Voice Recognition Software: Reviews

Updated October 2009
 

Best voice recognition software

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred *Est. $85 Compare Prices
 
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The New York Times: Technology writer David Pogue favorably compares Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 with MacSpeech Dictate and Windows Speech ...

TopTenReviews.com: TopTenReviews.com's review chart makes it simple to compare DragonNaturallySpeaking to competing programs. While the individual ...

PCMag.com: In an exceptionally thorough review, Michael Muchmore documents every stage of setting up and using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, ...

TrustedReviews.com: Answering the question of whether or not it's worthwhile to upgrade, TrustedReviews.com outlines the differences between ...

Amazon.com: More than 150 NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred owners have submitted their experiences to Amazon's user review page, giving the ...

 

Basic voice recognition software

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard *Est. $45 Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

The New York Times: Technology writer David Pogue favorably reviews NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred, noting that the Standard version doesn't have the ...

PC World: Although PC World's analysis is of the more advanced, Professional version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, reviewer Aoife McEvoy ...

Arstechnica.com: Not all reviewers do a great job of identifying the version of NaturallySpeaking 10 they're testing. This is the case with this ...

Amazon.com: More than 150 owners of NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard have submitted user reviews to Amazon. The program rates an overall 3.5 out ...

 

Voice recognition included with Windows

Free with Windows Vista and Windows 7 Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

PCMag.com: Even though this review is dedicated to Dragon's NaturallySpeaking 10, Michael Muchmore delivers a strong, head-to-head ...

Bright Hub.com: BrightHub.com's Glen Salzman authors the most thorough, balanced and detailed assessment of Windows Speech Recognition we were ...

StevePavlina.com: Steve Pavlina is not a professional reviewer but a personal development blogger and, by his own account, a longtime fan of voice ...

TopTenReviews.com: In this review, Lecia Monsen favorably evaluates Windows Speech Recognition and finds it superior to "most" of those rated in the ...

GadgetUserBlog.com: Although short on detail, this blog post offers one of the few currently available comparisons of the speech recognition programs ...

 

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Best speech recognition software for Mac

MacSpeech Dictate *Est. $150 Compare Prices
 
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TopTenReviews.com: TopTenReviews.com covers MacSpeech Dictate 1.3. Dictate ranks second on the site's list of top voice recognition programs, and is ...

Macworld: Macworld's Kirk McElhearn reviews MacSpeech Dictate version 1.2. McElhearn isn't too enamored of speech recognition overall, but ...

The New York Times: The second half of this article covers MacSpeech Dictate 1.0, which veteran technology writer David Pogue says is based on Dragon ...

Amazon.com: Over 125 user reviewers give MacSpeech a rating of just three out of five stars, but it should be noted that Amazon.com has ...

 

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