Dragon NaturallySpeaking - $50

[John Rogers]

For anybody who's been eyeballing this, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is $49.99 after rebate at Tiger Direct.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred with Headset A109A-K07-10.0 at TigerDirect.com

John

[Dustin_M]

@John - Have you purchased products from Tiger Direct before? This is a great deal but I am always cautious when buying things from a site I am unfamiliar with?

[shermancox]

I purchase from tiger direct all the time, mostly hardware, but on occasion software. I have had no issues. Let me also say that I absolutely love Dragon Naturally Speaking for putting together blog posts and the like. I would be all over that if I didn't already own the software...

[Dustin_M]

Thanks Sherman. That is what I was hoping to hear!

[mikeyman120]

Thanks for the info, I recently got this program to do artuicle marketing without much typing. Can't wait til I upgrade my pc so this program will work for me. Right now my pc is too slow for it to run correctly. Great price though.

Mike

[shermancox]

Yep...I actually knocked out some articles using it. It worked for me right out of the box. Just remember that dictation is different than normal speaking. So you will have to say "comma, period, new paragraph" and the like unless you want a ton of editing on the other end.

but besides that...the program is worth much more than 50 bucks...

[Max Whitson]

Yea, I use it too.

It's amazing just how accurate this program is. The is the best program as far as speech recognition goes.

[ScottFox]

Agreed that Dragon is a good product. I dictated much of my new book using it.
You have to teach it some words that aren't in a standard dictionary (like RSS or autoresponder, etc.) and it takes a lot of system power to run quickly but is worth the investment, especially at that price.

[grover69]

It really is an awesome app. I recommend getting some better headphones for it though. I bought the Logitech ClearChat PC Wireless headphones and I totally love them. No cord! Plus, the built-in mic is of a much higher quality and this makes DNS recognize your speech better.

[miset]

Interesting product, this could make my life a little easier

[John Rogers]

Originally Posted by Experimental

@John - Have you purchased products from Tiger Direct before? This is a great deal but I am always cautious when buying things from a site I am unfamiliar with?

Just about every piece of hardware I've purchased in the last five years has been from Tiger Direct.

John

[Rod Cortez]

Dragon Naturally Speaking = Kick-Azz-Article-Writing-Content-Creation-Tool

I love typing with my voice, especially now that my left wrist has carpel tunnel.

[MarketingMama]

I USED to have Dragon Naturally Speaking and then my computer died... But it was great when I was a legal secretary and had to constantly type dictation! It does take a bit of time to "train it" though... Heck for $50 I might invest again!

[nichedemon]

Anybody compared Dragon Naturally Speaking to Windows Vista's inbuilt voice recognition tool?

[David Chambless]

Niche demon,

Comparing Dragon 10 to every other voice reconigtion program ever made is like comparing a $450,00 Bentley to a '63 vw bug. It's in a class by its self.

I've used Dragon since version 5, (still have the disc!) and this version 10 is absolutely incredible! It used to take weeks of training the program to make it work, but v10 is good to go right after you install it! Give it a try, I'll bet you love it after a week!

David

[Rod Cortez]

Originally Posted by nichedemon

Anybody compared Dragon Naturally Speaking to Windows Vista's inbuilt voice recognition tool?

Yep, no comparison. DNS simply kicks ass. I have DNS 8.0 on one desktop and 9.0 on another. I haven't upgraded to 10 yet (didn't really see a need to), but everyone I know who uses DNS 10 loves it.

Tip: You can sometimes find DNS 4.0, 5.0 etc. on sale on eBay for super cheap.

[mojojuju]

That's a great deal. Glad you've posted that.

I've been using Dragon for a while, and for those that don't have it, for $50 you won't be disappointed.

I just used Dragon about an hour ago as a matter a fact. I sat out in my backyard & dictated an article into my voice recorder. Then I came inside, plugged my recorder into my computer and had Naturally Speaking dictate the recording for me. That's how I usually do it.

To the person who asked about Tigerdirect, I've ordered many things from them & I have no complaints.

As for Windows voice recognition compared to Dragon Naturally Speaking, well I've done a side by side comparison, putting the same voice input into both programs simultaneously and lets just say Microsoft's voice software will frustrate you to hell as it's next to worthless, while Dragon will amaze the hell out of you with it's accuracy even right out of the box.

[Thomas Wilkinson]

Tiger Direct also has an email list for their specials. Its great. I have a
CompUSA store near me, (same company) and if its not in the store they
ship it to you for free. I'm like JR, just don't buy any hardware and very
little software anywhere else.

Tom

[Matt Jutras]

Thank you so much for the heads up...I've been wanting this for a while.

Good sales letters are written in a conversational format..."write like you talk" in other words.

What a perfect way to accomplish that with this software.

[Marhelper]

Man, I just paid $200 for it a week ago. How long does this sale last?

