Speak words and they appear on the screen — three times faster than typing. Tell your PC what to do and it does it. Use your favorite applications to create documents and email, surf the Web, update Facebook, and more. Dragon Home is so fast, easy and fun; you’ll wonder how you managed without it!

Overview

Stop Typing, Start Talking
Because typing is slow, sometimes it’s hard for the keyboard to keep up with your brain. With Dragon Home, you can say words and watch them appear on your computer screen in OpenOffice Writer, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, and more. 

Speak Commands and Your Computer Obeys
Just tell your computer what you want to do, such as "Delete line," "Copy that," "Make that red," or "Open Microsoft Word," and Dragon will complete the task. The Dragon Sidebar lets you see helpful voice commands and tips at anytime without interrupting what you’re doing.

Enjoy a Personalized Experience
Dragon Home recognizes how you talk and what you say. It learns your voice better over time—even if you have an accent. You can personalize Dragon with your own words and formatting preferences tailored to what you do and how you do it.

Works with Most Windows Applications 
Create documents, manage your email, or surf the Web—all by voice. Dragon Home allows you to enter text and control the application menus for nearly any Windows-based application

Features

• Up to 99% speech recognition accuracy right out of the box
• Creation of documents, reports, or messages just by speaking
• Nuance Text-to-Speech technology that reads on-screen text in human-sounding synthesized speech
• Dragon Voice Shortcuts that let you create email, schedule appointments, and search the Web or your desktop using simple voice commands
• Support for Microsoft Word, Open Office Writer, Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Firefox

What's New

More Intuitive User Interface

• New Dragon Sidebar of commands makes it easier to discover and access important but often overlooked features, commands, and options.
• Recognition Analytics alerts you when there is an audio issue so you can achieve the best accuracy.
• Elimination of on-screen distractions enables you to focus more on your thoughts and ideas for better communication.

Improved Accuracy

• 15% greater accuracy out of the box compared to Dragon 10
• Enhanced correction enables you to make multiple selections, edits or formatting changes at one time for improved productivity and time savings.
• Improved ability to learn from corrections of misrecognitions — whether the revisions are dictated or typed — to deliver continuous accuracy improvements over time.

Faster Performance

• Improves recognition response time; faster than previous editions when selecting application menu items by voice; faster when executing voice commands that perform actions within applications (e.g., "insert page break," "make that red," etc.)
• More Dragon Voice Shortcuts are included to consolidate multiple mouse clicks and keystrokes into a single voice command, like “Search [site] for [XYZ]”.
• New desktop and document navigation commands let users switch effortlessly between open windows by just saying the number of the selected window. Other commands make it simpler than ever to launch popular Windows programs on demand.

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System Requirements

The install process checks that your system meets the minimum requirements; if they are not met, Dragon NaturallySpeaking will not be installed.

• CPU: minimum 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent AMD processor or 1.66 GHz Intel® Atom® processor. We recommend 1.8 GHz Intel Dual Core or equivalent AMD processor. (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set required)
• Processor Cache: minimum 512 KB. We recommend 2 MB.
• Free hard disk space: 2.5 GB (2.8 GB for localized non-English versions)

Supported Operating Systems:

• Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 32-bit only
• Windows Server 2003 and 2008, SP1, SP2 and R2, 32-bit and 64-bit
• RAM: minimum 1 GB for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008. We recommend 2 GB RAM for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 4 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008 64-bit.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer(R) 6 or higher (free download at www.microsoft.com)
• Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording
• DVD-ROM drive required for installation
• Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included in purchase). See details atsupport.nuance.com/compatibility/ (includes Bluetooth microphones, recorders, and Tablet PCs).

  Note: An internet connection is required for product activation (a quick anonymous process).

  *This edition of Dragon does not support dictation directly into Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems. For EMR support, please use Dragon Medical Edition.