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    Dragon NaturallySpeaking …

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    *Est. $85
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    Pros: Highly accurate, streamlined, natural language editing and system commands, integrates with office software, works with portable voice recorders.
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    Cons: Needs a lot of computer space, expensive, tech support isn't free after 90 days.

    (172 reviews)
     
    Dragon NaturallySpeaking …
    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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    Dragon NaturallySpeaking …

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    *Est. $45
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    Pros: Highly accurate, works well with Word.
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    Cons: Won't work with Excel or portable voice recorders, doesn't have shortcut commands, costly tech support.

    (175 reviews)
     
    Dragon NaturallySpeaking …
    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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    Windows Speech Recognition

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    Free with Windows …
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    Pros: Around 97 percent accuracy, included in Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems, excellent tutorials and user interface.
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    Cons: Steep learning curve, slower and not as richly featured as Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

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    Windows Speech Recognition
    N/A
    Windows
    N/A
    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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    MacSpeech Dictate

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    *Est. $150
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    Pros: Best product for Mac users, based on Dragon NaturallySpeaking, about 98 percent accuracy, comes with headset.
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    Cons: Installation and compatibility issues, expensive.

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    MacSpeech Dictate
    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
     
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