DRAGON NATURALLY SPEAKING ESSENTIALS V 7 (WIN 98,ME,NT,2000,XP)

by ScanSoft

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• ASIN: B00008A6CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,131 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 28, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The fast, easy and accurate way to turn speech into documents.

The Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7 family of products is the fast, easy and accurate way to turn speech into text. Users can dictate into virtually any windows-based application at speeds up to 160 words per minute and achieve higher levels of accuracy than ever before. Dragon NaturallySpeaking delivers significant benefits to:

• Professionals who create documents themselves or dictate for a manual transcriptionist (See our specialized editions for doctors and lawyers!)
• Disabled PC users looking to optimize productivity with their PCs
• Home users that want to have fun with their computers.

Key Benefits

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7:

• Speeds up routine tasks on the PC, such as creating documents, entering data, launching applications, sending e-mail, completing forms, and browsing the Web. You can complete all of these tasks three times faster than typing - by speaking at up to 160 words-per-minute!
• Reduces or eliminates transcription processing costs and delays for all professional organizations, including healthcare, legal and government.
• Increases productivity when away from the office by transcribing recorded dictation from mobile devices, including Microsoft Pocket PC and commercial digital recorders.
• Promotes prompt, standardized reporting and documentation procedures.
• Helps address ADA and Section 508 mandates.
• Helps to protect employees from Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI).
• Is available with Enterprise IT tools for management of multi-seat corporate installations.
• Is available with a full set of APIs for developers and system integrators who want to fully speech enable any workflow application.

Whatever your needs, there is a Dragon NaturallySpeaking software product for you!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

129 of 130 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what you need with no frills., January 27, 2004

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mr_ska (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DRAGON NATURALLY SPEAKING ESSENTIALS V 7 (WIN 98,ME,NT,2000,XP) (Personal Computers)

The 'Essentials' version of Dragon Naturally Speaking 7 (DNS) has the core features but none of the extras. There is really no point in getting the 'standard version' over this as the standard version only has four extra features that you probably would not use much, if at all, anyway.

What matters here is that the speech recognition engine in DNS is excellent and quick to set up and use, and the core speech recognition engine is the same for all the DNS 7 variants. The time you put in through use to train it is time well spent, and you can speak at a normal pace with very high quality results. OK, if you try to use it in a noisy environment you will get problems, but use a bit of common sense and patience and you get great results.

If you want to use DNS with a dictation machine then you have to go for the 'Preferred or Professional' versions, likewise if you want to have your words read back to you (text to speech) But if you just want to do the basics such as dictating letters, essays, memos, or email, then DNS Essentials has all you need.

If you are spending your own money and don't really need the advanced features then go for DNS Essentials, if it is someone else's money, or you really need the extra advanced features then get the preferred or professional. Of course it helps to have a fast PC with more memory than the minimum specifications too!

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks to IBM Viavoice my expectations were low!, September 24, 2004

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J. L Walker (townsend, de United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DRAGON NATURALLY SPEAKING ESSENTIALS V 7 (WIN 98,ME,NT,2000,XP) (Personal Computers)

Seriously, this product is 1000% better then IBM Viavoice. I coul not even dictate in word with that nightmare of a program.

With this program I did the minimal training, and it works great! It actually does what it claims it can do (unlike IBM Viavoice).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dragon Systerms, May 27, 2010

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M. Clish - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DRAGON NATURALLY SPEAKING ESSENTIALS V 7 (WIN 98,ME,NT,2000,XP) (Personal Computers)

I've upgraded to version 9, friends tell me My letters are Great,its like being in the room talking with them.My typing is lousy.Its a great fast way to type a letter.