[Alan Mc Donald]

how does the rebate work, do you receive it by cheque or cashback

[Emmanuel Betinis]

I thought DNS automatically "knows" when to put in
punctuation.

(I was under the impression this was one of the selling
points of DNS when compared to Windows Speech).


No?

[mojojuju]

Originally Posted by Emmanuel Betinis

I thought DNS automatically "knows" when to put in
punctuation.

(I was under the impression this was one of the selling
points of DNS when compared to Windows Speech).


No?

It will insert commas & periods.

For paragraphs you have to say "new paragraph". Same thing for other punctuation like semicolons, hyphens, etc.

[CmdrStidd]

Originally Posted by miset

Interesting product, this could make my life a little easier

Actually, try a whole lot easier. No more mouse clicking to open your software and then clicking to format the letter, article, etc. and finally no more typing the bloody thing until your fingers ache. You can now control your entire PC by your voice.

Originally Posted by MarketingMama

I USED to have Dragon Naturally Speaking and then my computer died... But it was great when I was a legal secretary and had to constantly type dictation! It does take a bit of time to "train it" though... Heck for $50 I might invest again!

Actually, 10.0 really works right out of the box. There is maybe 5 minutes of "training" to set it up in the beginning and that is it.

Originally Posted by nichedemon

Anybody compared Dragon Naturally Speaking to Windows Vista's inbuilt voice recognition tool?

Lets just put it this way, Remember Windows Millennium and how great that worked? I am so glad DNS has higher standards than that. They wont release something before it is ready to be released, unlike Microsoft.

Originally Posted by Emmanuel Betinis

I thought DNS automatically "knows" when to put in
punctuation.

(I was under the impression this was one of the selling
points of DNS when compared to Windows Speech).


No?

Personally, I have had some problems in this area and so I typically do not run with that feature turned on but it is supposed to recognize it but for me it is just as easy to tell it all these things and know they are where I want them rather than to leave it up to some dumb machine. That is just my opinion, though so take it however you wish.

[cypherslock]

I had already purchased 9 and will up to 9.5 nd use it a bit. Damn! Thanks for the heads-up though!

[Emmanuel Betinis]

Windows Speech w/ Vista doesn't work
in my web browser or most other programs.
The only way it works is when I have WordPad
open. I then have to copy-paste the text afterwards.

Will DNS work in ANY program or will I have the
same restriction in this area (I would like for it
to work in text fields in my browser)?

[CmdrStidd]

Originally Posted by Emmanuel Betinis

Windows Speech w/ Vista doesn't work
in my web browser or most other programs.
The only way it works is when I have WordPad
open. I then have to copy-paste the text afterwards.

Will DNS work in ANY program or will I have the
same restriction in this area (I would like for it
to work in text fields in my browser)?

There are some programs which will show up on the DNS Toolbar as non standard and the dictation may respond a bit funny on them but it is mostly with online forms and stuff that I see that happening. I have yet to find a software like office and the alike that DNS does not work with. That is not to say that I have tried them all, because I don't have that kind of money but I have used it on quite a few apps without any problems. You can even command your desktop and open up individual apps all by command.

Dana

[Don Schenk]

Yep, Dragon 10 rocks!

However, it doesn't work in 64 bit Vista - only in 32 bit. Dragon 11 does work in 64 bit mode.

:-Don

[Angela V. Edwards]

Originally Posted by John Rogers

For anybody who's been eyeballing this, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is $49.99 after rebate at Tiger Direct.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred with Headset A109A-K07-10.0 at TigerDirect.com

John

My husband LOVES Tiger Direct...I'm surprised he didn't tell me about this product. I've never tried it, but I've heard from folks who were pretty happy with it, so I just might try it out. Thank you for letting us know about it, John.

[Jay Es]

This is a great program. Dragon does a great job of improving their products each year!

p.s. I just recently bought it from Amazon for a similar price... the "standard" version has been as low as $35 in the last few months. check slickdeals, fatwallet and xpbargains for deals too.

[VegasGreg]

Originally Posted by Don Schenk

Yep, Dragon 10 rocks!

However, it doesn't work in 64 bit Vista - only in 32 bit. Dragon 11 does work in 64 bit mode.

:-Don

Don, actually the current version of DNS 10 does work on Vista 64 bit. (They might actually call in 10.1). If you have the original DNS 10 you can get a free upgrade to the 64 bit version at: Nuance - News - Microsoft Vista Support

[Bujuk]

Darn! just bough it with the retail price.

anyway it is a nice software. I'm still teaching my dragon to speak.

[pratibha]

Hi John, Thanks for useful info. I am an Indian ghostwriter. They have different dragon naturally speaking speech recognition software for Indians.
Indians do pronounce English in different accent. This US centric product will be of no use to me personally. But the info provided by you will be useful to so many other warriors. Thanks a lot. pratibha.

