Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard [OLD VERSION]
![Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard [OLD VERSION]](/Images/B000GUDDXA/medium.jpg) | Average Customer Rating: Recommend With Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard you can talk to your computer and watch words quickly appear in documents, e-mails, instant messages and even surf the web simply by speaking. It's amazingly accurate - up to 99% and really easy to use. There's no script reading or "voice training" required, so you can get started dictating right away. Perfect for the whole family - busy parents, kids just learning to type, and even grandparents.… Product details and pricing info |
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163 Customer Reviews Posted
- NaturallySpeaking & Laughing My Butt Off!
- I purchased NS to make it quicker for my ebay listing. Well, I like it alot, it helps alot, but I never expected it to also be so amusing!
For the most part, it gets it right I'd say 90% of the time...but when it misunderstands me and types what it THINKS I said, sometimes it's so funny I laugh till I cry.
The only thing I didn't like was the headset that came with it- way too uncomfortable, but that was easy to fix by buying a better headset.
I'd certainly recommend NS to anyone who tires of typing. - 2008-08-06, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard maintains the standard
- I have used the previous versions of DNS and each one is improved over its predecessor. Training time is shorter and word recognition easier and more accurate. Though the software makes an occasional bizarre interpretation of word pronounciation, it is by and large accurate. The standard edition should suit most users. As a prof, I would give it an A- :-)
- 2008-08-01, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Going from version 8 to 9
- I have been disappointed before when upgrading this product.
But this time I was very pleasantly surprised.
There was definitely a significant improvement to warrent the cost.
I did not give it 4 stars because it still has a little ways to go.
I have a soft and indistinct voice so it will tend to be less accurate than for others.
But even so--I am very happy with the results. - 2008-07-31, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Really pleased
- I needed something to help me with a enormous amount of academic text that needed to be dictated. It was technical in nature with discipline-specific vocabulary. To be honest, I had doubts as to how to correct it would be, but was I ever pleased to see how more than adequate it was. After a relatively short intro period, the program "learned" my speaking patterns and consistently added the words it did not recognize. Now I can hardly read fast enough to get ahead of the program. This was a great purchase.
- 2008-07-31, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- good product, horrible customer support
- This software works quite well once it's fully trained. However, if anything goes wrong, you might as well give up. Their "help" function is pitiful. Online tech support (by phone or email) costs $10 a pop. The online knowledge base was no help. The user's guide's "troubleshooting" entry says to look under "tips" on the website, but there is nothing labeled "tips" on the website, so...
Mine was working fine for a couple of months, but somehow my settings have become completely messed up, and I can't find any way to restore them. When it's working correctly, this is a pretty impressive program, but if something goes wrong, be prepared for an astoundingly frustrating experience. I'm honestly not sure I've ever encountered such poor tech support.
An update: I installed the upgrade from their website, and it does seem to have fixed the problem. And I emailed their customer service (not tech support) complaining about everything mentioned above; they did at least respond, and apparently if you have the latest version, you get one free tech support consult - which they don't mention anaywhere on the website.
My advice - this is good software, but be very careful about changing settings. - 2008-07-29, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
