Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9, Preferred, DE Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9 gives small business and advanced PC users the power to create documents, reports, emails and more - all by speaking! Fast, easy and amazingly accurate, it’s over three times faster than typing. No script reading required to get started! Just use your voice to dictate and edit in Microsoft Word and Excel, Corel WordPerfect and virtually all Windows-based applications. You can even dictate into a handheld device when you’re away from your PC, or use a Bluetooth microphone! Browse, search and navigate the Web just by talking! Listen to incoming email and documents read aloud. Use dictation shortcuts that enable you to insert blocks of texts or bitmaps - such as your name, title and signature - with a single voice command. A Nuance-approved noise-cancelling microphone is included.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 will make small business and advanced PC users more productive than ever before:

Feature highlights

- *IMPROVED* Unprecedented Speech Recognition Accuracy: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9’s improved speech engine is nearly 15% more accurate than Version 8.
- *NEW* No Training Required: Get started with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 without having to read any scripts or training text.
- *NEW* Expanded Support for New Applications. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 supports Firefox and Thunderbird from Mozilla.
- *NEW* New Tutorials simplify the training process, so you can be an expert Dragon NaturallySpeaking user right away.
- *NEW* Support for Non-standard Edit Controls means you get full Dragon functionally, such as “select and say” in more applications than ever before. New supported edit controls include Borland’s Tmemo, Tedit & TRichEdit controls, as well as TE Edit from SubSystems and TX Text from TX Text Control.
- *NEW* Select-And-Say Indicator. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 includes a new indicator that lets you know when you have “Select and Say” functionality available.
- *IMPROVED*. The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Command Browser is faster and easier to use than ever before.
- *NEW* Bluetooth Wireless Microphone Support With Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9, you can use a Nuance-approved Bluetooth microphone as an input device, meaning you are no longer tethered to your PC.
- Dictate Into More Handheld Devices Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 also supports handheld digital recorders and other PDAs that record in .wma and .mp3 format for deferred transcription.
- Smart Formatting lets you specify how to format dates, measurements, acronyms or any word to meet your requirements.
- Add terms and contact names: Scan your documents, contact names and sent e-mails to update your vocabulary so you never have to spell a name again.
- Dictate into your favourite programs: Dictate directly into virtually any Microsoft Windows -based application.
- Navigate in AOL: Use built-in command-and-control commands to navigate more easily in AOL.
- Navigate your desktop by voice: Launch or switch applications, save or print documents, and more, using menu commands for all standard Windows -based applications.
- Get started quickly: Teach the software to recognise your voice in as few as five minutes.
- Eliminate “ums” and “ahs” from your dictation: The built-in Nothing But Speech (NBS) technology increases accuracy by filtering out inadvertent fillers and sounds between words.
- Use spelling, numbers, commands only and dictation only modes: Increase your accuracy when completing specific tasks by voice by using optional spelling, numbers, commands only and dictation only modes.
- Control the mouse by voice: Use multiple methods - including commands like “Move Mouse upper left” - to work handsfree.
- Work on the Web by voice: Search the Web, access information and navigate Web pages by speaking URLs and links.
- Make corrections in many ways: Select and correct a misrecognised word - using voice, mouse, or keyboard - without going into a correction window, and the software will learn from your correction
- Give commands naturally: Built-in Natural Language Commands let you phrase commands in a variety of ways to get the response you want in many applications, including the DragonBar, DragonPad, Microsoft Internet Explorer and America Online
- Find commands easily: The improved Command Browser enables you to search for commands by application and keyword.
- Edit by voice: Use Select-and-Say to make text changes by voice in many dialogs and applications.
- Navigate in Microsoft Outlook Express: Use built-in command-and-control commands to navigate more easily in Microsoft Outlook Express.
- Work in Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect : Dictate, edit, and navigate more easily in Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect .
- Give commands naturally: Use additional built-in Natural Language Commands for Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect .
- Natural Punctuation: When dictating casual writing styles, you no longer have to say “period” and “comma”.
- Share Vocabularies among Acoustic Profiles. With Multiple Acoustics you can use a single vocabulary for your microphone and handheld recorder profiles.
- Proofread with dictation playback: Play back what you said so that you can edit and correct your work.
- Listen to text in the most human-sounding voice available: Hear any text, such as incoming email, read aloud using Text-to-Speech (RealSpeak 2 text-to-speech software).
- Import or export your user profile: Save your profile on a portable storage device, such as a CD-R or USB drive.
- Enter commonly-used text and graphics: Create text blocks - including graphics - and insert them into documents or emails using a single voice command (macro).
- Give commands naturally: Use additional built-in Natural Language Commands for Microsoft Excel.

FEATURE LIMITATIONS

- No roaming user (requires Professional or higher)
- No Citrix thin-client support
- No custom vocabularies (requires Professional or higher)
- No dynamic text shortcuts (requires Professional or higher)
- No macro recorder support (requires Professional or higher)
- No complex macro support (requires Professional or higher)
- No advanced scripting to make forms and applications that can be navigated by voice (requires Professional or higher)
- No support for third party correction (requires Professional or higher)
- No specialised support for Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint® or InfoPath (requires Professional or higher)
- No DNS Administrator to manage vocabularies and profiles from a central network location (requires Professional or higher).