Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses continuous speech, or natural speech. This eliminates the need to insert a pause between every word. Just talk to your PC naturally .Your sentences appear immediately on your screen and in your document. Dictate entire paragraphs at a time. Compose e-mail messages, create reports, draft letters, and edit proposals just by speaking.

WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR SCANSOFT's DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING?
click here for system requirements.

IS MY COMPUTER POWERFUL ENOUGH? HOW WILL MY SYSTEM PERFORM?
NaturallySpeaking uses sophisticated acoustic and language models to interpret your speech and turn it into text. The program checks your computer’s specifications to determine which set of speech models it will install on your computer. Computers that just meet the minimum system requirements will receive the base models; while a Pentium IV computer with 512 MB of RAM would receive the most sophisticated models available. Whichever the case, the program will adjust itself to the processor and memory of your computer to provide the best combination of accuracy and speed possible.  We STRONGLY recommend 1GIG RAM for best results. 

HAS THE ACCURACY IMPROVED?
We’ve always worked to improve the accuracy of our products, and Version 9 is no exception.  The advancements in our technology, coupled with today’s faster computers, make for a more accurate product than previous versions.  The increase in accuracy from version 7 can be as high a 50% and version 8 35% (Note that different people experience different degrees of improvement in accuracy.)

HOW DOES NATURALLYSPEAKING MAKE CORRECTIONS EASIER?
A drop-down list appears when you select words in our editor, suggesting possible alternatives for what you had spoken. It’s very similar to the little spell-check list that appears in Microsoft Word.

HOW HAS WEB BROWSING BY VOICE IMPROVED WITH Version 9?
With version you can now choose options from radio buttons, toggle checkboxes, switch between frames, and follow image links all by voice using Microsoft® Internet Explorer. We have also improved the way you can follow links which share the same name.

Microsoft® Outlook (Professional, Medical & Legal versions only) and Outlook Express

I HAVE A DIFFERENT E-MAIL PROGRAM. CAN I USE NATURALLYSPEAKING WITH MY PROGRAM?
Yes, you can still dictate directly into any Windows program, including other e-mail programs. You can also use our improved web-browsing features to work with Web-based e-mail programs such as Yahoo! and Hotmail. You may not, however, have access to all of the built-in commands.

HOW CAN YOU TELL THE SOFTWARE WHICH LINK TO FOLLOW WHEN THEY SHARE THE SAME NAME?
If hypertext links share the same name, NaturallySpeaking displays choice numbers next to each of the options. Just as when you are correcting, you can say "choose two" to select which link you wish to follow.

CAN I STILL DO EVERYTHING I COULD DO IN VERSION  8 ?
Yes – you can still jump to links, go to Favorite web sites, enter Web addresses, move around Web documents, dictate into forms, click buttons, and more, all by voice.

CAN I DO WEB-BROWSING WITH NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR
At this time, no. However, you can still dictate directly into Netscape’s text fields.

HOW CAN I ADD TERMINOLOGY QUICKLY?
The Add Words from Document feature will scan your electronic documents for unfamiliar words and update the built-in vocabulary appropriately. This functionality allows you to achieve higher accuracy levels by focusing the program on the personal or industry-specific words you use on a day-to-day basis This feature is only available with Professional, Medical & Legal versions only.

CAN I MIX AND MATCH DIALECTS? IN OTHER WORDS, DICTATE IN AN AMERICAN ACCENT BUT WITH BRITISH SPELLINGS?
At this time, no. The dialects and spellings are paired; so the U.S. dialect comes with U.S. spellings, while the UK, Indian, Australian, and SE Asian dialects come with British spellings.