Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Professional enterprise speech recognition software lets users create documents and control their PC by voice - three times faster than typing - to drive productivity and cost savings. Create or modify documents, manage email, search the Web, or automate business processes. Even dictate into a digital voice recorder or compatible iOS device and Dragon will transcribe the audio files. Dragon Professional is the ideal solution for corporate professionals who want to work faster and smarter.

• Up to 99% speech recognition accuracy right out of the box
• Creation of documents, reports, spreadsheets, or messages just by speaking
• Ability to compose emails or search the Web for information faster than ever with Dragon Voice Shortcuts
• Nuance Text-to-Speech technology that reads on-screen text in human-sounding synthesized speech
• Dragon Voice Shortcuts that let you create email, schedule appointments, and search your desktop using simple voice commands
• Creation of custom commands for inserting frequently used text and graphics or automating routine data entry
• Ability to use Dragon with a Nuance-approved digital voice recorder and automatically transcribe your recorded voice
• Support for multiple audio input devices; use Dragon with a wireless microphone, including Bluetooth
• Support for Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, and virtually any other Windows application
• Audio playback of your dictation with the associated transcription highlighted on the screen for easier proofreading and correction
• Ability to import/export custom word lists that can include commonly used proper names or industry-specific terminology
• Support for custom voice commands to quickly insert frequently used text and graphics
• Administrative security options to enable only select users to modify vocabularies; add/modify/create custom commands; and view/edit/export custom commands
• Dragon profiles centralized on the network ("Roaming" configuration)
• Remote management of wordlists, custom commands and vocabularies (Nsadmin.exe and Data Distribution Tool wizard)
• MSI installation
• High-quality headset microphone included with purchase

Processor:

• 1 GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent AMD
• 1.66 GHz Intel Atom
• 2.2 GHz Intel Dual Core or equivalent AMD Recommended (SSE2 instruction set is required)
• Faster processors yield faster performance

Operating System:

• Windows 7 and higher (32/64-bit)
• Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (32/64-bit)
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 (32-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 and Release 2 (32/64-bit)

Hard Disk:

• 3.2 GB (4 GB for localized non-English versions)

Memory:

• 1 GB for Windows XP/Vista (2 GB Recommended)
• 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008
• 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Recommended (32-bit)
• 4 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Recommended (64-bit)
• 512 KB Cache (2 MB Recommended)

Optical Drive:

• DVD-ROM required for installation

Others:

• Internet Explorer 7 or higher
• Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 12 or higher, or Google Chrome 16 or higher are required in order to experience the enhanced capabilities in Gmail and Hotmail
• Sound card supporting 16-bit recording
• Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included in purchase)

Note:

• An Internet connection is required for automatic product activation