Dragon Naturally Speaking Home

Be more creative and productive by speaking, not typing. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5 Home speech recognition software is a fast, fun, and convenient way to interact with your PC — just by talking. Used by students, grandparents and busy families, to name a few, Dragon makes interacting with your PC easier and faster.

With Dragon Home, you’ll be surprised at how much productivity and creativity is inside you. Dragon understands what you say and how you say it. Simply speak words and they appear on the screen — three times faster than typing — with no typos. Tell your PC what to do and it does it. Use Dragon Home with your favorite applications to dictate reports, send email, surf the Web, update Facebook, and more. Once you start using Dragon you’ll wonder how you managed without it.

• Stop Typing, Start Talking
  Say words and watch them appear on your screen in Word, WordPerfect, Outlook, and more — three times faster than typing — with up to 99% recognition accuracy right out of the box.
• Express Yourself
  Transform ideas into text at the speed of thought; don’t let typing or spelling slow you down. Convert your thoughts into words just by talking, it’s that simple!
• Say It, Do It
  Tell your PC what to do, such as “Search maps for financial advisors in Boston, Massachusetts” and it does it. Dragon understands and obeys your voice commands. It even gets to know you better over time so recognition accuracy keeps increasing.
• Sit Back, Relax, and Get More Done
  Control your PC in a comfortable, hands-free mode without being frustrated by your keyboard and mouse.
• Use Your Favorite Applications
  Dictate documents, send email and instant messages, search and surf the Web, and more -- using just your voice.
• Get Personal
  Dragon adapts to your voice and the words you use. You can even personalize Dragon with your own word lists of acronyms, proper names and other unique phrases.
• Multi-task Like Never Before
  Dragon Voice Shortcuts make it faster and easier than ever to create email, schedule appointments, and search the Web or your desktop for specific information or resources at anytime.
• Have Fun at Your PC
  Dragon is easy to install and fun to use. It changes the way you interact with your computer for the better so you can get more done faster and get on with your life.

• 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
• High-quality headset microphone included with purchase
  

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, SP1, 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 SP1, 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 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 at support.nuance.com/compatibility/ (includes Bluetooth microphones, recorders, and Tablet PCs).

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