Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 11 Student Edition [Old Version]

my daughter is doing great with this product. She even started to dictate a story in addition to her homework. It really is amazing how quickly you can train dragon to your voice.

I bought this last year and didnt install it right away, when I did and tried to register it on the registration site the response was not for use in the United States. I didnt see anything that stated that in the advertisement of the item so beware of software at bargain prices, it may not be the bargain you are expecting.

I have no idea how Nuance expects to keep their top rating when their system does not install on pretty standard systems that seem to meet their posted requirements. Buyer BEWARE! While their sales/customer support folks will tell you that your system meets the requirements the truth is that this may not be the case as I discovered after buying. It seems that you need to have a SSE2 enabled/compatible/??? processor. Additionally, while Dragon 10 and earlier versions do not require SSE2 they wont run on Vista or Win7! So versions 11 and higher need SSE2 processors, something not all AMD processors evidently have, and versions lower than 11 wont run on Vista or higher OS. Of course it took me over an hour on the phone to find this out because Nuances first response was You need a new computer. How do you know if you have an SSE2 processor???----Well I asked them and their answer is In our Knowledge Base online there is a link to a tool that will tell you whether or not you have SSE2 processor. In other words you need to find a specific post in their Knowledge Base then download the software from the link and install the tool, then run the tool to see if you can install their software. Duh! Really?! Sales wont tell you about this tool or your need to verify SSE2. Neither do their Tech Specs or System Requirements offer a link to this tool though these do state: (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set required) Frankly their attitude was that they only deal with people who have state of the art technology and then only people who pay the extra $$$ for Intel processors. Very odd attitude for a company with a national ad campaign aimed at everyday people and students on a budget.

Its OK for general use but I has a specific use for it. I wanted to read numerical grades and have it in numbers in Excel. It is a bit slow, and certain numbers dont seem to come out. Even after repeating it several times it still does not appear. As for general text wtiting it seems OK. Any suggestions?

This program has made writing papers for grad school so much better! I absolutely love not having to type every word. So far, its been accurate and very easy to use. I havent tried it with anything other than Microsoft Word, but so far love having it.

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TOTALLY EVALUATE IT YET, BUT THE DRAGON NATURALLY PROGRAM IS WORKING AS EXPECTED WITH A FEW GLITCHES WITH WINDOWS WORD 2010 BUT MANAGEABLE

I have started using this product in the last half-hour and Im already using it to write the review. This software has quickly started recognizing my dictation. Activation was real simple provided you had a student e-mail account ending with a .edu. In my experience, it took me less than 5 min. to jump through the activation hoops. Others may have experienced problems because they did not have a EDU e-mail account. To my mind, this is a basic requirement that should be met. If someone does not have an EDU account it is very difficult to believe that he is a student. Student software then becomes a joke. The premium version of this software has been well reviewed by others on this site. I therefore do not have much to add to the review. Im enjoying using the software and I will report any problems if I should encounter any.

Great gift for my dad who was been looking for a better way to write letters (he cant type very well). Thank you for such a great product!

the education verification was simple. If you have a campus e-mail address and ID, the process takes less than a day. Since I have these things I cant comment on the process If you dont.Im currently getting used to the software but it seems to be a life saver.

Company did not able to activate the software using student email address. Required additional IDs. Tried for week and finally returned back to Amazon. NO problems at return.