Consider Dragon Preferred 10 for these reasons

- The Mid-range Dragon software - Preferred 10 - fast dictation and powerful features at an affordable price.
- Start dictating directly instead of typing and see your productivity accelerate. Speech recognition is about saving time and money.
- You can and will dictate much faster than you can type. The technology is mature enough now for daily use. It works and its easy to get started.
- More powerful than Dragon Standard. More applications work with Preferred.
- Digital Mobile recorder/Dictaphone support - Dictate when out of the office. Transcrible later!
- Dragon Preferred is most accurate when used with the NC181USB microphone package - much more accurate that the included analogue mic. 

Why choose Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred over Dragon Standard

- Preferred Works in Microsoft Excel - Dragon Standard doesn’t support Excel. 
- Dragon Standard does not support Digital recorders at all. 
- Preferred Backup - Easy to backup your user and transfer to new PC. Standard can't backup/transfer - you have to start all over again with standard.
- Preferred has Wireless and Digital USB support. Standard does not
- Preferred Includes Dragon Voice Shortcut commands for Web and PC search: "search Google for XYZ," "find website about XYZ" - Powerful commands that are not in Standard.

Up to 99% Accurate and Three Times Faster than Typing
Most people speak over 120 words per minute, but type less than 40 words a minute. That means you can create documents and emails about three times faster with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Dragon never makes a spelling mistake, and it actually gets smarter the more you use it!

Easy to Use
Dragon NaturallySpeaking installs quickly and requires no special script reading. New on-screen help and tutorials will make you an expert user in no time.

Use with Many Windows Programs
Use your voice to dictate, edit and control applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and AOL.

NEW Search the Web and Your Computer with Dragon Voice Shortcuts
Use Dragon Voice Shortcuts to quickly search for information on the Web or on your own computer. Need to find some information on the Web? Just say “Search the Web for global warming articles,” “Search Wikipedia for George Washington Carver,” or “Search eBay for Batman comic books.” Searching the Web or your computer has never been faster — or easier.

Bluetooth Support
Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with Nuance-approved Bluetooth headsets.

Be Productive on the Go
Dictate into any Nuance-certified handheld device for automatic transcription when you synch with your PC.

CPU - Intel Pentium4 or later or AMD Athlon 64 1 GHz minimum.

We recommend 2.4 GHz (1.6 GHz dual core) or equivalent AMD processor. (Note: SSE2 instruction set required.)
RAM - MEMORY
minimum 512 MB (1 GB for Windows Vista, and 2 GB for Windows 7). We recommend 1 GB (2 GB for Windows 7 32-bit, and 4 GB for Windows 7 64-bit)
L2 Cache
512mb minimum
DVD Rom Drive required for Install

These specifications are recommended for excellent performance not minimal performance.
- Windows 7
- 2.6ghz+ Processor
- 2GB+ of RAM
- NC181VM USB Headset