Dragon Professional Individual Reviews

Voice recognition allows me to produce an enormous amount of writing without taxing my wrists and other body parts.

It takes some time to train. Partly you train it, and partly it trains you. You have to proofread very carefully as errors frequently slip in. It is not faster than typing – but it is easier on the body.
It can also be hard to transfer your user files to a new computer. It's possible, but I had to get help from an expert.

Due to a handicap I Do Use a whole lot of speech recognition For all my work, even made all my websites with speech recognition software from Dragon. I write complete books with the software solution.

Ever since I upgraded my computer and soundcard the software is more precise. So the more money you spend on your computer the better results you will get. Kind of realistic I think :-)

I tend to dictate while out walking and use the Dragon to transcribe my recordings.

The customer service is horrible, consisting of unhelpful, canned responses.

Dragon is my preferred dictation software for my novels. I love the accuracy and how it can be improved through using the software repeatedly.

Dragon is not the best at handling accents and transcription can take a while.

Great software. Makes writing reports, emails, papers, documents so much faster than typing, and I am no slouch when it comes to being able to type. It also releases you from the tethers of a pesky keyboard! You can also program in shorthands to speed up the process. Set it up so that you say ASPCA and it enters in "American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals." Excellent for scientific articles and jargon-heavy reports as you can train it to learn your words, your speech patterns, which make it more accurate.

Buggy. Works most of the time, but after long stretches, it tends to slow and crash. Save early save often. Save, close, then reopen after any new training to make sure that your edits are saved before a crash.

This software is great for people who have difficulty typing and/or for anyone who wants to transcribe a large physical document into digital form and does not have use of a scanner.

The learning curve of the program can be a bit difficult to overcome in the early stages as the program learns the user's voice, intonations, and inflections. It does work better with more use, but you must be aware of errors when you first get started.

The software is very easy to use and it learns the patterns of your speech as you use it. If you are more comfortable expressing your ideas by talking, but you also need to have them written down and turned into pieces of content for your blogs, website, videos etc , this is a great partner to have. I like the fact that there is a cloud version too called Dragon Anywhere, for those times when you can't get an internet connection.

I feel that the accuracy of speech recognition- while amazing!- can still be improved. When you start using the software, you get a text to read at your natural pace, and that's what the recognition is based upon. Well, when you talk and express your ideas, you tend to use a faster pace and that pace, associated with inflections and emotions doesn't always get understood correctly by Dragon.

Dragon has the ability to convert your spoken words into written words. It is fairly good at picking out words that are clearly spoken and is quite customizable when it comes to nonstandard words.

It can be difficult to set this application up and you need to be patient while going through the learning process. However, that being said once you go through the tutorials Dragon works quite satisfactorily.

Dragon is one of those software apps that seems to have been around forever, and for good reason. Having used this for medical dictation, I can say Dragon is perhaps the best in the field. It's easy to use, easy to set up, and it adapts rather well (you can add your own words that may not normally be recognized, so medical terminology can be programmed in based on your pronunciation). In addition to dictation, which Dragon does extremely well, you can also use Dragon to execute commands based on voice prompts. While I use this feature less, it is still rather functional. In short, Dragon adapts well and performs well. It's the leader in dictation software for a reason.

My only complaint would be that it uses up a lot of memory, which can be a problem on older machines. I personally use my laptop primarily, which is newer and does not run into these problems, but if you're forced to use an older desktop it may be laggy at times.

I researched and purchased this software for the folks in our independent living facility. People here are physically disabled but mentally sound- and usually are new to living with a disability due to illness,an accident etc. This speech recognition software allows our clients to stay connected through the internet just as they had before. Emails, internet searching and using application such as Microsoft Word are accessible to them once more.

The icon at the bottom which we keep "pinned" to the banner for clients ease of use, can sometimes be too close to other icons. When you do *not* wish to use the software, if you inadvertently press the icon it can take a while to wait for the software to load etc to be able to close it down. For people who cannot use their hands, it can be hard to close all of the windows when not in use. As this software likely is used by those with physical impairments, it is just something to note.

This software is the gold standard when it comes to speech-to-text. It is able to read anything on the computer - icons, websites, pdfs, etc. and will respond to voice commands to access these things. The rate at which it converts your speech to text is almost seamless and the accuracy is superior in comparison to other speech to text programs.

This software is very pricey considering there are other free speech to text programs out there. There is also a bit of a learning curve in the beginning as the program learns your voice and as you learn how to access all the features available. However, once you have mastered the program you will not consider other programs.

Dictation software is so helpful when writing books/courses. I like the fact that you can train Naturally Speaking to understand your style of talking. The training feature is a must when starting out as that's how it learns how you talk.

I struggled initially with turning it when trying to use other applications. I purchased it to document procedures in accounting software. When I moved to the accounting software to dictate the procedures, a new window appeared and started typing what I was saying. My hope was to have the typing in my open word doc. I had to adjust how I documented procedures...not a big deal, but took getting used to.

Once set up for the user, is easy to use and definitely helps facilitate charting/notes to be done quickly. Have seen other providers used this in the patient room though I prefer the use it once the visit is complete.

This software is easier to use in different EHRs - I actually found it better suited when I had EPIC as opposed the allscripts.