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"Create Email, Documents and Spreadsheets - All by Voice"

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5 Home speech recognition software lets you interact with your PC just by talking! It understands what you say and how you say it. Simply speak words and they appear on the screen - three times faster than typing - with no typos. Tell your PC what to do and it does it. Use Dragon Home with your favourite applications to dictate reports, send email, surf the Web, download music, update Facebook and more. For everything you do at home or school, there’s no easier or more enjoyable way to get more done faster. Once you start using Dragon, you’ll wonder how you managed without it.

Key Benefits

* STOP TYPING, START TALKING Say words and watch them appear on your screen in Word, Word Perfect Outlook, and more — three times faster than typing — with up to 99% recognition accuracy right out of the box.
* EXPRESS YOURSELF Transform ideas into text at the speed of thought; don’t let typing or spelling slow you down.
* SAY IT, DO IT Tell your PC what to do, such as “Search the Web for financial advisors in Boston, Massachusetts” and it does it. Dragon understands and obeys your voice commands. It even gets to know you better over time so recognition accuracy keeps increasing.
* SIT BACK, RELAX, AND GET STUFF DONE – Control your PC in a comfortable, hands-free mode without being tied to your keyboard.
* USE YOUR FAVORITE APPLICATIONS Dictate documents, send email and instant messages, surf the Web, and more -- using just your voice.
* GET PERSONAL Dragon adapts to your voice and the words you use. You can even personalize Dragon with your own word lists of acronyms, proper names and other unique phrases.
* HAVE FUN AT YOUR PC Dragon is easy to install and fun to use. It changes the way you interact with your computer for the better so you can get more done faster and get on with your life.

What's New?

Recognition Accuracy

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 architecture.

Recognition Speed

Faster response times for commands.

Correction

Enhanced Correction Menu and Spelling Window; new “don’t recognize that word” command; Dragon “learns” from edits, including keyboard edits, faster than ever before.

Accuracy Tuning

Enhanced Accuracy Center with focus on ease of use.

User Interface

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.

Help System and Tutorials

Includes richer tutorial and tips; at anytime, you can search the Help for a particular word or phrase.

Editing and Formatting Text

Handle multiple instances of a word or phrase in your text.

Command and Control

Global commands for launching applications and folders, switching to a specific window, or tabbing multiple times.

Application Support: Word Processing

WordPerfect X5 and Word 2010. (Natural Language Commands in English only)

Application Support: Email

Outlook 2010. (Natural Language Commands in English only)

Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Web Search

Shortcut commands to search more websites, including Nuance Technical Support.

Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Email and Desktop Search

Email shortcut commands to control messages and desktop content; new shortcut to search Dragon Help.

System Requirements

The install process checks that your system meets the minimum requirements; if they are not met, Dragon NaturallySpeaking will not be installed.

* CPU: minimum 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent AMD processor or 1.66 GHz Intel® Atom® processor. We recommend 1.8 GHz Intel Dual Core or equivalent AMD processor. (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set required)
* Processor Cache: minimum 512 KB. We recommend 2 MB.
* Free hard disk space: 2.5 GB (2.8 GB for localized non-English versions)
* Supported Operating Systems:
o Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit
o Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit
o Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 32-bit only
o Windows Server 2003 and 2008, SP1, SP2 and R2, 32-bit and 64-bit
* RAM: minimum 1 GB for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008. We recommend 2 GB RAM for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 4 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008 64-bit.
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher (free download at www.microsoft.com)
* Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording
* DVD-ROM drive required for installation
* Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included in purchase)

Note: An internet connection is required for product activation (a quick anonymous process).

*This edition of Dragon does not support Bluetooth, digital recorders, or dictation directly into Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems. For EMR support, please use Dragon Medical Edition.

With improved accuracy and faster performance, amazing technology advances, and powerful new voice commands, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 delivered a faster, better and simply smarter speech recognition solution. In the year since Dragon 11’s release, Nuance has continued to explore ways to make the software even easier to use. The result is Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5, a point release that is jam-packed with new product features and improvements to existing capabilities.

