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| 170455 | 2003-08-25 09:52:00 | In 1998 I bought (the then latest version of) Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred, version 3. I played around with it for a while but uninstalled it because I needed the hard drive space. Since then I've bought a new computer with XP and much bigger specs, and I wondered is it OK to install this old program now? What's the worst that could happen if I try? | colmack (2939) | ||
| 170456 | 2003-08-25 10:27:00 | At worst it won't install or run, and you will just need to uninstall it. Its unlikely to give serious aggro to XP You may need to run it under "compatability mode". I too have that software, but it wasn't all that flash then so I won't bother trying it now .... |
godfather (25) | ||
| 170457 | 2003-08-25 11:40:00 | Dragon is up to version 7 now. Version 6 was average when I tried it - took 30secs to display a sentence on screen, and even then 95% of it wasn't what I had said. Besides wouldn't you feel like an idiot talking to a computer with people around? "Hello how are you today question mark" and "I went to the movies comma and had kfc for lunch full stop" Would make you feel like a right idiot :D |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 170458 | 2003-08-25 22:02:00 | Thanks for your help guys - I think I'll give it a miss! | colmack (2939) | ||
| 170459 | 2003-08-25 23:05:00 | My colleague uses Dragon 5 Standard for all his work. This includes letters and Court documents. He completely cuts out our secretary ( much to her relief). Used it for a couple of years and no problems. Speaking to a microphone is simply dictation and once you get over the initial embarrassment it is easy. It seems to be a matter of training the software to learn your voice which requires some initial patience. However it does work. Oddly enough the people who you would expect to take up this technology, such as doctors and lawyers writing letters, reports, and file notes have not done so. I am told this is because of a lack of patience and inaccuracies with initial use. So the answer is to keep trying. I am going to give it a go once I upgrade this old K5 system. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 170460 | 2003-08-26 12:09:00 | Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7 Legal Solutions speech recognition software is a powerful productivity tool that enables legal professionals to work faster and more efficiently. Speak, and your words appear on screen and in letters, briefs, e-mails and more. This revolutionary new release will save legal organizations tens of thousands of dollars each year by reducing dependencies on support staff for manual transcription tasks. | Thomas (1820) | ||
| 170461 | 2003-08-26 13:17:00 | I used DNS 4 on my previous PC (It doesn't like my OB sound) and found it very usable. The quality of sound card is very important as well as training. I certainly got about the opposite of what you said (95%). How many people used to and still do feel stupid talking to an answer phone. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 170462 | 2003-08-26 21:41:00 | I also wonder, if it was perfect, would we be sitting there talking to our computers and have our wives wonder why we talk to it all the time and not to them. | Thomas (1820) | ||
| 170463 | 2003-08-27 03:14:00 | > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7 Legal Solutions speech > recognition software is a powerful productivity tool > that enables legal professionals to work faster and > more efficiently. Speak, and your words appear on > screen and in letters, briefs, e-mails and more. > This revolutionary new release will save legal > organizations tens of thousands of dollars each year > by reducing dependencies on support staff for manual > transcription tasks. Young Tom - plagiarism now no less! This is directly out of a publicity blurb for Dragon. Shame on you. The problem with this specific version of Dragon is that it costs about $1800 and really only adds a specialised dictionary - or so I am told. I can say that Dragon 5 at $139 from DSE works well for lawyers and anyone else who has a little patience . As to our wives, I can't say that I have met a computer which I would prefer to chat to. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 170464 | 2003-08-27 03:52:00 | > Besides wouldn't you feel like an idiot talking to a computer with people around? No, not really, but I wouldn't want the rest of the house to know what I am saying when I am on IM that's for sure! :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
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