NaturallySpeakingTM by Dragon Systems

On April 2, 1997 Dragon Systems announced a revolutionary new voice recognition product. The first of its kind, NaturallySpeaking is a true continuous speech large vocabulary voice recognition product for general dictation. Unlike any other voice recognition system, NaturallySpeaking allows for true natural language dictation on any subject.

Dragon's NaturallySpeaking will be available to all prior DragonDictate customers at preferred pricing. In fact, their beta version, available later this month, will be offered FREE to all recent purchasers of the discrete speech DragonDictate Power edition.

However, as a brief summary, the product is incredible, yet has a long way to go. Let's summarize some features of Dragon's NaturallySpeaking in comparison to their discrete speech DragonDictate products line:

Feature	NaturallySpeaking	DragonDictate Line
Discrete/Continuous	Continuous Natural Language	Discrete
Words Per Minute	Over 100	Less than 100
Command and Control	Limited capabilities.	Excellent
Dictate inside of any window	No. Works only inside of NaturallySpeaking's window. You must then cut and paste, which can be done by voice.	Yes
Able to add on additional vocabularies	Yes	Yes
Can load simultaneously with other products	Cannot load simultaneously with DragonDictate	Cannot load simultaneously with NaturallySpeaking
Currently Available	No (Beta version of personal NaturallySpeaking product expected this month)	Yes. Currently version 2.5 with version 3.0 expected shortly.
Upgradable	Yes. Dragon Classic and Dragon Power purchasers of Version 2.5 or above are offered a relatively inexpensive upgrade path. Upgrade to a beta version should be available by May 1997, and to the full version by July 1997. (For purchasers from Voice Systems Corp. please call to discuss this offer)	Yes
Macro Capability	Comes with limited macro function. No user programmable macros allowed, with the exception of 'text-only' macros.	Extensive macro capabilities, including user programmable macros.
32-bit Application	Yes, strictly Win32	No
Hardware	Will run more quickly on a Pentium Pro 200. However, Pentium 133 is satisfactory. runs slightly quicker with MMX.	Lower end Pentium is satisfactory.
Operating Systems	Win 95, NT 3.51, NT 4.0	Win 95, NT 3.51
Vocabulary	Initially laded with 30,000 words which can be user defined.	Personal - 10,000 Classic 30,000 and Power 60,000 words.
Adding Vocabulary	Con be done electronically.	Can be done, but needs to be done individually by voice.