Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9

Nuance has done it again! Another great product improvement to the NaturallySpeaking product has been released for all versions of the product. For any version 8 user, the NaturallySpeaking Preferred, Professional, Medical, and Legal packages bear serious consideration for the immediate benefits that they provide users. NaturallySpeaking is the de facto standard for speech recognition and this new version of the NaturallySpeaking product suite continues to solidify Nuance's dominance in this market.

New Features

Where to begin? Obviously the improvements begin with faster and more accurate speech recognition. Here is a synopsis of Nuance's position on the new version 9 suite: Most Accurate Ever – Significant improvements to the Dragon NaturallySpeaking recognition system have yielded an accuracy improvement of more than 20 percent over the previous release, and nearly 40 percent over version 7 – resulting in speech recognition accuracy levels as high as 99 percent. First to Eliminate Training – Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the first desktop speech recognition solution to truly remove the time need to "train" the software – and still deliver accurate results. Speech Seamlessly Integrated – Simply install Dragon NaturallySpeaking and you have added speech input and control to virtually all of your Microsoft Windows applications. The new release includes specific integration with Microsoft® Office, Outlook® and Internet Explorer®, as well as Corel® WordPerfect® and Mozilla™ Firefox® and Thunderbird™. New-found Mobility, Portability – New support for Nuance-approved Bluetooth headsets gives users the freedom to dictate wirelessly, without being tethered to a PC. In addition, users can capture dictation with mobile devices such as digital recorders, Palm® Tungsten™ and Pocket PCs for automatic transcription by Dragon NaturallySpeaking when synched with the PC. Enterprise Features – Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional 9 can be accessed from anywhere on a network, even thin client Citrix® terminals. Improved network tools allow administrators to easily manage Dragon NaturallySpeaking deployments over a network to multiple clients.

Certifications and Business Benefits

The NaturallySpeaking version 9 suite is Section 508 certified, allowing those with disabilities, carpal tunnel syndrome, or other repetitive stress injuries to have hands-free use of the PC. Businesses also recognize the potential for NaturallySpeaking to reduce temporary labor costs and insurance premiums by reducing repetitive stress injuries and worker compensation claims.

KnowBrainer 2006 Integration

As great a job as Nuance has done with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 - you know our opinion: KnowBrainer is only going to make it better! With the Launch of NaturallySpeaking 9 by Nuance, KnowBrainer released the 2006 version of the flagship KnowBrainer product, as well as our updated vocabularies. For users of NaturallySpeaking Professional 9, our KnowBrainer product provides an astonishing level of PC automation enhancements over the Nuance software. Where Nuance has done the heavy lifting of building the world class speech recognition engine, our KnowBrainer product provides real world integration for the NaturallySpeaking engine into your PC - fully hooking it into all of your favorite applications and operating system. And for those of Medical and/or Legal backgrounds, the KnowBrainer 2006 Vocabularies suites provides 25 vocabulary sets for use in the specialized medical and legal fields.