistakes will decrease.
"...Overall I'm very pleased with the accuracy – – I happen to have a Midwestern accent which is a little bit drier and may be more accurate for the..." Read more
"...There is no training required to get started, and the accuracy was surprisingly high without this requirement; however, I have since read one of..." Read more
"...It's accurate and it's easy to correct mistakes. I've no complaints with it at all. It's the best Dragon has ever made...." Read more
"This dragon is more powerful and accurate than earlier models. It is much easier to train.Dragon Training..." Read more
Customers find the writing ease of the software to be easy. They say it makes typing so much easier, and it's easy to mix typing with dictation. They also say it saves time eliminating typing errors, and that it easily operates and follows their voice. Customers are also impresseded with the spelling correction and translation capabilities. They mention that it has saved them countless hours of typing.
"...The product does fairly well with text-to speech, but honestly no better at all than Google Docs will do for free...." Read more
"...It is very easy to mix typing with dictation.The documentation that came with Dragon was sufficient to get me started quite smoothly...." Read more
"...It will also take commands for using the internet and moving about. Here again the help and command menus are there to reference...." Read more
"...There are almost no errors in the typescript. When can insert punctuation using spoken commands and even correct spelling using spoken commands only...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the software. Some mention that it works extremely well for them, while others say that the rest of the program doesn't work well. They say that it no longer works with very common applications, and that it does not take adequate advantage of multi-core CPUs or vast amounts of memory.
"...The software installed smoothly and works exactly as advertised. My particular system is a Windows 10 64-bit system. I also have 16 Gigs of RAM...." Read more
"...speech recognition, and I can continue to work around the browser add-on crashing, missing Microsoft OneNote integration, and lack of custom..." Read more
"...I received the package, opened it, tried on both headsets (very cool, very comfortable)..." Read more
"...It's accurate and it's easy to correct mistakes. I've no complaints with it at all. It's the best Dragon has ever made...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the software. Some mention that the installation was very simple and started using it within 10 minutes, with no horribly tedious long training process. They say the commands are very intuitive and easy to learn. However, others say that the program still needs a lot of work and is far too difficult to learn and use.
"...And then, this: "Error 1330. A file that is required cannot be installed because the cabinet file I:TTSENU.cab has an invalid digital signature...." Read more
"...The software installed smoothly and works exactly as advertised. My particular system is a Windows 10 64-bit system. I also have 16 Gigs of RAM...." Read more
"...Also, please note, that the tutorial does not run. I had to get other people who use the software to teach me some of the basics...." Read more
"...There is no training required to get started, and the accuracy was surprisingly high without this requirement; however, I have since read one of..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the software. Some mention that it's a fantastic program, absolutely amazing, and well worth the investment. However, others say that it glitched and ran out of space. Some say that the past version still made lots of errors, and that you'll waste more time fixing them if you buy it.
"...The product integrates well with Microsoft Word and Outlook, but all of the default hotkeys must be changed otherwise you cannot create formulas in..." Read more
"...Please trust me when I say you will waste so much more time fixing errors and you will save by not typing...." Read more
"...Well worth the money . Easy to download !" Read more
"...- Dragon seriously struggles to accurately transcribe any non-native, English speakers on recordings...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ability of the software to understand. Some mention that it learns to recognize your voice and the patterns of your speech, providing a seamless and productivity-boosting voice dictation experience. However, others say that it often fails to understand simple words and does not understand any American English.
"...Overall, for me, the product is better than Windows speech recognition, and I can continue to work around the browser add-on crashing, missing..." Read more
"...have to use it when I'm writing emails or it will constantly misspell names and technical terms...." Read more
"...Once it was working the software did a good job of voice recognition. However, it stopped working and I ended up buying a USB plug adapter...." Read more
"...a new shiny dragon who is much smarter, flies faster, learns with the skill of a savant, and actually follows most of my orders...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the speed of the software. Some mention that it's fast and accurate, while others say that it is very slow and takes a long time to transcrib.
