Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 5.0

I have always wanted voice recognition for my PC, so last week decided to go and buy the Dragon naturally Speaking 5. For anyone that does not know what it is, it is software for speaking in to a headset and it appears on your scree in chat, word and many others. To install it on to your PC, all you have to do is put the CD in your hard drive and follow the on screen instructions. When you first start using it, you have to train it for your voice. To do this, you choose read the text on your screen, then you read a story which you have a few to choose from like Charlie and the chocolate factory and others. Whilst reading these, they get ...  Read the complete review

My boss returned from an exhibition, loaded with goodies. Using the company credit card, he'd purchased various pieces of software, some of which the company required and others which could only described as "experimental". The one he was most excited about was an offering from Dragon Software. He was so excited that he took it home with him that very night. We saw him the next day, bleary eyed and in a less elated mood. Apparently, having installed the voice recognition software, he then found himself faced with the onerous task of building up the dictionary. If, gentle reader, you are already familiar with this necessity, then ...  Read the complete review

I havebeen using computers for many years, in work and at play. I worked hard and played hard. Eventually it all became too much for me and my body said no. Except I didnt realise that was what it was saying. I just thought I was a good hard worker. Then one morning my hands wouldnt work. They still (1.5 years later ) dont work properly, but I can now at least communicate with people on my computer again, and given the opportunity, I am sure I could work again. I was lucky, I had an online friend who managed an electrical retailer store. He offered to send me a voice recognition software programme of my own choosing. Before this I had looked around ...  Read the complete review

Having suffered from RSI for several months I decided to buy this program for home use after reading good reviews. It was easy to install and although first results were hilariously surreal -- I'm planning to enter them in a modern poetry contest -- once I had persevered with required training I was soon getting recognisable English on-screen. I was able to use programs such as Lotus smart suite and start my ISP completely hands-free. It's not perfect and you need to practise to increase speed of regognition. Initially it was thrown by my Devon accent, and it likes to interpret breaths or sneezes which the supplied headset picks up as conjunctions. Even so ...  Read the complete review