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Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred

"All of our testers said that they would choose Dragon NaturallySpeaking^TM…"

-- PC Computing, November,1998

Speaking is the Natural Choice!

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred is the newest award-winning product line from Dragon Systems. Its high accuracy, fast performance, and extensive vocabulary give you outstanding recognition for your toughest general dictation projects.

It's simple. Just speak to your computer naturally—without pausing between words—and watch as sentences appear on your screen. Dictate entire paragraphs at a time. Compose e-mail messages, create reports, draft letters, and edit proposals just by speaking.

You’ll find Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred can be faster and more natural than typing. For many users, reports, proposals and letters can all be completed in about a third of the time needed for typing! *

* 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.)

Powerful Features:

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred offers additional features to the ground-breaking technology and award-winning performance found in Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard. With the Preferred Edition you can dictate directly into Microsoft Word 97.

The Dictation Playback and Text-to-Speech functions are designed to assist you with editing. Use these features to proof-read your text quickly and easily.

With support for multiple users, you and your family, or co-workers, can use the same copy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred--with each individual’s own dialect, accent or pronunciation.

Easy to Use:

Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the natural way to input text. Almost anyone--business professionals, writers and journalists, students, non-typists, telecommuters, and office employees—can find themselves quickly creating documents and reports with ease and unparalleled accuracy.

Top 10 Features:

• True Continuous Speech: - Speak to your computer naturally and at a normal pace -up to 160 words per minute and more-without pausing between words.
• Highly Accurate: - An independent study by PC Week Labs finds accuracy to be "95% or higher."
• Hands Free Mouse Control: - Move your mouse pointer with pin-point accuracy, click buttons, and activate menus by simple voice commands with MouseGridÔ. (patent pending)
• Compatibility: - With NaturalWord Ôyou can dictate directly into a Microsoft Word document. Or, use the built-in word processor.
• Personalize the Vocabulary: - Automatically add unique words, terms, and names. The Topic Builder Ô finds words in text files and enters the words, their pronunciations, and the word usage information into your personal vocabulary.
• Text-to-Speech: - Listen as your own documents or other files such as e-mail are read aloud to you.
• Dictation Playback: - Listen to a recording of what you said before you edit or make a correction, in order to "proof" your text.
• Correct and Edit Anytime: - Concentrate on your work, not on your keyboard. Changes can be made as you go or later.
• Select and Say ^TM: - Easily edit, format, or correct words and phrases. Say "select" followed by the words you want to change. Then, say the new words or a command such as "bold that."

System Requirements:

• Minimum 300 MHz Pentium Processor IBM-compatible PC (we suggest the fastest processor you can afford)
• Windows 95 or 98; Windows NT 4.0, XP
• Industry-standard 16-bit sound card or built-in audio systems on desktops and portables, including the Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 and other selected cards. Contact us for the most up-to-date list. Speakers required for multimedia online Help and Quick Tour
• CD ROM for installation
• Hard disk requirements: 60 MB
  +40 MB additional to save recorded speech
  +15 MB additional to install Text-to-Speech
• Minimum Memory requirements: *
  128 MB (we recommend as much as you can afford)
  Windows 95 or 98 -- +16 MB
  NaturalWord Module -- +48 MB
  Windows NT 4.0

* More memory may be required depending on your software configurations.

Includes a high-quality headset microphone.