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judith_s ([personal profile] judith_s) wrote2008-08-30 02:10 am
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So I got an offer for Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 for $100, and I'm thinking of trying it. Has anyone tried Dragon? Is it worth it? The offer appears to be open to everyone & a pretty good deal (Amazon is selling it for $170, and this is $100).
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[identity profile] r-wolfcastle.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
With a good quality microphone and a reasonably fast PC (no Mac version of Dragon per se), Dragon rocks. I was so happy recently when MacSpeech finally released MacSpeech Dictate, which is based on the Dragon recognition core. I trained it for all of 5 minutes and it performs beautifully. I'd rather have Dragon NS proper, and if they ever bring it out for the Mac I'll probably buy it.

For a good microphone, I'd go here:

https://www.emicrophones.com/index.asp?

When MacSpeech screwed up my microphone order and adamantly refused to make it good, the guys at emicrophone got me what I needed in record time and with complete and accurate instructions. I got so tired of wires, plugs, usb pods, and yet more wires that I sprung for the Samson Airline 77 wireless mic, and have been very happy with it. And since you're only paying $100 for Dragon, you can afford to buy a $400 microphone! ;-) ;-)
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