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Dragon Naturally Speaking Standard, you can talk to your computer and watch your spoken words instantly appear on Microsoft Word
Fast, easy and amazingly accurate
A Nuance-approved noise-cancelling microphone is included
Ideal for Home Users, Students & Senior Citizens

Feature Highlights:

Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 is one of the most accurate, easy-to-use, powerful speech recognition software ever!
Improved - Unprecedented Speech Recognition Accuracy: The new Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 Speech engine is nearly 15% more accurate than Version 8
New - No Training Required: Get started with Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 without having to read any scripts or training text
New - Expanded Support for New Applications. Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 supports Firefox and Thunderbird from Mozilla
New - New Tutorials simplify the training process, so you can be an expert Dragon Naturally Speaking user right away
New - Support for Non-Standard Edit Controls means you get full Dragon functionally, such as "select and say" in more applications than ever before. New supported edit controls include Borlands Tmemo, Tedit & TRichEdit controls, as well as TE Edit from Sub-Systems and TX Text from TX Text Control
New - Select-And-Say Indicator. Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 includes a new indicator that lets you know when you have "Select and Say" functionality available
Improved - The Dragon Naturally Speaking Command Browser is faster and easier to use than ever before
Smart Formatting lets you specify how to format dates, measurements, acronyms or any word to meet your requirements
Add Terms and Contact Names: Scan your documents, contact names and sent e-mails to update your vocabulary, so you never have to spell a name again
Native MSI Installer: Install Dragon Naturally Speaking through a network to multiple client machines
Dictate into your favourite programs: Dictate directly into virtually any Microsoft Windows-based application
Navigate in AOL: Use built-in command-and-control commands to navigate more easily in AOL
Navigate your Desktop by Voice: Launch or switch applications, save or print documents and more, using menu commands for all standard Windows-based applications
Get Started Quickly: Teach the software to recognize your voice in as few as five minutes
Eliminate "ums" and "ahs" from your dictation: The built-in Nothing But Speech (NBS) Technology increases accuracy by filtering out inadvertent fillers and sounds between words
Use spelling, numbers, commands-only and dictation-only modes: Increase your accuracy when completing specific tasks by voice by using optional spelling, numbers, commands-only and dictation-only modes
Control the Mouse by Voice: Use multiple methods - including commands such as "Move Mouse upper left" - to work hands-free
Work on the Web by Voice: Search the Web, access information and navigate Web pages by speaking URLs and links
Make corrections in many ways: Select and correct a misrecognized word - using voice, mouse, or keyboard - without going into a correction window and the software will learn from your correction
Give Commands Naturally: Built-in Natural Language Commands let you phrase commands in a variety of ways to get the response you want in many applications, including the DragonBar, DragonPad, Microsoft Internet Explorer and America Online
Find Commands easily: The improved Command Browser enables you to search for commands by application and keyword
Edit by Voice: Use Select-and-Say to make text changes by voice in many dialogues and applications
Navigate in Microsoft Outlook Express: Use built-in command-and-control commands to navigate more easily in Microsoft Outlook Express
Work in Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect: Dictate, edit and navigate more easily in Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect
Give Commands Naturally: Use additional built-in Natural Language Commands for Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect
Natural Punctuation: When dictating casual writing styles, you no longer have to say "period" and "comma"

Minimum System Requirements:

Intel Pentium 4 / 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 Labs Sound Blaster 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or Higher (Free Download available at www.microsoft.com)
CD-ROM Drive (required for installation)
Nuance-approved, Noise-cancelling Headset Microphone (included)
A Web Connection is required for Activation