WHAT IS CONTINUOUS SPEECH
RECOGNITION?
This process involves speaking at the same pace as most of your
conversations and your spoken words are transcribed immediately onto
your computer screen.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses continuous speech, or natural speech.
Just
talk to your PC naturally.Your sentences appear immediately on your
screen and in your document. Dictate entire paragraphs at a time.
Compose e-mail messages, create reports, draft letters, and edit
proposals just by speaking.
Many people find Dragon NaturallySpeaking helps them to be more
productive. As you can see in the example below, Dragon
NaturallySpeaking is much faster than typing. NaturallySpeaking is
especially effective in Medical, Legal and instances where typing is
not possible or practical.Typing
at 50 net words per minute, a person produces a 3-page, 900-word
document in 18 minutes.
Dictating 140-160 net words per minute, a person produces a 3-page,
900-word document in less than 6.5 minutes.
**(Net words per minute determined by measuring a person's average
gross speed in words per minute and subtracting the number of errors
made.)
(CAUTION: THE CORRECT SPEECH MODEL
MUST BE USED AS THESE PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON STATISTICAL SPEECH
MODELS DRAWN FROM VARIOUS POPULATIONS- E.G., PHYSICIANS USE
MEDICAL 10.1, ATTORNEYS
USE
LEGAL 10 AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS
USE
PROFESSIONAL 10.1. TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM ACCURACY ONE MUST USE
THE APPROPRIATE SPEECH MODEL. THE ASSUMPTION THAT ONE CAN BUILD A
SPEECH MODEL AS INHERENTLY ACCURATE AS THE APPROPRIATE SPEECH MODEL
IS NOT CORRECT).
WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS FOR NUANCE DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING?
click here for system requirements.
IS MY COMPUTER POWERFUL ENOUGH?
HOW WILL MY SYSTEM PERFORM?
NaturallySpeaking uses sophisticated acoustic and language models to
interpret your speech and turn it into text. The program checks your
computer's specifications to determine which set of speech models it
will install on your computer. Computers that just meet the minimum
system requirements will receive the base models; while a Pentium IV
computer with 1 GIG of RAM would receive the most sophisticated
models available. Whichever the case, the program will adjust itself
to the processor and memory of your computer to provide the best
combination of accuracy and speed possible. We STRONGLY recommend
1GIG RAM for best results.
HAS THE ACCURACY IMPROVED?
We've always worked to improve the accuracy of our products, and
Version 10 is no exception. The advancements in our technology,
coupled with today's faster computers, make for a more accurate
product than previous versions.
The increase in accuracy from version to version is exponential!
(Note that different people experience different degrees of
improvement in accuracy.)
HOW DOES NATURALLYSPEAKING MAKE CORRECTIONS EASIER?
A drop-down list appears when you select words in our editor,
suggesting possible alternatives for what you had spoken. It's very
similar to the little spell-check list that appears in Microsoft
Word.
HOW HAS WEB BROWSING BY VOICE IMPROVED WITH Version 10?
With version you can now choose options from radio buttons, toggle
checkboxes, switch between frames, and follow image links all by
voice using Microsoft Internet Explorer. We have also improved the
way you can follow links which share the same name.
HOW HAS NATURALLYSPEAKING IMPROVED E-MAIL MANAGEMENT?
With NaturallySpeaking you can now manage your incoming and outgoing
e-mail.
You can dictate e-mails into your favorite e-mail programs, such as
Microsoft Outlook (Professional, Medical & Legal versions only). You
can also use built-in voice commands to check mail, compose and
reply to messages, navigate fields, and so forth.
Some example commands include: Check for New Mail, Send E-mail,
Reply to Message, Go to Cc: Field, Print E-Mail, and Forward
Message.
WHICH E-MAIL PROGRAMS DOES NATURALLYSPEAKING SUPPORT?
You can create and manage e-mail by voice in popular programs such
as
* Microsoft Outlook (Professional, Medical & Legal versions only)
and Outlook Express
Microsoft Outlook (Professional, Medical & Legal versions only) and
Outlook Express
I HAVE A DIFFERENT E-MAIL PROGRAM. CAN I USE NATURALLYSPEAKING
WITH MY PROGRAM?
Yes, you can still dictate directly into any Windows program,
including other e-mail programs. You can also use our improved
web-browsing features to work with Web-based
e-mail programs such as
Yahoo! and Hotmail. You may not, however, have access to all of the
built-in commands.
HOW CAN YOU TELL THE SOFTWARE WHICH LINK TO FOLLOW WHEN THEY
SHARE THE SAME NAME?
If hypertext links share the same name, NaturallySpeaking displays
choice numbers next to each of the options. Just as when you are
correcting, you can say "choose two" to select which link you wish
to follow.
CAN I STILL DO EVERYTHING I COULD DO IN VERSION 9?
Yes - you can still jump to links, go to Favorite web sites, enter
Web addresses, move around Web documents, dictate into forms, click
buttons, and more, all by voice.
CAN I DO WEB-BROWSING WITH NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR At this time,
no. However, you can still dictate directly into Netscape's text
fields.
HOW CAN I ADD TERMINOLOGY QUICKLY?
The Add Words from Document feature will scan your electronic
documents for unfamiliar words and update the built-in vocabulary
appropriately. This functionality allows you to achieve higher
accuracy levels by focusing the program on the personal or
industry-specific words you use on a day-to-day basis. This feature
is only available with Professional, Medical and Legal versions.
CAN I MIX AND MATCH DIALECTS? IN OTHER WORDS, DICTATE IN AN
AMERICAN ACCENT BUT WITH BRITISH SPELLINGS?
At this time, no. The dialects and spellings are paired; so the U.S.
dialect comes with U.S. spellings, while the UK, Indian, Australian,
and SE Asian dialects come with British spellings.
WHICH PROGRAMS SUPPORT SELECT-AND-SAY EDITING?
The following programs support select-and-say editing with
NaturallySpeaking: Select and Say editing gives one the ability to
say a word and have the word highlighted as if it was selected by
highlighting. From that point one may correct (replace with the correct word if
that word was misrecognized ) or edit if one desires to simply
replace a word by choice.
* DragonPad
* Microsoft Word
* Corel WordPerfect
* Microsoft Chat
* GoldMine
* Internet Explorer
