Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Preferred Wireless Review

Speech recognition has been The Next Big Thing for so long many people had begun to lose hope. The increase in recognition accuracy, the ease-of-use and the price points of this new round of Dragon NaturallySpeaking are enough to make you want to give it another try. It really can save you a lot of time. And yes… of course, this review was dictated entirely using Dragon.

The Standard version (£80) covers basic dictation into and control of Word, Outlook Express, Internet Explorer and AOL, while DNS 9 Preferred (£150) handles most Windows applications, including Excel and WordPerfect. It also supports Bluetooth headsets and mobile devices. Professional (£645) can do all that Preferred can, but is networkable and includes support for array microphones, multiple custom vocabularies and voice commands. As well as these three, you can buy DNS 9 Preferred Mobile (£200), which comes with a Philips digital recorder for £200, as well as the Wireless version, reviewed here.

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