[tj]

Originally Posted by pratibha

Hi John, Thanks for useful info. I am an Indian ghostwriter. They have different dragon naturally speaking speech recognition software for Indians.
Indians do pronounce English in different accent. This US centric product will be of no use to me personally. But the info provided by you will be useful to so many other warriors. Thanks a lot. pratibha.

The installation option of Dragon Speach offers also a Indian accent based installation.

Timo

[Dustin_M]

Hi John. I hope that was your aff link because I just bought it and can't wait to get working. I am such a terrible typist!

Thanks for the heads up.

[RanD]

Bah! I just bought the standard version from Amazon yesterday for $29.99. It's probably for the best, I hate mail-in rebates anyway. I do hope that it is better than 9. I rarely used that one because it never saved me any time. Even after lengthy training sessions I still had to make a lot of corrections. I have heard that this version is better at recognition. We will see.

FYI, for those that have Vista 64-bit. I'm not sure what exact version is in the box, but apparently version 10.0 does not work with Vista 64, but there is a patch on their website that will update it to version 10.1 which does support Vista 64.

[Pubster]

Originally Posted by John Rogers

For anybody who's been eyeballing this, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is $49.99 after rebate at Tiger Direct.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred with Headset A109A-K07-10.0 at TigerDirect.com

John

Still available! Just bought it 7-23-09. Also, you get Anti Virus Software FREE 6 mos for 3 computers if you want it.
Thanks for the post. I almost bought it yesterday at office depot...........
Pubster

[mojojuju]

Now they have Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard on sale for $24.99 after rebate

Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard with Headset - Easy to Use, PC Software at TigerDirect.com

[Emmanuel Betinis]

I'm glad I got it.

...now if I could only get the automatic
commas & periods to work properly
during dictation I'll be happy with
the software.

In the demo video online it shows
this feature (I believe it's called
Natural Punctuation) working
with colors. But it barely
works properly on my
PC.

[CmdrStidd]

I have tried and tried but it takes the pauses you make when you are dictating as the place to put the commas and the change in tone to place the required punctuation. I have never been able to master that part of the software but I still can write a 500 word article in under 10 minutes all from scratch with nothing on paper.

Originally Posted by Emmanuel Betinis

I'm glad I got it.

...now if I could only get the automatic
commas & periods to work properly
during dictation I'll be happy with
the software.

In the demo video online it shows
this feature (I believe it's called
Natural Punctuation) working
with colors. But it barely
works properly on my
PC.

[Emmanuel Betinis]

That's discouraging.

The demo video made it
look SO easy.

I don't want to regret
purchasing it just because
everyone says how great
it is.

But honestly...

...that's the reason
I bought the software. It was so I didn't
have to say "period" and "comma" every
time I wanted some punctuation.

If I would have known the automatic
punctuation was crap I would have
stuck with the built-in Vista
speech recognition.

<Puts on flame suit because I'm hoping I'm wrong about this>

[rlscott2]

Thanks everyone for all the great feedback on Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I've been thinking about this for a long time as I'm only a one finger typist. You've convinced me to splash out!

[Chris Faraday]

Looks like it may have sold out

Saw Standard version 10 for $40 on amazon.
Not sure if it was 10.1 vista compatible.

Thanks again

Any other offers out there on preferred????

[Michael Tracey]

for those who queried as to whether Dragon NaturallySpeaking works on Web forms or not, I am dictating this using Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 9.5. So far I've not had to make any corrections.

I've tried out Microsoft speech recognition software and Dragon beats the hell out of them

I have yet to find an application that Dragon NaturallySpeaking does not work with it certainly works with all the office programmes.

personally I see no reason for me to upgrade to version 10. I'll wait until version 11 comes out and then I might consider it depending upon my financial position.

When Dragon makes a mistake it is incredibly easy to correct it.
I will recommend Dragon NaturallySpeaking to anybody.
I have never tried it with automatic punctuation, but after a short while you get used to having to dictate punctuation, I mean if you are dictating to a secretary you would generally have to put punctuation in as well.

Okay, this whole thing was dictated to Dragon NaturallySpeaking and I have not made any corrections.

Michael
African recipes, African cooking and African Cookbooks, The African Recipes Book, Real food from Africa

[Ken Strong]

Originally Posted by Michael Tracey

Okay, this whole thing was dictated to Dragon NaturallySpeaking and I have not made any corrections.

Great idea, thanks for doing that.

If your post was going to be submitted as an article, it would still need some editing. It doesn't know to capitalize the first letter of a new sentence?

[Mark_Austin]

Got Dragon 10 myself last week and very pleased with how accurate it is already. Was expecting it to take a while to learn my voice but it worked fine from the first day!

[sandsbeck]

thanks for the heads up

[Chris Faraday]

Any comments on the difference between Standard & Preferred.

twice the price. Standard still around $50 and preferred around $110

[Chris Faraday]

Or anyone seen deals on preferred aside from Tiger.

Been looking may go with standard.

[lorrainelim]

This product was recently being sold at Amazon for around $30, think there was a promo. Too bad I didn't buy it then.