While all products within the Dragon NaturallySpeaking family offer the same speed, accuracy and ease of use, each edition is designed to meet the needs of a specific user. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Legal is ideal for the legal professional and offers unprecedented speed and accuracy over other versions with advanced capabilities to required for your needs. Here are the key feature differences between Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred and Dragon NaturallySpeaking Legal:
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Feature Matrix | ||||
| FEATURE | DESCRIPTION | DRAGON LEGAL | DRAGON PROFESSIONAL | DRAGON PREMIUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recognition Accuracy | Turns your voice into text with up to 99% accuracy NEW – Up to a 20% improvement to out-of-the-box accuracy compared to Dragon version 11 |  | | |
| Recognition Speed | Words appear on the screen three times faster than typing | | | |
| System Configuration | Installation automatically detects available PC resources (CPU, Processor Cache, RAM) and configures system for optimal use NEW – On powerful PC’s with multi-core processors, Dragon 12 automatically selects its latest and greatest speech model for best performance | | | |
| Correction | Correct text by voice NEW – Dragon now includes more – and more likely – word choice options to make it quicker and easier to make a change | | | |
| Accuracy Tuning | Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer; ability to analyze sent email and selected text documents; “Nothing But Speech” filter to automatically eliminate um/ah utterances NEW – Intelligent reminders to analyze documents and sent emails; intelligent offers to run Language Optimization upon file save to further boost accuracy | | | |
| Dictation Box | Ability to create, modify, and correct text within text fields where Dragon does not have Full Text Control NEW – Option to automatically open the Dictation Box where there is no Full Text Control *** | | | |
| Help Systems and Tutorials | Comprehensive Help system includes Tip of the Day window, resizable Sidebar and Tutorial. NEW – Interactive Tutorial introduces you to Dragon, with fun exercises that demonstrate best practices for dictating, editing and formatting; richer Help Menu with link to latest printable documentation; richer Performance Assistant; adjustable font size in Sidebar; many new tips | | | |
| Editing and Formatting Text | Format text by voice; Direct Editing commands (commands to delete/bold/underline/italicize/capitalize/copy/cut the specified words) NEW – Smart Format Rules allow Dragon to adapt upon detecting formatting changes to abbreviations, numbers and more | | | |
| Command and Control | Click/move/drag/position the mouse by voice; press keys or key combinations by voice | | | |
| Application Support: Web Browsers | Internet Explorer 7, 8 and 9: Full Text Control, Menu Tracking and Natural Language Commands***, plus ability to say links. Mozilla Firefox 8 and higher: Menu Tracking and Natural Language Commands***, plus ability to say links (Note: there are differences among browsers in terms of Full Text Control and command capabilities). | | | |
| Application Support: Web Mail | NEW – Dragon 12 enhances the experience with Gmail and Hotmail (Full Text Control*** and commands for most frequent actions). NOTE: this Rich Internet Application plugin is supported for the following browsers: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 12 or higher, and Chrome 16 or higher | | | |
| Application Support: Local Email | Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010 (32 and 64 bit); Outlook Express v6; Windows Mail v6; and Windows Live Mail v15: Menu Tracking and Natural Language Commands***. Thunderbird 2.x up to 3.1.2: Menu Tracking, and Natural Language Commands • Lotus Notes 7, 8.5 (English only): Menu Tracking, and Natural Language Commands*** (Professional and Legal only). | | | |
| Application Support: Word Processing | Word 2003, 2007 and 2010 (32 and 64 bit); NotePad; WordPad XP, Vista, Windows 7; and DragonPad (word processor included in Dragon): Full Text Control, Menu Tracking, and Natural Language Commands ***. OpenOffice Writer 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4: Full Text Control • WordPerfect X5, X6 (English and French only): Full Text Control, Menu Tracking, and English Natural Language Commands*** | | | |
| Application Support: Spreadsheets | Excel 2003, 2007 and 2010 (32 and 64 bit): Full Text Control, Menu Tracking, and Natural Language Commands*** | | | |
