As of this writing, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 has not yet been released. But I am writing this blog post using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 and I can tell you that it’s performing quite well.
There have been errors, probably more my fault than the program. But like all human beings, I pretty much expect miracles out of the box. To which, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 has delivered.
The product is wonderful! Being able to write my blog posts using my headset is absolutely fantastic! Dragon claims that you can increase your productivity by up to 200%. Now I’m not sure that I’m receiving anywhere near that kind of productivity level. But I will tell you this, I usually type between 40 and 50 words a minute. If I’m feeling really frisky, I may even be able to knock out 60 per minute.
With Dragon NaturallySpeaking, I’m watching the word count in my WordPress text editor and watching my computer clock at the same time. Though not entirely scientific, more specifically accurate, it appears to me that I’m putting in about 75 words per minute.
Not a huge upswing in productivity, but enough to make it worth your while, and mine too.
Stop and think about it for a minute. For me, a person who maintains 15 to 20 blogs at any given time, a 15 word per minute increase is substantial. In a days time, it could literally mean hours. Another thing I noticed when writing this post, is that it’s a little more simple to provide more content for each blog post. This post looks like it’s dialing in at about 300 words, which is about 100 more than my normal blog post.
All in all, I highly suggest Dragon NaturallySpeaking for those that work with the computer heavily. It is a timesaver and a productivity tool no web publisher should be without.
Hi,
I use Dragon dictate version 10, can’t wait for the next version, the key though is to use the right microphone…
Happy typing..
Peter
Yup Peter, Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 is on it’s way. I also use version ten, and if you have the right microphone you can make it hum. There are some improvements I’d like to see in version eleven though. I’ll try and put a list of possible improvements together later.
In the meantime, if you don’t already have Dragon Naturally Speaking, please click the banner below and pick up a copy.
I’d be really interested in getting this software but I’d like to wait for Version 11 so that I don’t then have to pay upgrade costs. Do you know when it will be released and how much it will cost?
You folks who have such nice things to say about Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 must not dictate for as many hours a day as I do (8-10). I find that version 10 has SO many bugs and glitches, removed (useful) tools, inserted (pointless) tools that I found myself having to go back to version 9.5. In fact, I would say that version 10 is a botched upgrade, as was version 7, as I recall.
If there were another program on the market that worked even nearly as well as Dragon (despite its countless flaws), I would buy it in a second and consign Dragon to the scrap heap.
Yeah, that’s probably it JP, everyone else is wrong, you’re right. Couldn’t possibly be that you stutter like a whore in church while dictating or that you have a lisp. Couldn’t be that your computer sucks or your microphone is crap. Nope, it’s got to be everyone else that says it rocks.
Cuz JP said so.
You’re an ass JP. A Dragon Naturally Speaking using ass. You’re one of those guys that uses something all the time but criticizes it to no end so you look intelligent. Trust me, you don’t.
Yikes! I think I’ll hold my tirade – one is enough. So which is a good microphone to use? And again, like the comment above, when does 11 come out? How much processor speed, RAM per type of processor / operating system, and cache would people recommend? I tried voice recognition last maybe 4 or 5 year ago, but I’d like to try it again. thanks, Chris in SoCal.
We are no closer to Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 then we were this time last year I’m afraid. There’s been nothing from Nuance, the company that makes it, and there have been no press releases on any new speech to text developments from them.
I do still like and use 10, and it works for me daily. I write about twenty different blogs now, and I couldn’t possibly keep up with everything if it weren’t for the Dragon.
If you’re looking to buy it, you can click the banner below. The package you buy from them has a special headset that is tuned especially for the software, likely resulting in higher efficiency and accuracy. It might be worth getting the premium package directly from them:
I’m sorry but while i like DNS in general, and use it all the time, version 10 is for the most part a step backwards. Performance is worse and the “cut, copy, move (word)” always accidentally fires when i don’t want it to.
Insulting others because they disagree is really pathetic, criticism is what keeps products improving not undeserved or even deserved praise.
Agreed Jeff.
There is a lot of room for improvement when DNS 11 comes out. And discussions like this is what will bring a better product to the table. Thanks for commenting.