Dragon NaturallySpeaking
12 Premium

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Premium speech recognition software ignites new levels of personal productivity and convenience by enabling you to interact with your PC by voice. Say words and they appear on your computer screen — three times faster than typing — with up to 99% accuracy. Dictate or modify documents, spreadsheets and presentations, manage email, search the Web, post to Facebook and Twitter, and more. Launch applications, select menu items, save files, and switch windows using simple voice commands or create your own custom commands to insert boilerplate text and/or graphics. Even dictate notes into a digital voice recorder or a compatible iOS device and Dragon will later transcribe the recorded files into text on your PC. Dragon 12 Premium is your key to less stress and more success at home, school, work, or wherever life takes you.

Even More Accurate

• Improved Accuracy: Dragon 12 delivers up to a 20% improvement in out-of-box accuracy compared to Dragon 11. This means that Dragon gets you, and you get things done, faster than ever. And when you do need to make a correction, Dragon learns, making it more accurate the more that you use it.

Faster Than Ever

• Faster Processors Yield Faster Performance: If you use Dragon on a computer with multi-core processors and more than 4 GB of RAM, Dragon 12 automatically selects the BestMatch V speech model for you when you create your user profile in order to deliver faster performance.
• Better performance: Dragon 12 boosts performance by delivering easier correction and editing options, and giving you more control over your command preferences, letting you get things done faster than ever before.

Language Versions Available

• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Italian
• Spanish

Interactive Tutorial

• Interactive Tutorial: Proposed at the end of profile creation and available any time from the Help menu, the Interactive Tutorial in Dragon 12 offers short progressive simulations to help you practice good dictation, correction and editing habits so that you can create text efficiently within just a few minutes. Even experienced Dragon users can benefit from the Interactive Tutorial.

Wideband Bluetooth Support

• Enhanced Bluetooth Support: Dragon 12 adds support for wideband Bluetooth wireless headset microphones, and you can get up and running quickly. When it detects that the USB dongle of a certified microphone is plugged into the PC, Dragon 12 offers "Enhanced Bluetooth" as an audio source type and does not require a script reading to get started.

Smart Format Rules

• Smart Format Rules: Dragon now reaches out to you to adapt upon detecting your format corrections – abbreviations, numbers, and more — so your dictated text looks the way you want it to every time.

More Natural Text-to-Speech

• More Natural Text-to-Speech Voice: Dragon 12's natural-sounding Text-To-Speech reads editable text—with fast-forward, rewind and speed and volume control—for easy proofing and multi-tasking.

Faster Correction

• Correction: When it comes to correcting a word or phrase, Dragon now includes more choices to make it quicker and easier to make a change.

Dragon Remote Mic - Now for Android

• Dragon Remote Microphone App for iOS and now Android: Dragon 12 lets you go wireless with an iOS or Android device and the free Dragon Remote Microphone App. Turn your compatible iPhone, iPod touch (4th gen), iPad or Android device into a wireless microphone for use with Dragon over a WiFi network. And it's easier than ever to get started – simply use the camera on your device to scan the barcode that Dragon 12 provides on-screen.

Language Versions Available

• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Italian
• Spanish

Testimonials

• Jenny P.
  I am 10 times more productive because of the speed at which Dragon types!
• Frank C.
  I am able to do in 2 hours per week the same amount of work that used to take me 15-20 hours per week.
• Dwayne S.
  It has been such a great help with typing, navigation of the Internet, writing e-mails to friends, and simply doing things on the computer that were too difficult to do in the past.
• Eugenie B.
  I use it for everything — e-mails to clients, expense reports, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, proposals, everything!
• Anne N.
  I use Dragon for email, articles, work, and personal correspondence. While I can, and do type, Dragon increases my productivity a thousand fold.
• Stephen D.
  It is a powerhouse program for individuals who need to communicate their thoughts to the computer quickly and effectively.
• John B.
  I have doubled my productivity and found that I can more creatively write my reports by talking rather than typing. Dragon Naturally Speaking has helped me grow my business well beyond my former limitations without adding any additional people or costs.
• Jacquelyn R.
  I am constantly looking for ways to work smarter. I love using voice recognition software and it works, even with my southern accent.
• Tom A.
  I am out of the office a lot and use my digital recorder to take notes and reminders of things that need to be taken care of. When I get back to the office I upload the digital recorder, and I am amazed at the accuracy of the transcription.
• David C.
  Before I had the Dragon system reports took more than three hours to type. With Dragon I've cut my time to 45 minutes to one hour.
• S.S.
  Dragon allows me to be as efficient as if I had a number of secretaries.
• Patrick C.
  My job required a large volume of reports to be generated daily and monthly. Having switched from hand writing and typing daily and monthly reports to using Dragon NaturallySpeaking I have reduced my report preparation time by several hours each week.
• Jim H.
  One of the best things about Dragon is that you can be dictating within a half-hour of installing the software and the accuracy factor is 99%. I've tried dictating to secretaries and don't get nearly that close in a lot more time.
• Patrick C.
  I acquired a Sony digital voice recorder so that I could record case notes while in the field. Linking the voice recorder to my notebook computer Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred transcribed the field notes into text that could be transmitted to my secretary.

Language Versions Available

• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Italian
• Spanish

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: We recommend 2.2 GHz Intel® dual core or equivalent AMD processor. (Minimum 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent AMD processor or 1.66 GHz Intel® Atom® processor). NOTE: Faster processors yield faster performance. (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set is required)
• Processor Cache: We recommend 2 MB L2 cache. (Minimum: 512 KB L2 cache)
• Free hard disk space: 3.2 GB (4 GB for localized non-English versions)
• Supported Operating Systems:
• Microsoft Windows 7 and higher, 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows XP SP3, 32-bit only
• Windows Server 2008 SP1, SP2 and R2, 32-bit and 64-bit
• RAM: We recommend 2 GB for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 32-bit, 4 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 64-bit. (Minimum: 1 GB for Windows XP and Windows Vista and 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher for online help (free download at www.microsoft.com)
• Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 12 or higher, or Google Chrome 16 or higher are required in order to experience the enhanced capabilities in Gmail and Hotmail
• Sound card supporting 16-bit recording
• A DVD-ROM drive for installation
• A Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included in purchase). See details at support.nuance.com/compatibility/ (includes USB adapters and digital voice recorders).

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

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

Language Versions Available

• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Italian
• Spanish