Dragon Naturally Speaking

Yes. Dragon Naturally Speaking has text-to-speech feature. You follow the steps below：

1. Open dragon naturally speaking software by double-clicking its icon.
2. Open the text document and select the required text content that is to be spoken out.
3. On the opened interface , click the Audio menu.
4. From the displayed list, click the “Read That” option.
5. You will find that it has started reading the selected text.
6. You can press “ESC” to pause the text-to-speech process.

Dragon Naturally Speaking is speech recognition technology enabled by language and acoustic models to recognise the human voice. Recent versions of Dragon take advantage of advances in Deep Learning to maximize accuracy.

Dragon software delivers accurate speech recognition to convert spoken words to text. It is used by corporate executives, mobile/field workers, professional services personnel, lawyers, students and retirees to capture text “in the moment” instead of relying on note-taking or transcribing audio files at a later time.

There are 3 versions of dragon naturally speaking. 

Dragon Home             –  $150             Check Detail

Dragon Professional –  $300             Check Detail

Dragon Legal               – $500             Check Detail

You can uninstall dragon naturally speaking from your old computer, and the nuance activation server will return your licence. Next, you can reinstall it on a new computer and activate it again.

It depends on the version you are currently using. Dragon Professional and Dragon Legal upgrades can be purchased from our e-commerce store. For Professional Group products, purchasing maintenance and support entitles the user to free upgrades.

Yes. Dragon Naturally Speaking will work in virtually any Windows based application where you can position a cursor and type as you would with your keyboard.

Microsoft Office 365 offers two versions – Online Version and Offline Version.

Online versions of the Microsoft Office applications (such as Word, Outlook and Excel) through a web browser,Offline versions enables you to download desktop versions of the Office applications.

Offline version is suitable for all functions of Dragon Naturally Speaking.

The following Nuance Desktop products support dictation only when running Office 365 Online (Online Version):

Dragon Professional Individual
Dragon Legal Individual
Dragon Professional Group
Dragon Legal Group

Note: Full Text Control and Natural Language Processing (NLP) are not supported when running Office 365 Online.

The following Nuance Desktop products are not supported when running Office 365 Online:

Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 13 and earlier
PDF Converter Professional
OmniPage
PaperPort

Note: Nuance Desktop products may have application add-ins (such as toolbar buttons) that are typically enabled in Microsoft Office desktop applications to improve the experience. When running Microsoft Office Online, these application add-ins will not be enabled. Additionally, using Dragon to dictate into Office Online applications may require the use of the Dragon Dictation Box.

To take advantage of all the features of Nuance Desktop products, we recommend using a local installation of Microsoft Office. Certain subscription plans to Microsoft Office 365 include the local desktop version of Microsoft Office

1. You must be able to make a physical connection between your recorder and your PC. You can’t just let the recorder play into the microphone.
2. You must install any additional software required by your portable recorder.
3. You must train Dragon Naturally Speaking to recognize your voice the way it sounds after being altered by the processes of recording and transferring to your PC.

Dragon can be used with a wide variety of microphones (including built into a laptop), although we typically recommend a high-quality usb microphone/headset or our PowerMic III microphone.

Learn more about official Nuance accessories here: https://shop.nuance.com/store/nuanceus/en_US/Content/pbPage.dragon-accessories

Yes.  Dragon Naturally Speaking applies to Windows 7, 8.1, 10 (32- and 64-bit); Windows Server 2008 R2 & 2012 R2.

Yes. Dragon Naturally Speaking work in virtually any Windows based application where you can position a cursor and type as you would with your keyboard.

To get started with Microsoft Word, you don’t need any special Natural Language Commands. You’re already familiar with them. Some of the commands you’ll most likely use are:

• Open Microsoft Word
• Open new document (You must have Word open already to use this.)
• Save document
• Close document

A familiar set of features in Word are Playback and Read. Playback lets you play back a recording of your voice to help you proofread. Read is the NaturallySpeaking text-to-speech feature. Playback and Read includes the Playback toolbar that is in the Extras bar.

You can play back your text by menu command and voice command, as well as with the Extras bar. First, select the text you want to hear. The menu command for playback is Audio→Play That Back.

You can have NaturallySpeaking read your selected text out loud by using the Read That command.

Yes. The licence is per user, not per machine. A licensed speaker is permitted to create and use multiple voice profiles, and these voice profiles can be stored on one or more computers. A separate licence must be purchased for each additional speaker whose voice profile(s) are being used by the software.

Yes, download versions are available for purchase.

The licence is per user, not per machine. A licensed speaker is permitted to create and use multiple voice profiles, and these voice profiles can be stored on one or more computers. A separate licence must be purchased for each additional speaker whose voice profile(s) are being used by the software.

Download versions are available for purchase. For Dragon desktop products, just click on the install link in your order confirmation email following purchase. You will then be guided through the installation process. For Dragon Anywhere, via subscription through the ecommerce store or via the iOS or Google Play Store. 

we recommend Dragon Professional Individual，also you can compare other version visit https://shop.nuance.com/store/nuanceus/en_US/Content/pbPage.home#feature-chart 

Yes, the Dragon Professional Individual and Dragon Legal can transcribe audio file mp3 to text.

No, Dragon Home, Dragon Professional Individual and Dragon Legal Individual are only available for Windows/PC.

1. On your PC, go to Start > Control Panel
2. Once the Control Panel opens, go to Programs and Features
3. Locate and select [Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11] and choose [Remove]
4. Choose [Yes] when prompted to uninstall Dragon NaturallySpeaking