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| Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard [OLD VERSION] | ![Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5169PHNG7HL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | From: Nuance Communications, Inc.
Category: Software
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $34.97
You Save: $65.02 (65%)
New (29) Used (7) from $34.75
Avg. Customer Rating:  162 reviews
Sales Rank: 235
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: A309A-GG4-9.0
Model: A309A-G01-9.0
UPC: 780420115187
EAN: 0780420117068
ASIN: B000GUDDXA
Release Date: July 25, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Obvoiusly not ready for the real marketplace June 26, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this product, and while it was a fun novelty for the first few minutes, the unpredictability and instablity of the product soon revealed that it was not really something that I could really use to do actual work.
The interface unpredictabily decided to stop taking any dictation while in MS word, so the only way to get anything into Word is to use a special window. If you speak at a normal pace as the instructions continually stress, the product gets so far behind that you have no idea what it has understood or missed.
Without a doubt the future of computing will revolve around natural human speech commands, and at times this product offers glimpses of that, but the current state of this product is as far from that future as the Wright brothers were from a spaceship. The only reason that I gave it 1 star is that you cannot rate it lower.
Terrible and Unreliable Product June 14, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
In my very humble opinion I strongly suggest no one purchase Dragon Naturally Speaking Standard version 9. It is highly unreliable; there is no customer support, unless if you're willing to pay for it and it is a complete waste of money.
I purchased this version because I was satisfied with their version 4. At first it seemed to work quite well - but notice I say at first. I went through the various training sessions to improve the accuracy and thought things were going along quite well until I made the mistake of shutting down the computer before closing Dragon Naturally Speaking. The next time I've booted up and tried to open this program I got the message, "The vocabulary you have chosen ..... is incompatible for invalid". What a shock! I tried a couple of times and got the same message. The only option left was to create a new user or remove and then reinstall the program, essentially starting all over again.
Well, I did remove and reinstall the program and did the training again. What a pain! A month later I again happen to shut down the computer before closing out Dragon Naturally Speaking. You guessed it, I had to go through the whole process again which was remove and reinstall the program. Oh, and let's not forget the training.
Everything went along fairly well, though the recognition wasn't all that great anymore, until I was working away and lost the power to my house. Yep, to use the program I would have to remove it and reinstall it. That was the final straw.
I'm now using the speech recognition program that comes with the Microsoft operating system and it is doing as well as Dragon Naturally Speaking. The Microsoft program doesn't seem to have all the bells and whistles as the other but it works and I didn't have to pay for it.
 Dragon Naturally Speaking 9.5 Spanish June 6, 2008
I was impressed with product, even though Nuance says you can't have 2 languages, american english and latin american spanish. It works great on my machine. You need a least of 1 gig ram, I am running vista ultimate. the trick is to install the english first and then the spanish version. Then you set up one user in american english and then the other in latin american spanish and flip back and forth by switching users. Another key is that both languages have to be the same version 9.5. I would recommend it. Only drawback is tech support you have to pay after first free one.Thats why I didn't give it a 5.
What a shame June 5, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This product types words that aren't even close to what you're saying. It really was a waste of time and money. I purchased the headset microphone to go along with the software and it was even worse. I'm not a hard person to please, and I never write reviews, but this product is ridiculous, buyers please don't waste your money.
Don't Buy This Product! June 1, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
It's a shame that you have to buy a product and get it home to know that it doesn't work. Then when you return it you have to pay for shipping and only get 50% back because you opened it. This product is awful.
I went through all the voice recognition training and it still made so many mistakes. Then it started to repeat what I said. Plus to add insult to injury the headphones are uncomfortable. If you have VISTA the speech recognition program works better than this - and that's free. I know there are many here who gave rave reviews. That's why I bought this software. But it sure didn't work for me. Two thumbs WAY DOWN!
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