Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6 Standard [OLD VERSION]

by Nuance Communications, Inc.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006412Z
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 26, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,159 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard speech recognition software enables home computer users to save time by creating documents, sending e-mail, and surfing the Web by voice. Talk to your computer and your words instantly appear in letters, messages, and more. Use your voice to format text, select words, and edit in your favorite programs, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook Express, America Online, and Corel WordPerfect. You can even browse, search, and navigate Web pages, hands-free.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard is fast, accurate, and easy to use. It learns to recognize your voice in fewer than five minutes. A noise-canceling microphone is included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please do not ignore reading this!!!, November 27, 2002

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This review is from: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6 Standard [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

If you are planning on buying any of ScanSoft's Dragon NaturallySpeaking software, I would urge you to first visit their website...to read up on their pricing scheme for tech support.

I quote, "You may contact ScanSoft Technical Support by email through the support section of this web site. Fill out a Problem Report Form and a response will be sent in a timely manner upon receipt. Each incident entered from the Problem Report Form with be charged $9.95. Email is a lower cost option to telephone support."

Nine dollars and ninety-five cents to get them to answer your tech support questions on their products?!?

But that's not the worst of it. Notice the last sentence of that quote. "Email is a lower cost option to telephone support."

Is it ever.

I quote further, "One free technical incident" support call per customer is allowed, each "Additional incidents $[money] each"; that's [money]cents for each additional call!

Consider yourself lucky, version 5 users don't even get the first free call.

So what does this mean? It means that if you don't get all of your problems solved in one phone call, or, heaven forbid, you have a problem somewhere down the line, you get the privilege of paying ScanSoft ...for any tech support you might need getting their product to run (and that's per call).

I wish you luck if you go ahead and buy this product; but please, don't just take my word for what I'm writing...do yourself a favor and check out their website for yourself first.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Assist for persons with disabilities, November 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6 Standard [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I have the original DragonNaturally Speaking. Although it worked fairly well, I found I spent as much time and effort -through keyboard and mouse correction - as I would in typing text. Version 6 is easier to use, makes fewer errors, and requires less correction. As a wannabe novelist, I find any voice recognition program inhibits creativity, especially when there are others within hearing range. As a person with a disability, I find DNS-v6 very helpful in letter and e-mail writing. Version 6 definitely requires less keyboard and mouse correction, although that is still a concern. I like the correction boxes which present corrections in bold print. This definitely reduces correction time.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If you think upgrading, forget it!, December 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6 Standard [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I am running both German and English versions 4.0 and thought upgrading to 6.0 with Windows XP would be a good idea. Forget it! The program froze! I uninstalled and then reinstalled. Now, it would't accept the product key printed on the box. There is no support. I send the product back, losing [the cost of] S&H.
If you buy, you are in for a rough ride!