The new Dragon Remote Microphone application turns your iPhone into a wireless microphone, making it easier – and more comfortable – for users to capture their thoughts and ideas without letting the keyboard get in their way. Version 11.5 also makes it easier to configure Dragon for usage with a digital recorder when you’re away from your computer. New voice commands, such as the ability to post to Facebook and Twitter by voice along with new formatting and editing commands, help version 11.5 customers get more done on their computers. Version 11.5 also adds support for the latest new applications and operating systems, and it incorporates user interface and usability enhancements to user profile creation, the Dragon Sidebar, the correction process, and more!

Details:

Time-Saving Voice Commands

New Facebook and Twitter Commands: Users can easily update Facebook by saying “Post to Facebook”, “Post to Facebook [text],” or “Post that to Facebook.” Tweets are quickly captured by voice: a user selects dictated or typed text (via mouse or voice command), and says “Post that to Twitter.” Additional Twitter commands include “Tweet [text]” (English only) and “Post to Twitter [text].”

New Text Formatting Commands: The new “Quote that” and “Bracket that” commands can be applied to the last utterance or current selection. In addition, the new “Empty Quotes” and “Empty Brackets” commands can be used if a customer knows ahead of time the next utterance should be quoted/bracketed.

Improved Microsoft Office 2010 commands: The French and German editions of Dragon 11.5 incorporate a broader variety of available commands.

Improved Correcting and Editing

Handling Multiple Matches in Text: Dragon 11 introduced the ability to quickly and easily apply correcting, formatting and editing commands to one or all items when the command could apply to multiple instances of text. Version 11.5 introduces a new “Undo all” command. The new command is active only immediately after the user gives a “Choose all” command.

More Usable Spelling Window: The Spelling Window (allowing users to type or spell out something Dragon was not able to transcribe) is now resizable horizontally and delivers more readable options for alternate words and phrases, making it easier for users to modify or correct text.

User Interface and Usability Enhancements

Revised Dragon Sidebar: Introduced in Version11, the Dragon Sidebar helps users to discover and remember common commands by enabling them to glance at or explore global commands (including mouse commands), application-specific commands and custom-created commands, as well as tips. The Dragon Sidebar’s contents change depending on what window is currently active. Version 11.5 delivers additional application contexts to the Sidebar (including WordPad, Vocabulary Editor and Command Browser) and layout improvements to maximize content and readability. To encourage more users to take advantage of this helpful “desktop assistant,” version 11.5 adds a link to the Sidebar within the Dragon Tutorial (English only).

More usable toolbar (the DragonBar): The DragonBar, revised to improve usability in Version11, gathers all of Dragon’s indicators, icons and written messages together in one place. Version 11.5 adds a link to the Tech Support Knowledgebase from the DragonBar’s Help menu so that customers can more quickly and easily address technical questions and concerns.

Getting Started with Dragon is Faster and Easier

Faster and Easier to Create a User Profile: User profile creation was redesigned in Version11 to be simple and conversational. Version 11.5 user interface enhancements make it more clear how users can improve accuracy by having Dragon analyze existing documents. Version 11.5 also improves system messages regarding scheduled program tasks (such as Accuracy Tuning), making it easier for users to take advantage of these features. The new system messages list requirements for tasks to run, explain how to change scheduled tasks and provide direct access to online help.

Enhanced Profile Upgrade Wizard: Version 11.5 helps existing customers realize how many profiles will be upgraded, and estimates how long it will take. Customers are encouraged to run Accuracy Tuning to be sure the highest levels of recognition accuracy are carried over to the upgraded user profile.

Enhanced Hardware and Software Support

Internet Explorer 9: Building on existing compatibility with Internet Explorer, Dragon 11.5 introduces new commands that leverage new capabilities within the latest version of Internet Explorer, released in March 2011. New commands include “Pin this [web] site | page” which creates an icon for the site on the Start menu, and “Go to [the] one box [bar]” since Internet Explorer 9 uses the address bar for URLs and searches.

Windows Live Mail 2011 (V15): Dragon 11.5 offers the same level of support offered for Windows Live Mail 2009 (V14).

OpenOffice Writer version 3.3: Support for OpenOffice Writer, which was launched with Dragon 11, includes dictation, correction, selection, and playback. Dragon 11.5 supports the latest version of OpenOffice Writer, released in January 2011.

Operating Systems: Dragon 11.5 supports Windows 7 SP1 (released February 2011) and supports Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (released February 2011).