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Overview

IMPROVED! More Accurate Than Ever – Unrivaled desktop speech recognition accuracy; up to 20% more accurate than Version 9

IMPROVED! Faster Than Ever – Significant improvement of response time; more than 50% reduction in the time it takes for words to appear on the screen

What Are Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Customers Saying?

“Dragon NaturallySpeaking is incredibly accurate, fast and an extremely important tool to my practice. I estimate that, by using, DNS, my firm has saved tens of thousands of dollars, protected our employees against RSIs and has substantially increased our individual productivity.”
– Robert K.

“Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition provided the quickest payback of any technology investment we have ever made.”
– Richard H.

“Dragon NaturallySpeaking has been extremely beneficial to the company. Using it has doubled the call volume for my sales guys, which in turn hopefully will mean more deals for us as a company. I would say that it saves 60% of the time that we used to spend on repetitive tasks such as sending e-mails and logging calls.”
– Jerad F.

“As a lawyer handling a large volume of cases, office efficiency is a must. Dragon required virtually no training; ready to go right out of the box. I can honestly say Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the best office product I have ever used.”
– Howell A.

Product Features

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is the most accurate speech recognition product Nuance has ever developed – delivering accuracy that can exceed 99%! No other product delivers the proven accuracy, performance and ease-of-use that make Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred the world’s best selling speech recognition product — ideal for the PC enthusiast or small business user!

Toss your keyboard away! Replace typing with the simplicity of using your voice to turn speech into text at up to 160 words per minute. Create email, documents and spreadsheets more than three times faster than typing – simply by speaking.

Plus, you can use your voice to control your PC. Start programs, use menus and surf the Web all by voice. The age of speech recognition has arrived, and Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 10 gives you everything you need to get started in minutes – including a high quality headset microphone with noise-canceling technology.

More Accurate Than Ever Before!
With a 20% increase in accuracy over the previous version, Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 10 can exceed 99% accuracy and is frequently more accurate than typing. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred never makes a spelling mistake, and actually makes fewer mistakes the more you use it!

Faster Than Typing!
Most people speak faster than 120 words per minute but type less than 40 words a minute. That means you can create documents and email messages up to three times faster using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 10!

No Training Required!
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 10 installs quickly and requires no training. You’ll be using your voice to dictate letters and emails instantly! We even include a comfortable, high quality noise-canceling headset microphone.

Be Productive On-the-Go
Use your Pocket PC, palmOne Tungsten^® or digital recorder to capture your dictation, and let Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 10 automatically transcribe it. Palm OS Dragon Recorder software included free!

Avoid Spelling and Typing Errors
With a vocabulary of over 300,000 words – all spelled correctly – your email and documents will always look professional.

Say It Naturally
Unique Natural Language Commands mean you don’t have to memorize complex instructions. In Excel^®, for example, if you say “total those columns,” the figures will be summed without requiring any complex formulas.

NEW! Bluetooth^® Wireless Microphone Support
With Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 10, you can use a Nuance-approved Bluetooth microphone* as an input device.

NEW! On-Screen Tutorials! You’ll be an expert user in minutes.

Do Even More with Voice Commands
Say “insert signature” and presto-your email signature and logo automatically appear! Point & click tools let you create your own voice commands, an ideal way to complete multi-step tasks with a single word or phrase.

Voice Formatting and Editing
Yes, you really can use your PC completely by voice, including formatting and editing. Select some text and say “Bold that” and the text is made bold.

Avoid Repetitive Strain Injuries
By using your voice to control the PC and create documents, you reduce your risk of developing repetitive strain injuries.

Integrated With Your Favorite Applications
Simply Install Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 10, and virtually every Windows application on your PC can be controlled by voice. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 also supports Tablet PC versions of Microsoft^® Office.

System Requirements

Minimum Specifications

• CPU: Intel^® Pentium^® 4 or later or AMD Athlon 64 1 GHz or later. (SSE2 instruction set required).
• Memory: 512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM for Windows Vista™)
• Free hard disk space: 1 GB (2 GB for localized non-English versions)
• L2 Cache: 512 KB
• Supported Operating Systems:
• Windows Server 2000
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows 2000 SP4 or higher
• Windows XP SP2 or higher, 32-bit
• Windows Vista™ or Windows Vista™ SP1, 32-bit
• 64-bit OS not currently supported
• DVD-ROM drive (required for installation)
• Microsoft^® Internet Explorer 6 or higher (free download available at www.microsoft.com)
• Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included), Creative^® Labs Sound Blaster^® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording, speakers (required for playback of recorded speech and text to speech features)
• For Bluetooth wireless microphone support, please visit http://support.nuance.com/compatibility/
• A web connection is required for activation

During the install process the software checks to make sure your system meets these minimum requirements. If you do not meet the requirements, the software will not be installed.

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

Recommended Specifications

• CPU: Intel^® Pentium^® 4 / 2.4 GHz (1.6 GHz dual core) or equivalent AMD processor. (SSE2 instruction set required).
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
• L2 Cache: 1 MB