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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Dragon Professional Individual? Do you work with reports, emails, and forms? With Dragon Professional Individual,you can spend less time on documentation and more time on activities that boost the bottom line. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.0/5** | 240 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 3.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 70% | (7/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Nuance Communications - **Founded**: 2015 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$300.00 - **Pricing model**: Per Feature - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Audio Capture - Audio/video file upload - Automatic Transcription - Concatenated Speech - Customizable Macros - Multi-Language - Speech Recognition Software - Speech-to-Text Analysis - Text Editing - Voice Recognition ## Support Options - Chat ## Category - [Speech Recognition Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30098/speech-recognition/software) ## Related Categories - [Speech Recognition Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30098/speech-recognition/software) - [Transcription Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31836/transcription/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I then go through and dictate them into a notetaker, and use Dragon to transcribe potentially 20 pages of edits. On the computer I then go through and correct mistakes in the transcription. I then copy and paste those edits into the book within Microsoft Word. This means I can sit on the sofa or in the garden, reading through my book, dictating edits, and minimises my time sat in front of a screen or computer. I’m short-sighted and my glasses are not suitable to switch from looking at the screen to looking at the book on the desk. It reduces eye strain to have the bulk of the edits transcribed for me. I am using it right now to dictate this. \* I dictate various meditation processes into audacity, and use it to transcribe those. You can have multiple profiles set up on dragon. I have one trained for a recording on my notetaker, one for a recording on Audacity, and one for speaking direct to the computer. \* I’m guessing that Dragon is the only software available that does both speech recognition direct into the device, and transcription of a recording. \* I mostly speak into a notetaker, and let Dragon transcribe it rather than speaking direct to the screen. With direct speech recognition, if there are mistakes, I may have forgotten what I said. But once I have a recording, Dragon gives the option of playback. Or, I can always listen to the recording itself again to find out what I said. > > **Cons**: Customer support is poor. Frequent upgrades happen and support for earlier versions is soon withdrawn. Having said that I have an earlier version which is not officially compatible but it’s still working. And as a long term user, I have not felt any need for support. Dragon uses a great deal of RAM. Sometimes I click to speak and it doesn't work or takes a while to do so. I have to reload the profile. As AI for transcription becomes more and more available and skilled, Dragon will have more competition for its function of transcription from a sound file. I stated in the pros section that I guess Dragon is the only software available that does both speech recognition direct into the device, and transcription of a recording. It is also the only one I know of that you can train to adapt to your own voice. This may change. > > As I said, I wouldn’t be without it. If you have restrictions in the use of your hands, or are wary of getting repetitive strain injury in your hands from typing, then it’s life changing. Also, as I said, transcription from dictated MP3 files relieves time on the computer and therefore eye strain. My overall rating is only 3 because there are limitations with the product (see cons). But since it’s the only one I know that does what it does, my recommendation is 9 out of 10. I feel grateful it exists\! Ease of use I rated as only 3 as there is a learning curve for use, especially if you want to learn to dictate punctuation. Value for money I have stated 3 because it seems expensive to me\! But then as the only piece of software I’ve found that does what it does, I will pay it\! Ease of deployment I gave 5. You basically click and it opens. Not 6 because mine can be glitchy, but that’s probably because I don’t have the latest version. ----- ### "Good product but overpriced." — 4.0/5 > **David** | *July 27, 2024* | Medical Practice | Recommendation rating: 2.0/10 > > **Pros**: The program (v 16) transcribed well (even medical terms) and is relatively easy to use once the learning curve and training have been completed. > > **Cons**: I paid over $500 for what I was told was a plan that would include free upgrades. Nine months after purchase I noted that UK English was being used by Dragon instead of American English and I could not get the output text language back to American English. I called customer support and was told I needed to pay an additional $200 to get service. The rationale put forth was that my cust. support expired after 6 months and again I would need to pay $200 to receive help. The $500 I paid up front did not even allow me to get help from customer service. Unless you care nothing about expense. move on to a different program. > > Unhelpful unless you pay $hundreds for help. I am not sure the quality of the service - I could never get that far. ----- ### "Career saver" — 4.0/5 > **Annalisa** | *August 22, 2024* | Pharmaceuticals | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: The dictation capabilities (it saves from having to type ) > > **Cons**: It often freezes. It doesn't work with Microsoft Teams. > > I started using it because I have RSI in my wrists. It saved my career. I can now be as productive as I was before ----- ### "old bad software" — 1.0/5 > **Joe** | *September 23, 2024* | Real Estate | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: command prompts worked reasonably well if you know what they are. > > **Cons**: it is a very stupid software and can't read anything around it which in today's day is archaic. The software needs a major upgrade and update to be smarter on how it works. learning the software is a difficult task. > > I had to use it because I was temporarily disabled and it was horrible to learn and absolutely frustrating at times. As soon as I can type on my own it will be deleted and never ever purchase again. ----- ### "Write quicker with Naturally Speaking" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *March 13, 2019* | Accounting Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Dictation software is so helpful when writing books/courses. I like the fact that you can train Naturally Speaking to understand your style of talking. The training feature is a must when starting out as that's how it learns how you talk. > > **Cons**: I struggled initially with turning it when trying to use other applications. I purchased it to document procedures in accounting software. When I moved to the accounting software to dictate the procedures, a new window appeared and started typing what I was saying. My hope was to have the typing in my open word doc. I had to adjust how I documented procedures...not a big deal, but took getting used to. > > It makes documenting procedures simple. I don't have to type as much, so as a thought comes into my head, I can simply say it and it's in my document. 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