"...The good news is that I got a new shiny dragon who is much smarter, flies faster, learns with the skill of a savant, and actually follows most of my..." Read more
"...ergonomics person who was observing me use the software noted it was very slow, but he had not tried this latest version, but that my system more..." Read more
"...Should be plenty of “data space”- other than all the hassles, it types fast and is accurate. Too bad all the time wasted in tech hell...." Read more
"...SPEED. On a mid level PC it's not fast but it's not crazy slow either...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the value of the software. Some mention it's a good value, while others say it'll waste your time and money.
"...But, it was on sale at a great price, and included the headset for 75.00 So I decided to take the chance...." Read more
"...DVD player didn't recognize the disk (Cheap, low-end junk disk)...." Read more
"...The PREMIUM version is worth getting because you can put your user profile on a flash drive and move to to another computer that has Dragon." Read more
"Not really worth it to me. First of all I paid double the price for the "premium" version...." Read more
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The version that I picked up is the physical shipment. For a total shipping cost of $10, I received my package in two days. I ordered on a Friday night and received it just after 12 PM on Sunday. THAT'S RIDICULOUS!!! I know some of you may be considering the downloaded version but I highly recommend just picking up the physical shipment. It will also come with a headset which you may find useful.
The software installed smoothly and works exactly as advertised. My particular system is a Windows 10 64-bit system. I also have 16 Gigs of RAM. The software has a reputation for consuming a lot of resources and I've generally confirm this. However, my laptop which was built in 2013 is more than enough to handle the software. If you're using a system it's only a couple of years old, you probably won't have any trouble running the software either. I am also using a MikTek Pro Cast SST microphone for Dragon to pick up. (I couldn't get the included headset to work with my particular computer however I believe this is something that is isolated to my computer and may not be an issue for you.)
There is a tutorial that will help you understand how to use the software once you install it and started. It's a fairly good tutorial, nevertheless I do recommend following some YouTube videos if you need additional information. I'm just learning to use the system myself but overall I find that it's fairly intuitive.
It does get a bit annoying to have to verbalize your punctuation such as the word "Period". This is something that I'll have to get used to, which is a matter of time. I also find that it is very tempting to have Dragon NaturallySpeaking do all of the work for you. I find that I tried to utilize Dragon to do all of the editing and to change all of the words. Knowing when I should do the editing and when I should tell Dragon to edit is something that you will have to figure out on your own. I knew this going into the product and I had decided that the best course of action was to be cooperative with the product and take an interactive approach. So far this does seem to be the best approach.
I certainly hope that this review makes sense to you. It was entirely conducted with Dragon naturally speaking, except were a couple of corrections were necessary and I found that it was easiest to make them manually. Overall I'm very pleased with the accuracy – – I happen to have a Midwestern accent which is a little bit drier and may be more accurate for the software itself.
I highly recommend Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13.0 Premium. I'm looking forward to using this for all of my blogging and product creation needs. I think you'll find that it's an incredible product as well.
Thank you for your time.
I recently purchased a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking (DNS) - Premium Edition.
I have a top of the line ASUS sound card in my PC and it is configured to do some special things so I do not want to change any of its settings. I chose the USB version of the Koss Headphone set that Amazon offers in connection with DNS in hope that I would be able to avoid doing any fooling around with my ASUS sound card settings.
I am very pleased to report that it did work as hoped and I suspect that I'm not the only one who might have similar concerns. I'm writing this to walk you through what I did and what happened as I went through the DNS installation process with regard to the headphone installation.
I open the DNS product box and read the quick start guide it contained (I ordered the PC disk version of the product). The first thing it said I should do was to connect the microphone. They supplied one with two mini RCA connectors and provided a device to convert the two connectors toa single dual connector. I used neither as I wanted to go with the plug and play USB interface.
While the USB headset is a plug and play device it was necessary for the system to do a software set up. I wasn't expecting that. Had I been I would have first done a System Image Backup so that I could revert my system to the way it was before starting the installation. As it turned out, It didn't matter, but it would have been the right thing for me to have done. You can do a System Image Backup by going to Control Panel -> System and Security -> File History -> System Image Backup. I'm working with Windows 8.1. The System Image Backup click-on option is in the bottom left corner of the File History screen. I did the System Image Backup as soon as the USB headset had been installed and before beginning installation of the DNS software.
