Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 11 Student Edition [Old Version]

Horrible and a huge waste of time. Bought it for my son and even after training the software for several hours to recognize his voice it was at best 50% accurate. Years ago I worked on a car navigation system that used speech recognition. I worked on the map database but used the system often doing testing. It, like Dragon, works best on a adult male voice. But even that system nearly 20 years ago recognized womens and childrens voices much better than Dragon. Oh and the included headset is junk too. When you complain they tell you to buy a better headset for another $100 or more. Save your time and money this thing is junk. Oh and even on my voice it was only about 70% accurate. junk junk junk

Hi, This is the first review Ive ever written but wanted to tell you what a great product this is. I purchased this product because I have health issues that make it difficult to type and almost didnt purchase this because of all the negative reviews. Many other reviewers noted that there was great difficulty geting the serial number needed to install the product. Well, I have a .edu email address. I received the program, went to the verification website, answered the questions, and was immediately verified. I waited about 30 minutes to check my email and there was the serial number. I installed the program, did the tutorial and training sections and was up and running. The first thing I did was to dictate class notes. The terminology was very technical and specific to this graduate class subject. Dragon got all the words, as long as I pronounced them right :), and I cant tell you what a relief it has been for me to be able to do course work without experiencing pain in my arms.

I have nerve damage to my right hand due to a work injury and at 53 I have had to rethink my life and go back to college so that I will be able to work again in the future. I purchased Dragon Naturally Speaking Premium 11 Student Edition the end of December. There was no problem at all getting the registration key, all you need is your college email address. The instructions tell you it will take 24 hours, but I received my key in less than 30 minutes. It takes a while to get your voice profile setup. For some reason the quick voice training didnt work and I had to read a passage from a list of books. That took about 30 minutes and then I was off and running. While the program doesnt get every word you say perfect every time, I would say its 98% correct most of the time. This version included a very nice headset with microphone and I have been able to write my first 3 essays in less time that it would have taken me any other way. I speak it types, I tell it to open Word, it opens Word. Its like Im dictating to a person and they are doing all the hard work for me. It is an amazing program and is worth every penny. I highly recommend this program for anyone with a disability and even for those without one.

I could not get this to work and it pissed me off that it came with head phones but it didnt say that so then I ordered extra and the damn thing never would load right. Every time I use it all it does is type, and him and him and him. Stupid software!

I ordered this on September 6th, 2010 and received on September 11. The product arrived with out the product serial number that you needed to start the registration and student verification process. Attempted to contact Nuance customer service and was told that it would take up to 2 days to get a response to my email. Got my email response 2 days later and the response seemed like they did not read the email. Finally, got to talk to customer service after having to take off work in order to call them during their service hours and was told that that I would have to send them a copy of the receipt and that they would send me a a response within 2 days after the request. Went to the web site to start the process and decided that it just wasnt worth the hassle. I sent the product bask without ever having a chance to use due to poor quality control and a cumbersome customer service resolution system. Would not recommend buying anything from this company unless you dont mind the hassle if you have a problem. I know several people who use Dragon Naturally Speaking and say it is a very good product but I dont have the time to deal with poor customer service if there is a problem. Buyer Be Ware. jthomas

Bought this and was pleased, but the newer editions are now much more capable and productive and the price is right!

Awesome experience with this product!!! It was everything I expected when I purchased it. I very pleased with this purchased.

This software has saved my life!!! I love it...I am a fulltime student and I work partime. And I have to write papers all the time but I dont type. So it took me extra long..this program helps with that trmendously. Now all I do is write it out then speak it .....what took me hours takes me less than one hour..... Some things to consider, the headset that comes with it SUCKS your accuracy will be way off if you stick with it. I had to buy another one of better quality-- I now get 99% accuracy I had no problem getting my log in since I bought the student version and when i had a problem customer service@ Dragon was helpfull and walked me through the set up process without a hassle. Overall the program is great!!!! saves you alot of time.

Bought this as a graduation gift for my son who has dyslexia and is entering College. Since day one he has put it to great use and has helped him produce wonderful research papers that are/were required from him. Thank you

It is a lot better now but I still like this version and it still works! It is a lil difficult to train but if you got time it is great!