| Recognition Accuracy |
Turns your voice into text with up to 99%
accuracy.
New: 15% fewer speech recognition errors out of
the box than Dragon 10; Recognition Analytics (Dragon automatically
detects poor audio input and alerts the user, offering advice to remedy
the situation); multi-core support makes use of machines with multi-core
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| Recognition Speed |
Words appear on the screen three times faster than
typing New: Faster response times for commands |
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| System Configuration |
Installation automatically detects available PC
resources (CPU, Processor Cache, RAM) and configures system for optimal
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| Correction |
Correct text by voice
New: Enhanced Correction Menu and Spelling
Window; new “don’t recognize that word” command; Dragon
“learns” from edits, including keyboard edits, faster than ever
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| Accuracy Tuning |
Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer; ability to
analyze selected documents and email; includes “Nothing But Speech”
filter to automatically eliminate um/ah utterances New:
Enhanced Accuracy Center with focus on ease of use
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| Dictation Box |
Ability to create, modify, and correct text within
text fields or applications where Dragon does not have Full Text Control |
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| User Interface |
New: Enhanced DragonBar
with contextual messages to improve usability and feature
discoverability; new Dragon Sidebar presenting commands and tips;
redesigned Profile Creation Wizard with focus on ease of use; more
readable text for enrollment and microphone check
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| Help System and Tutorials |
Includes comprehensive Help and tutorial New:
Includes richer tutorial and tips; at anytime, you can search the Help
for a particular word or phrase with the command “search Dragon Help
for ”
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| Editing and Formatting
Text |
Format text by voice; Quick Voice Formatting
(commands to delete/bold/underline/italicize/capitalize/copy/cut text) New:
Handle multiple instances of a word or phrase in your text
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| Command and Control |
Ability to “click by voice” an application’s
menus and dialog box elements; click/move/drag the mouse by voice;
commands; press keys or key combinations by voice
New: Global commands for launching applications
and folders, switching to a specific window, or tabbing multiple times |
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| Application Support: Web |
Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox: Menu
Tracking and Natural Language Commands *** |
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| Application Support: Word
Processing |
- Word 2003, 2007 and 2010; WordPad
XP, Vista, Windows 7; and DragonPad (word processor included in
Dragon): Full Text Control, Menu Tracking, and Natural Language
Commands ***
- OpenOffice Writer 3.1, 3.2: Full Text Control
- WordPerfect X3, X4, X5 (English and French only):
Full Text Control, Menu Tracking, and English Natural Language
Commands
New: WordPerfect X5 and Word 2010 (Natural
Language Commands in English only) |
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| Application Support:
Email |
- Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010; Outlook
Express v6; Windows Mail v6; and Windows
Live Mail v14: Full Text Control, Menu Tracking, and
Natural Language Commands
- Mozilla Thunderbird: Menu Tracking, and Natural
Language Commands
New: Outlook 2010 (Natural Language Commands in
English only) |
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| Application Support:
Spreadsheets |
Excel 2003, 2007 and 2010: Full
Text Control, Menu Tracking, and Natural Language Commands
New: Excel 2010 (Natural Language Commands in
English only) |
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| Application Support:
Presentations |
PowerPoint 2003, 2007 and 2010:
Menu Tracking, and English Natural Language Commands
New: PowerPoint 2010 (Natural Language Commands
in English only) |
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| Dragon Voice Shortcuts
for Web Search |
Dragon Voice Shortcuts™ collapse common
multi-step tasks into direct voice commands. Now you can search the Web
for information, products, news and more – faster than ever New:
shortcut commands to search more websites, including Nuance Technical
Support |
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| Dragon Voice Shortcuts
for Email and Desktop Search |
Send emails, schedule meetings or search your
desktop faster than ever
New: Email shortcut commands to control messages
and desktop content; new shortcut to search Dragon Help |
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| Text to Speech |
A synthesized voice reads out loud text you
designate |
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| Advanced Correction /
Editing |
Ability to playback your speech in documents
New: Improved playback functionality and options |
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| Multiple Dictation
Sources |
Ability to create multiple dictation sources (more
than one type of audio input device) sharing a vocabulary |
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| Mobile Dictation |
Allows transcription from digital recorders
New: Reduced enrollment reading time to 4
minutes; direct support for recordings in .dss and .ds2 file formats |
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| Wireless Dictation |
Specific Bluetooth wireless acoustic model |
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| Administration |
Ability to import/export custom word lists and
user profiles |
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| Text-and-Graphics Custom
Commands |
Easily create or import commands to insert
frequently used text and/or graphics by voice |
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| Advanced Custom Commands |
Create or import sophisticated and powerful voice
commands (with or without VBA-style scripting) to automate routine tasks |
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| Enterprise Administration |
Enterprise profile management with user profiles
centralized on the network; remote management of word lists, profiles
and custom vocabulary; security features for custom commands; MSI
installation; ability to import/export custom commands in the Command
Browser; ability to have multiple vocabularies and import/export them
New: new profile-opening convenience for large
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| Transcription Tools |
Includes option to save synchronized audio from
dictation done in DragonPad, Word, WordPerfect and OpenOffice Writer
(Dragon saves a .dra file along with the transcribed text file);
includes Auto-Transcribe Folder Agent (monitors a specific directory to
automatically launch transcription; can provide a synchronized audio
file along with the transcript for deferred correction) and Correction
Only mode (correctionist can turn on the Correction Only setting wiithin
the original dictator’s profile) |
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