Voice Recognition Software Comparisons

Voice-recognition software and price*	System requirements
Comparison Chart - Voice Recognition Software
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Preferred Where to Buy (*est. $145)	Intel Pentium III / 1 GHz processor (or equivalent AMD® processor) – faster processors will yield faster performance 512 MB RAM 1 GB free hard disk space Microsoft Windows XP (SP1 or higher) – Home and Professional, 2000 (SP4 or higher) Creative Sound Blaster 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or higher CD-ROM drive (required for installation) Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included) Speakers (required for playback of recorded speech and text-to-speech features) An Internet connection for activation
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard Where to Buy (*est. $60)	Intel Pentium III / 1 GHz processor (or equivalent AMD® processor) – faster processors will yield faster performance 512 MB RAM 1 GB free hard disk space Microsoft Windows XP (SP1 or higher) – Home and Professional, 2000 (SP4 or higher) Creative Sound Blaster 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or higher CD-ROM drive (required for installation) Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included) Speakers (required for playback of recorded speech and text-to-speech features) An Internet connection for activation
Windows Vista Where to Buy (starting at est. $95) Business upgrade Where to Buy (est. $190) Home Premium upgrade Where to Buy (est. $100) Ultimate upgrade Where to Buy (est. $200)	Home Basic: 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 512 MB of RAM, 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory DVD-ROM drive audio output Home Premium/Business/Ultimate: 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 GB of RAM 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space Support for DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM Driver, at least 128 MB of graphics memory, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, 32 bits per pixel
IBM ViaVoice 10 Standard Where to Buy (*est. $45)	Intel Pentium 300 MHz processor and 256K L2 cache or equivalent (including AMD-K6® with 256K L2 cache) 64 MB RAM for Windows 98 SE and Windows Me 96 MB RAM for Windows 2000 192 MB RAM for Win XP Home and Professional 10 MB of available hard-drive space Quad-speed CD-ROM drive or faster
MacSpeech Dictate Where to Buy (*est. $165)	Intel-based Mac Mac OS X 10.4.11 or greater ("Tiger") Max OS X 10.5.1 or greater ("Leopard") 2 GB of free hard-drive space MacSpeech-certified USB noise-canceling microphone is strongly recommended