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Product Differences
What is the difference between Dragon Standard / Preferred / Professional Edition 10
Dragon Standard 10 vs. Preferred 10 Editions
Dragon Standard cannot be upgraded whenever a new version arrives. You must buy a complete new licence. You cannot buy an upgrade from Standard to Preferred. A new licence of Preferred will be required. Hence you can see that in the long run it is better and ultimately cheaper to maintain a current Preferred licence than to purchase new Standard licences on every new version release.
Dragon standard does NOT have the ability to manage the user files. This is critical if you wish to backup or export your user file. ( you cant import/export your user with standard).If you have been training/using Dragon for three months do you really want to start from scratch again if there is a problem with your computer or user file? For this reason alone I believe Dragon preferred is a better value package than standard.
Dragon Standard does not have support for Microsoft Excel as preferred does.
Dragon Standard does not have support for digital recorders or PDA's – Preferred does. You can’t use a digital recorder at all with Standard.
Dragon preferred has a text-to-speech engine so you can have your documents read back to you for the purposes of proofreading. Standard does not have this.
Dragon preferred also has the ability to create basic text macros which can insert a signature, logo or boilerplate text with a simple voice command. Standard does not have this ability.
Essentially if you just want to dictate for perhaps one hour a day into Microsoft Word or Internet Explorer, using a basic non technical vocabulary, then standard will suffice. However, if you expect to be using Dragon in the long-term for more than one hour a day and wish to perform more advanced tasks then Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred is a much better entry-level option.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred version 10 with NC181USB is our most popular product by far for this reason.
Dragon Preferred 10 vs Dragon Professional 10
There are many differences between Dragon preferred and Dragon professional. Again it is important to look at the Comparison Guide. I will not attempt to address every difference just the core differences.
Dragon Professional 10 can be preloaded with a variety of specialised vocabularies. For example medical and legal. Dragon Professional also allows you to fully customise your own vocabulary for your specific needs. That may be a scientific field or a vocabulary that is focused on your exact requirements. This vocabulary can be managed and manipulated, this allows for a high degree of accuracy .Dragon preferred is not have this degree of control over the vocabulary.
Dragon Preferred cannot be preloaded with medical and legal vocabularies.
You can install and manage Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Professional from a central network location. You can even access your unique Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Professional "profile" from any PC on your organization's local area network .Dragon preferred not have these network features.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional is fully integrated with Microsoft outlook. This is a key benefit over the other versions of Dragon. For example, in Microsoft outlook using Dragon Professional you can simply say “New Message" or "New E-Mail" and Dragon will automatically generate a new message window. You can then simply say "Go to Subject” to move to the subject field in the e-mail. You can then say "Go to Body" and the program will move the cursor to the body of the text. You can then dictate directly into the message. What's the message is completed you can simply say" Send Message" and the message will be sent. In other words you can completely voice-enabled and control Microsoft outlook. This is a very powerful feature of Dragon NaturallySpeaking professional. Some more examples of what you can say are "reply to message" "forward message" "delete message" "open message" "close message" "next message" "previous message" and many more others.
The ability to voice control Microsoft outlook is extremely useful in most work environments. Not only is it fast and efficient and allows users to minimise their typing and mouse usage. None of these commands are available with Dragon Preferred ONLY Dragon Professional.
Dragon Professional can not only import/export the user file but it can import/export the vocabulary independently. This is a crucial feature. Imagine that in specific company or government department that there are 10 users who require a vocabulary to do with pharmaceuticals for example. One user could create a comprehensive pharmaceutical vocabulary by using the application over a period of time and using the vocabulary building tools. That user could then export that vocabulary to the other users enabling them to be using exactly the same vocabulary. This means that everyone is using a consistent and accurate vocabulary within their company/government department that is relevant to their area of expertise. It also allows a single user to back up their vocabulary. The user’s vocabulary can be exported and at a later time re imported if the user has to retrain Dragon NaturallySpeaking. This can save an enormous amount of time as the user does not have to spend time rebuilding the vocabulary from scratch. Dragon preferred does not have this capacity.
Why choose a USB Microphone Package?
Dragon speech recognition requires high quality sound input to work accurately. If it doesn't hear you properly then you will get very low accuracy.
We recommend the Andrea NC181VM USB digital noise cancelling microphone for Dragon NaturallySpeaking. There are thousands of NC181VM USB Microphone users in Australia right now and all of the feedback we get is positive.
The NC181VM USB has the highest accuracy rating as tested by Dragon technicians. 6 out of 6 Dragon Stars for accuracy.
Most new computers use “onboard sound cards” and these are often of low quality
This means that Dragon cannot hear your voice clearly and you will get poor results and inaccurate dictation results.
This is not because the included microphone is not good enough, but because the sound card in your computer ultimately determines the quality
USB Digital microphones ( NC181USB ) and USB Pod’s bypass your onboard soundcard. They create a new digital external sound card with digital noise cancelling built in.
This means that you will get consistent, accurate, reliable results with Dragon when using a quality approved USB microphone.
Please note: NOT ALL USB MICROPHONES are good quality.
Some cheap Chinese and the Logitech USB microphones are NOT good enough for Dragon. Many users have called us and bought the NC181VMUSB after buying the Logitech USB microphone. They wasted their money on the Logitech USB headset.
Quality USB microphones are usual easier to set up and manage for most people. Most of them are noise cancelling as well meaning they reduce your background noise improving accuracy
