Comments on: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Review

By: Grover

Grover — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:22:43 +0000

I have been using DNS for years and it has never worked properly in Word [let alone web forms, Outlook or any of the places users might want to go]. I’ve simply gotten into the habit of using Dragon Pad then doing a copy and paste into the target application. That the various owners of DNS have never addressed this problem blows me away.

The recognition model is another pet peeve. Humans compose and think at the phrase level; DNS recognizes at the sentence level. I hate it when software engineers foist off their own limitations on end users. The ultimate goal in any kind of application should be to adapt the software to the way humans work and not the other way around. With all those caveats in place, it does work. I’ve tested my output at 130 words per minute which sure beats my fingers.

This is now a mature application but the devs keep adding to the bloat with nearly useless features without adding to the recognition model or making the HUMAN experience any better.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:40:35 +0000

Found one. Doesn’t really go into citations though.
http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/ttr05092.shtml

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:33:28 +0000

I am curious if you have checked out the “Legal” version of Dragon. It’s supposed to better handle legalese and citations. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a thorough review of it. :/

By: Disco Dave

Disco Dave — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:12:35 +0000

Hi Guys, not to savey with computers. I can’t spell but I can sure talk up a storm. I’m writing a couple book and thought Dragon NS 10 was the ticket. I’ve had 3-4 computer experts try to get it going in the right dirrection, It’ been a disaster. I’m looking for someone in the Dallas area to help me. I have a new laptop (HP Mini) I talk into mic and 5 minutes later some of the works come out. Have any ideas. also I lost the manual. I’m a man with Big problems!!!!! Disco Dave maybe I should just stick to DISCO. Thanks

By: Joshua Auriemma

Joshua Auriemma — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:12:11 +0000

@Andrew Schnitzel, Your citation is all wrong. Totally referencing this comment in my letter of condemnation to the e-board!

By: Andrew Schnitzel

Andrew Schnitzel — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:10:05 +0000

I concur, see http://legalgeekery.com/2009/01/05/dragon-naturally-speaking/