Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Preferred [OLD VERSION]
![Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Preferred [OLD VERSION]](/Images/B000H2049I/medium.jpg) | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Dragon products have won over 175 major awards for accuracy and ease of use, and are used by more people around the world than any other speech recognition software. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9 gives small business users and PC enthusiasts the power to create documents, reports, e-mails and more?all by speaking! Fast, easy and amazingly accurate, it's over three times faster than typing. Just use your… Product details and pricing info |
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252 Customer Reviews Posted
- Be Careful Regarding Rebate Offer!!
- If you are like me and do not always read the fine print, be aware of the sneaky rebate offer!! It only applies to people who ALREADY OWN A PREVIOUS VERSION of this software, and who can prove it on top. Otherwise, there will be zero rebate! This bothered me about the company (Nuance).. you really need to dig around to find this little piece of information.
- 2008-04-14, 3 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Naturally Speaking, It's a Gift!
- Had a few initial problems with installation, but after that hitch, got it up and it works great!!!
- 2008-04-08, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Maybe a dragon, but not a speaking one
- I worked as a radio broadcaster doing news and advertising at large stations. But no matter how well I can enunciate, training this software has proved nearly impossible - at least for me. It fails to work well when attempting to dictate a short sentence or a long one. I spent two full days following their tutorial to get it to work properly. Because they have only high cost manufacturer's support I have avoided contacting them -- especially when the history of factory support for software has not been exemplary. Dragon Speaking Naturally is sure not worth the price they're asking for it. Very disappointing.
- 2008-04-08, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Pleasantly surprised
- I am a novice to this product, but I am quite surprised and pleased with the accuracy of the recognition software. There is a learning curve to get it to work like you would like, but I find that once past the learning issues it is a very useful tool.
- 2008-04-05, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- software is excellent; headset not trustworthy
- Years ago, I tried an earlier version of Dragon, but it was so bad I sent it back. After reading some reviews, I decided to give it another shot.
About a month ago, I received the order promptly from Amazon and anxiously installed it, or tried to. I couldn't resolve the problems on my own, so I called Nuance "the first call is free". After jumping through a number of hoops, it was up and running ... for awhile. When I tried to show it off, it worked on one application, then another, then ... it quit on all. Another time, it began working again, then quit.
When it worked, it was a delight, almost like magic. I bought an after market headset locally, and while it wasn't as accurate, it worked and showed me the problem was the headset.
I contacted Amazon for a return (my first to them), and I must say, it was the smoothest, easiest return I have ever made for an internet or catalog purchase. Amazon paid shipping both ways and sent the new one before the old one was received. Absolutely tremendous service.
So far, so good with the new headset. In case of problems, I decided to keep the additional one, although I prefer the one provided, as long as it works.
As an additional item of related information, the Nuance website provides a list of compatible hardware. After studying that list and doing further research, I purchased a Sony UX80 portable recorder directly from Sony, since it wasn't available from Amazon. What you can do is record to the Sony, upload it to your computer, and have Dragon turn it into the printed word.
It was a great addition: 1.7 oz., 1 AAA battery, whose life they claim is an incredible 34 hours. 24 hours recording time at highest quality, 590 hours at lowest quality. MP3 format, USB plug built in and the quality is astounding. About $160, a must have companion to the Dragon. - 2008-04-01, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