| Application Support: Presentations | PowerPoint 2003, 2007 and 2010: Menu Tracking, and English Natural Language Commands*** NEW – By default, the Dictation Box opens automatically in PowerPoint | | | |
| Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Web Search | Dragon Voice Shortcuts™ collapse common multi-step tasks into direct voice commands. Now you can search the Web for information, products, news and more – faster than ever, e.g. “Search news for ” NEW – “Open top site for ” command directly opens the top-ranked page for keywords | | | |
| Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Desktop Search AND Dragon Help Search | Search your computer (files and/or emails) faster than ever + “Search Dragon Help for…” | | | |
| Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Email | Send emails, schedule appointments or create tasks faster than ever | | | |
| Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Facebook and Twitter | Quickly update social status with commands like “post to Facebook…” (does not open the site) NEW – Dragon now provides the ability to disable/enable from Options dialog | | | |
| Text to Speech | A synthesized voice reads out loud editable text you designate NEW – New, more natural text-to-speech voice from Nuance. | | | |
| Advanced Correction/Editing | Ability to playback your speech in documents | | | |
| Multiple Sources per Profile | Ability to create multiple dictation sources (more than one type of audio input device) within the same profile sharing a vocabulary | | | |
| Mobile Dictation | Allows transcription of recordings spoken by one person | | | |
| Wireless Dictation – Bluetooth | Specific Bluetooth wireless acoustic model NEW – Accuracy in Dragon 12 is enhanced when using a Nuance-certified wideband (16 kHz) Bluetooth headset | | | |
| Wireless Dictation – Dragon Remote Mic App | Dragon 12 allows you to dictate wirelessly with a mobile device. Free Dragon Remote Mic app works with iPhone, iPod Touch (4th gen), iPad or compatible Android device NEW – Dragon Remote Mic App now available for Android devices; now available for Home edition and above | | | |
| Personal Administration | Ability to import/export custom word lists and user profiles | | | |
| Text and Graphics Custom Commands | Easily create or import commands to insert frequently used text and/or graphics by voice | | | |
| Advanced Personal Administration | NEW – Ability to export custom words to XML format to capture their properties | | |  |
| Advanced Custom Commands | Ability to include variable fields in the body of Text-and- Graphics commands (“DragonTemplates”); include variables in command names; create or import powerful commands to automate tasks (Macro Recorder, Step-by-Step, and VBA-style Advanced Scripting); organize custom commands in custom groups | | | |
| Advanced Administration | Enterprise profile management with user profiles centralized on the network; remote management of word lists, profiles and custom vocabulary; security features for custom commands; MSI installation; ability to import/export custom commands in the Command Browser; ability to have multiple vocabularies and import/export them; includes product maintenance NEW – Administrators can obtain a recognition log file for each end-user for rich, objective usage data | | | |
| Transcription Tools | Includes option to save synchronized audio from dictation done in DragonPad, Word, WordPerfect and OpenOffice Writer (Dragon saves a .dra file along with the transcribed text file); includes Auto-Transcribe Folder Agent (monitors a specific directory to automatically launch transcription; can provide a synchronized audio file along with the transcript for deferred correction) and Correction Only mode (correctionist can turn on the Correction Only setting within the original dictator’s profile) NEW – Supports .DOC and .RTF as output formats, in addition to .TXT; can run a script (such as an email notification) when a transcription is complete | | | |
| Remote Desktop Connection | NEW – Supports remote use on a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 Ultimate. With Microsoft’s free Remote Desktop Connection software (formerly called Terminal Services Client), you can use Dragon from a local Windows computer on which Dragon itself is not installed. | | | |
*** Full Text Control allows you to use voice to perform direct dictation, selection, correction, and cursor movement within text. Menu Tracking provides the ability to use voice to “click” an application’s menus, buttons, dialog boxes, etc. Natural Language Commands let you state your intent within a specific application instead of following the menu-selection and mouse steps of the Windows interface