


Dragon requires 3.2GB of storage space for the English version. The boxed review set I received from Nuance came with DVD installation media, a Quick Reference Card and a wired microphone with single-sided ear cup. The specifications are probably not an issue with newer laptops-just don’t expect to use it on a first-generation netbook or 5-year-old laptop. A minimum of a 1GHz Intel Pentium or 1.66 GHz Intel Atom processor is required the installation software will not install if the minimum requirements are not met. On the hardware front, Nuance recommends a PC equipped with 2GB of RAM and a 2.2 GHz Intel dual core processor. (More on this later.) Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Installation and Initial Setup Most importantly, Dragon Professional comes with transcription tools such as an auto-transcribe folder agent capable of performing transcription in the background. The toolset includes Macro Recorder, VBA-style scripting or the organizing of custom commands in custom groups. Individual power users, though, will be more interested in its capability to create custom commands to automate frequent or repetitive tasks. The Professional edition supports profile administrative capabilities geared towards enterprise deployments it will also function over Remote Desktop Connection from a local Windows computer on which Dragon is not installed. Individual users who don’t like this feature can disable it. For example, you can set Dragon 12 to require users to say “click” to denote a user interface action. Usability improvements include additional personalization options. Moreover, performance has improved thanks to support for computers with multiple cores. What’s New in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12Īccording to Nuance, Dragon 12 is 20 percent more accurate out of the box compared to version 11, with more natural text-to-speech reading. Here’s a closer look at this speech recognition software, its new features and how they could benefit your business. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Professional, released late last year, is the newest version. Nuance Communications’ Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the company’s flagship voice recognition product for PCs. If nothing else, most people can speak much faster than they type, which makes speech recognition a great tool to get words into a document.

Speech recognition software is of tremendous value to many end users, including those with physical disabilities or injuries that make it difficult or impossible to use a keyboard and mouse.