Once the system had installed and configured the plug-and-play USB microphone/headphone related software for my headset, I again went to the Control Panel and clicked on Hardware and Sound and then under "Sound" I clicked on Manage Audio Devices. That brings up a window with several tabs.
Under the Playback tab, I found, as hoped, my ASUS audio device was still selected as the default. Using the slider on the left of the window I went down to the bottom of the playback devise list and found my newly installed "USB PnP Sound Device." Underneath it was the word "enabled." (I'm now doing this from memory as I did not record the process.) I double clicked on the PnP list entry and another window appeared. There was a "Configure" option/button and I clicked on that. The system took some time and configured the device. There was also a "Test" option button and I clicked on that and then I heard test sounds in my headphones. I believe at this time "enabled" changed to "Ready." It was later when I went back to the Playback tab that I notice that it now read "Ready." I think it is important that it read "Ready" so that DNS (and potentially other software) can find and use it.
Next I went to the Recording tab and found, in my case that the PnP headset was already set to be the Default Device.
I did not try to make the PnP device the default. I left the ASUS audio device as the system default. I was hoping that the DNS software would give me a choice of which device(s) I wanted to use for playback and record - and it did and I chose the USB headset PnP device and it worked just fine with DNS even though it was not the device configured as the default device. Application software, if so programmed, can do that.
If your USB PnP microphone does not show up as the system default then you can try a process similar to what I did for the USB playback (earphones) and hopefully that will work for you.
Now a short set of comments about the installation of the DNS software. Be patient it does take a long time for it to install from the CD. Initially I thought something might have gone wrong and the reading of the disk hard gotten into some kind of a loop, but not so. After a good while (5 minutes? - I didn't time it - but it seemed even longer than that ) the progress bar showed some progress. Then it sat there a good while and again showed some progress, and on and on. Be really patient - I don't recall installing any application software from a CD that took nearly as long. I went away several times just to keep myself away from the keyboard and the computer and doing something stupid to interrupt the installation process. Eventually, it finished and all was well.
During the installation process there was a choice I made that I would do differently had I the opportunity to do it over again. I was asked about my vocabulary was it "medium?" or "extensive?" (The ?-marks mean I'm not sure if that was the exact word) The recommended option was "medium." In my case, "extensive" would probably have been a better choice. At this time, I want DNS to do transcriptions of my voice recordings about things related to gardening. Plans, instructions, observations, photograph specific information. For that I did not think I needed an "extensive" vocabulary. But if I broaden my use of the device that may not remain true. I know there are ways to add words to DNS, but I don't know what was in the more extensive vocabulary that I failed to select and it is not apparent that I have a way of adding it in post installation. I could probably reinstall the software, but I'm not ready to take that option yet.
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Easy to install. No one knows how it will work with Windows 10 !! I guess even Nuance folks don't know that!!
They should have a lot more video clips on their web site as tutorials. Or at least on the You tube. To learn some tips from others is painfully boring and time consuming. For example, they could have 10 common tips....or 10 common errors....10 tips for increased productivity....
I don't expect Nuance folks to read this review but here it is anyway!
First, this is 13 Edition. The most current one is 15.3!!! What the hell? I am a Mac User who was forced to buy a new computer and this piece of software because these folks stopped supporting the Mac version. I had heard that the PC version was way more accurate than the Mac version, so that softened the blow. So far, I have not found this to be the case. Then shortly after I installed this on my new PC, I was informed by Nuance that I could get the newest version by paying an EXTRA $150!!! I was assured that version 15 was 25% more accurate than the one I had only just purchased -- it is not!
Secondly, having bought the newest version, I am constantly (and I mean at least weekly) told that there is an update for it. In my business if I screw up or give an incomplete version of what I was paid to do, I can't go back to my customer and say, 'Sorry, I did only half the job, now here's another 10% of it.' Why can't Nuance get it right the first time? On top of that it is a pain in the neck to start work only to find that you have to wait for an update to install.
I have used this software in one form or another for over 10 years and IT HAS NEVER LIVED UP TO ITS PROMISE. The only reason that I continue to use it is that there are no other viable options. If Apple ever gets their voice-to-text tech working, I will happily get out of the money pit that Nuance has become.
This software is sub-par by every measure.