The included Plantronics Bluetooth Wireless microphone is an entry level microphone. For Maximum Accuracy select the Jabra 930MS microphone as it has 50m+ range, is far more accurate, more durable and of superior quality. The reason the Jabra is so much better is that it uses the superior DECT technology rather than Bluetooth.
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 Home Edition. More applications work with Premium.
Digital Mobile recorder/Dictaphone support - Dictate when out of the office. Transcrible later!- Dragon Premium is most accurate when used with the NC181USB microphone package - much more accurate that the included analogue headset.
Premium Works in Microsoft Excel
Dragon Home does not support Digital recorders at all.
Premium Backup - Easy to backup your user and transfer to new PC. Home can't backup/transfer - you have to start all over again with Home Edition.
Premium has Wireless and Digital USB support.
Premium Includes Dragon Voice Shortcut commands for Web and PC search: "search Google for XYZ," "find website about XYZ" - Powerful commands that are not in Home Edition.
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Use your voice for almost any Windows application, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Corel WordPerfect, Explorer and Mozilla Firefox
Powerful voice recognition and all-new correction process learn as you use it
Intuitive new interface and voice commands allow faster surfing and convenient shortcuts
Use with Nuance-approved Bluetooth headsets, handheld pocket recorders, or Pocket PCs
MORE ACCURATE THAN EVER BEFORE
CONTROL YOUR COMPUTER BY VOICE
NEW! More Dragon Voice Shortcuts: Just say what you want to do, and Dragon
does it. In addition to simple commands that create email, schedule appointments,
and search the Web or desktop, now you can use "Search [website] for [xyz]"
commands to conduct specific searches on Facebook.com, MySpace.com, Twitter,
and the Nuance technical KnowledgeBase.
Custom Commands: Dragon works the way you work. Users can create custom
voice commands -- quickly and easily -- to insert frequently used text and/or
graphics for dramatic time savings.
BE MORE CREATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE -- ANYWHERE
Dragon keeps up with users' brains, instantly transforming ideas into text -- with no
typos. So you can focus on content instead of typing and spelling for higher quality,
more detailed results. For optimal convenience, you can:
- Stand up, pace, or cross the room -- there's no need to be tethered to your PC
when you use Dragon with a wireless headset.
- Dictate notes using a digital voice recorder to capture thoughts while they're still
fresh in your mind. And training recorders has never been easier!
NEW! Creating a user profile for a digital voice recorder has never been faster or
easier. Plus, Dragon 11 Premium now directly accepts more audio file formats.
EASY TO USE
NEW! The Dragon Sidebar allows users to discover and access key
commands and tips by putting them in one convenient desktop location. Its content
automatically changes depending on which window is currently active.
- Dragon Premium works with just about any Windows® application -- Microsoft®
Word, Excel®, Outlook®, Internet Explorer®, OpenOffice® Writer, and more -- making
the applications you rely on every day faster and easier to use.
o CPU: minimum 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent AMD processor or 1.66 GHz Intel® Atom® processor.We recommend 1.8 GHz Intel Dual Core™ or equivalent AMD
processor. (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set required).
Processor Cache: minimum 512 KB. We recommend 2 MB.
o Free hard disk space: 2.5 GB
o Supported Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit.
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit.
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 32-bit only.
Windows Server 2003 and 2008, SP1, SP2 and R2, 32-bit and 64-bit.
o RAM: minimum 1 GB for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008.We recommend 2 GB RAM for Windows XP and Windows Vista,
and 4 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008 64-bit.
o Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher (free download at
www.microsoft.com).
o High Quality USB Headset (eg. Andrea NC181VM USB) or Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 and equivalent sound card
supporting 16-bit recording. If opting for a sound card (rather than USB headset) option you will also need a high quality analogue headset.
o DVD-ROM drive required for installation.
Note: An internet connection is required for product activation
(a quick anonymous process)