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Best voice recognition software
Pros: Highly accurate, streamlined, natural language editing and system commands, integrates with office software, works with portable voice recorders.
Cons: Needs a lot of computer space, expensive, tech support isn't free after 90 days.
780420118706
Nuance
A109A-K07-10.0
1 GHz Intel Pentium4 or later or AMD Athlon 64 or later
512 MB (1 GB for Vista)
1 GB
Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP SP2 or higher, 32-bit, Windows 2000 SP4 or higher, Windows Vista or Windows Vista SP1, 32-bit and 64-bit
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Thunderbird, AOL Instant Messenger, Outlook Express, Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect
Dictation, menu commands, editing commands, streamlined system commands, web searching
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Basic voice recognition software
Pros: Highly accurate, works well with Word.
Cons: Won't work with Excel or portable voice recorders, doesn't have shortcut commands, costly tech support.
780420119208
Nuance
A309A-G01-10.0
1 GHz Intel Pentium4 or later or AMD Athlon 64 or later
512 MB (1 GB for Vista)
1 GB
Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP SP2 or higher, 32-bit, Windows 2000 SP4 or higher, Windows Vista or Windows Vista SP1, 32-bit and 64-bit
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Thunderbird, AOL Instant Messenger, Microsoft Word and WordPerfect
Dictation, menu commands, editing commands, system commands
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Voice recognition included with Windows
Pros: Around 97 percent accuracy, included in Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems, excellent tutorials and user interface.
Cons: Steep learning curve, slower and not as richly featured as Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
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Windows
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1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
N/A, integrated with Windows Vista and Windows 7
N/A, integrated with Windows Vista and Windows 7
Integrated with Windows Vista and Windows 7
Any application that supports Microsoft Text Services Framework
Dictation, menu commands, editing commands, system commands, web searching
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Best speech recognition software for Mac
Pros: Best product for Mac users, based on Dragon NaturallySpeaking, about 98 percent accuracy, comes with headset.
Cons: Installation and compatibility issues, expensive.
806709380876
MacSpeech
MSDICTATE
Intel-based Mac
1 GB
2.5 GB
Macintosh OS X 10.5.6 or later
Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress. Apple iChat, Mail, iPhoto, and Keynote.
Dictation, menu commands