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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: $34.99
You Save: $65.00 (65%)
New (29) Used (7) from $34.75
Avg. Customer Rating:  162 reviews
Sales Rank: 249
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: 0780420115187
ASIN: B000GUDDXA
Release Date: July 25, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard March 12, 2007
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I have used a voice to text translation device for several years. I was interested in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking product for two reasons. My current product is much less accurate than I would choose. Secondly, it does not provide automatic punctuation. The advertisement for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard suggested that it not only increased accuracy, but did that without training, and it provided autopunctuation.
I purchased the product and met with a disappointment when it arrived. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard will not install with less than 512 MB of RAM. I didn't know that. My machine had 256 MB. I had to purchase an additional 512 MB in order to load the product.
While I was waiting for the memory to come, I used the new microphone on my old product. The new microphone was at least five times better than my old one. The accuracy went up. I was very happy about that.
When the memory arrived, I installed the product. I was surprised when it asked to go through a training exercise, but I did it anyway. I was impressed with the increased accuracy. That was very good, but the autopunctuation wasn't there. I found out that that is an option. When I turned on the option. It began to work. It doesn't do as good a job as I would hope, but for normal sentences, it's okay.
All in all, I like the new product. I also like the rebate that may be quite affordable. I hope this evaluation helps.
 OK for the price. March 10, 2007
This is much better than the previous edition but it still makes typing mistakes and you have to speak clearly and slowly in order for the software to keep up. It does help to relieve the stress on the hands and fingers when typing for hours.
Dragon Naturally Speaking does the job March 8, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
We are very please and satisfied with the product. It is doing exactly what was promised.
 naturally speaking 9.0 March 5, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was amazed at how easy the program was to set up and use.It is great to dictate straight into the program instead of typing
 If you are a decent typist, wait for another two or three releases. February 22, 2007
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
My computer is WinXP-SP2. It has an AMD64-3700 processor with 2 GB of RAM. That should be plenty.
I have automatic formatting for commas and periods turned on (the default). I am using the microphone that came with it. The test to check audio quality is registering about 20-23, so that seems to be adequate (my impression is that mid-teens is considered poor.)
I had an earlier version that I was very dissatisfied with. I thought I would try again with Std-9. Because of the previous poor experience, I went through most of the training material to train the software to my voice. Altogether, I probably spent at least three hours going through the voice training in order to get the best results from the software.
There were two occasions when the CPU meter in TaskManager pegged out at 100%. It was "frozen" for a long time until I had to cancel the program.
To actually see how well the program did, I used a children's book about helicopters. The book seemed to be written at about the vocabulary of a 10-year-old boy. I found the accuracy to be quite poor, at least compared to my expectations. Based on the so-so accuracy that I was noticing while reading a children's book, I really doubt that this product would save me any time doing e-mail or other applications.
I used Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard 9 to dictate the next paragraph at a speaking pace that is probably somewhat slower than I normally speak. I was reading directly from the helicopter book, and being aware to use good enunciation. Prior to this dictation for this review, I had already read much of the book into Std-9 and made many, many corrections in order to give it the "best chance" of working satisfactorily.
The pilot controls the main roar for you a to control sticks one stick changes the pitch of all of the rotor blades the pitch is the angle of the blades changing the pitch of the blades makes the helicopter move up and down the seconds ticked change the pitch of the rotor disk this change in angle moves a helicopter forward and backward.
The next paragraph is the result of speaking quite a bit slower and more carefully, speaking the commas and periods, and then correcting several errors.
The pilot controls the main rotor with two control sticks. One stick changes the pitch of all of the rotor blades. The pitch is the angle of the blades. Changing the pitch of the blades makes the helicopter move up and down. The second stick changes the pitch of the rotor disk. This change in angle moves the helicopter forward and backward.
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