Imagine talking to your computer and having it transcribe everything you say without even touching the keyboard. That's the promise of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 ($99.99 for the Standard Edition, up to $1,599 for specialized medical and legal editions), the latest in a long line of voice-recognition software packages that have steadily gotten better with each iteration. I've been using NaturallySpeaking since version 7, so I eagerly anticipated the release of this latest version.
The developer of the software, Nuance, called us and boasted about the most significant advance of the software: accuracy. We found it odd that the company's hype for version 9.5 claimed accuracy of “up to 99%,” and now this allegedly more accurate version 10 touts accuracy of “up to 98%.” Although we've learned not to take those quotes too seriously, Nuance also says this version is faster. Because I use NaturallySpeaking every day, the prospect of better accuracy and faster processing was enticing.
Could
Star Trek-like voice recognition finally be here? Click Continue and watch us load up this version of NaturallySpeaking 10, putting it to the acid test.
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08-22-2008, 08:10 PM
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