Product Description

Dragon Naturally Speaking Software Mobile Speech Recognition and Philips 7630 Recorder Ref A109X-WC3-9.0
• Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred Mobile 9 comes with the standard headset for working at your desk, plus a Philips Voicetracer 7630• Voice Activation - it starts recording automatically when you start speaking• compact and lightweight design• Backlit LCD that makes the display easy to read• Holds up to 17 hours of recorded speech• Allows for quick and easy data transfer from recorder to PC• Has a memory of 32 MB

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1958 in Software
• Brand: Nuance Communications, Inc.
• Released on: 2006-08-07
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Dimensions: 1.46 pounds

Features

• Dragon Naturally Speaking Software Mobile Speech Recognition and Philips 7630 Recorder Ref A109X-WC3-9.0
  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred Mobile 9 comes with the standard headset for working at your desk, plus a Philips Voicetracer 7630•

Manufacturer's Description

For the busy professional moving between clients, home and the office, flexibility is a must. The new Dragon NaturallySpeaking Mobile solution lets you dictate documents and notes on the move - now you can work even more efficiently when you are away from your PC. Back in the office simply plug the recorder into the PC, transfer your file and let Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred automatically transcribe your dictation. No need to rely on manual transcription - saving you time and money! Dragon NaturallySpeaking Mobile delivers the performance that mobile professionals demand. It includes the Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Preferred software, a certified digital recorder, special linking software and a high-quality headset microphone.

The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Mobile comes with a light and compact digital recorder that enables users to record over two and half hours of dictation (in High Quality mode). The recorder offers fast file transfer via USB, over two and half hours of recording time (in High Quality mode) and numerous editing functions allow total flexibility when working with recorded files.

AMAZINGLY ACCURATE - More accurate than ever before, Dragon NaturallySpeaking® 9 is often more accurate than typing. Dragon NaturallySpeaking never makes a spelling mistake and it actually gets smarter the more you use it!

FASTER THAN TYPING - Most people speak at over 120 words per minute, but type at less than 40 words a minute. That means you can create letters, reports and emails about three times faster with Dragon NaturallySpeaking!

SO EASY TO USE - You’ll be dictating letters, emails and surfing the web by voice right away! No script reading required to get started. We even include a full set of on-screen tutorials, and a Nuance-approved free noise-cancelling microphone.

USE WITH ANY WINDOWS PROGRAM - Use your voice to dictate, edit and control applications such as Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel, Microsoft® Internet Explorer and Corel® WordPerfect®.

A BEST SELLER AROUND THE WORLD - Dragon products have won over 175 major awards worldwide for accuracy and ease of use and are used by more people worldwide than any other speech recognition software.

BLUETOOTH SUPPORT - Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with Nuance-approved Bluetooth headsets.

MOBILE - Dictate into the Nuance-certified handheld device for automatic transcription when you synch with your PC.

Customer Reviews

Superb time saver
I can't say enough good things about this product. I need to work wherever I am and the Philips recorder is sleek and easy to use. Unlike previous comments, I had no trouble hooking it up and loading my words into my word processing programme. A little bit of editing perhaps, but much, much faster than keying in from scratch. This gizmo is goig to change my life!

Impressive!
I have had this software for only a week, and have been very impressed. I bought it for planning and writing assignments for an MSc. course, and so didn't expect it to recognise many of the technical terms and references, including names. However, I have been very pleasantly surprised. I tend to mumble and have a Midlands 'twang' which I thought would cause problems - but it has coped admirably. There are some annoying moments when it doesn't reconise a command, but there are facilities to 'train' it on particular words or phrases, and as I've only had it a week I guess these will get less and less. It was very easy to get started, the initial 'training' of the software was very short.
I might agree that the instuctions on using the Philips dictation 'tracer' and downloading its files were a little scant, but I got there OK with a bit of intuitive trial and error.
I would definitely recommend this product for home or business use.

Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 (Mobile Edition)
I have tried various versions of dictation software over the past 10 years (IBM ViaVoice, Dragon Dictate etc) and found them to be wanting. So I was sceptical about investing yet again in a type of software application that had previously disappointed. However, the other reviews prompted me to give it another go and I was particularly attracted by the prospect of being able to use a digital recorder.

Installation and set up proved quite straightforward on a Sony laptop operating Vista. The biggest difference I found over previous versions is that Naturally Speaking finds actual words and tries to put them into the appropriate context - earlier versions made up words based on the nearest phonetic sound. So Naturally Speaking gives you actual words but this can be difficult when proof reading - the words may look right but may also be wrong.

The digital recorder that comes with the package is adequate but I found that accuracy was less than acceptable - maybe 70% - 80% even after 'training'. I therefore bought a Sony MX 20 because it's accuracy is allegedly much superior and immediately found improved accuracy - 90% or more. The recorder works best with a headset.

For me the secret to success has been acquiring a good headset and another digital recorder. This significantly increases the cost, so whilst I'm happy with the results I can only give 4 stars because of the added costs.