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FEATURES AND SETUP
Pros
- Class leading speech recognition accuracy
- Dictation wirelessly via Android & iOS apps
- Posts to social media, browses websites
- Adapts to writing & formatting style
Cons
- Accuracy still drops in noiser environments
- Evolutionary, not revolutionary upgrade
Key Features: Over 99 per cent potential accuracy;
Faster Performance engine;
Dictate wirelessly using an iPad or iPhone;
Post straight to Facebook & Twitter;
Full Gmail & Outlook.com compatibility
Manufacturer: Nuance
Manufacturer: Nuance
Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 - Features and Setup
Introduction
Screens are meant to be touched, games consoles are designed for us to wave our limbs in front of them and Google and Apple are desperate for us to talk to our phones. Amongst all of this, speaking to our PCs has fallen somewhat by the wayside, but the company providing the speech recognition technology behind Siri wants us to try again.Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Features
Somewhat predictably 'Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12' is the successor to the excellent NaturallySpeaking 11.5 and somewhat predictably Nuance is calling it the "fastest, most accurate and easy-to-use version of Dragon yet".
What causes these proclamations are claims of a 20 per cent improvement in out of the box speech recognition accuracy, faster performance and new technology which looks to learn your preferences as you use the software - for example how you format words, phrases and numbers. In addition is full Gmail and Outlook.com support, correction options respond to more naturalistic language as well as more natural text-to-speech reading of your work by Dragon which allows you to review without returning to the screen.
These features build on existing core features such as social network integration ("Post to Facebook..." / "Post to Twitter..."), web search and opening and closing of programs. Perhaps most useful of all, however, was v11.5's integration with Dragon smartphone apps which allow dictation via your phone's microphone letting you ditch a headset completely.
Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Setup
Voice recognition software has a reputation for infuriating, lengthy setup routines and while Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 doesn't drop them completely the process is quick and – most importantly – educational. A nice tweak Nuance has made from v11.5 is that the setup process now takes even more care in teaching you key commands and usage scenarios while it learns your voice so it is well worth doing. In all it took about 15 minutes and even new users would feel confident about using punctuation, switching between programs, composing emails and performing web searches in this time. The training process and additional training exercises can be accessed at any time.Of course it is worth pointing out that smartphone voice recognition has no setup process whatsoever which may make some impatient. The counterpoint is the setup is both a tutorial and should be far more accurate than just trying to adapt to the generic tones of your nationality. At least that's the theory...
Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 - Performance and Issues
Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Performance
Happily that is how it plays out in practice too. While a point iteration doesn't sound like much v11.5 made great strides with its accuracy, yet v12 manages to improve upon them further. Nuance quotes a 99 per cent accuracy rate much as it did in v11.5 (largely because 100% is impossible) yet we found that ultimately to be a conservative number. In our first day's use accuracy was roughly 97 per cent (we were finding approximately three incorrect words per 100 words), but as NaturallySpeaking is continually learning your voice pattern and even tonal fluctuations within 48 hours it was making less than one mistake every 200-300 words.
Yes you can catch out v12 with uncommon words or names, but only the once as it will then learn the term the next time around. Furthermore, Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 isn't just about accuracy, but saving time and its ability to recognise your regular formatting preferences is uncanny (it now capitalises 'Windows' for me, by default). It also correctly formats geographical addresses and post codes depending on their destination. These tweaks and a faster reproduction of your words to text are neat visual aids that allow you to focus your thoughts more clearly, especially if you're a user who watches and waits for their text to appear onscreen.
As a Google Apps user, the sharper integration with Gmail was highly welcome too and while some language remains stilted ('tab' to switch input boxes, for example) it becomes second nature quickly. Posting to social media is a synch too, though I still found myself going to sites regularly if I wanted to add more than a simple status update.
Interestingly I also saw no noticeable drop offs in accuracy when using the bundled Plantronics headset or the iPhone and Android apps, but there are noticeable usage differences. The apps communicate via your wireless network which makes them more of a faff on the move (unless you're using mobile Wi-Fi), but allows them to be used a long distance from your computer. In contrast, the Bluetooth headset makes it simple on the move, but it means you will need a computer with Bluetooth and you can't stray too far.
Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Issues
Of course there remains a reason why voice recognition has yet to take off like touchscreen phones and motion controlled gaming: it isn't uniformly better than a keyboard and mouse. Certainly error correction has improved and for those who live in Microsoft Office and email v12 is more seamless, but there are times when you simply need to return to your keyboard or mouse as it is the quicker option.DOWNLOAD LINK : download naunce natural speaking dragon v12
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