| Recognition accuracy |
Turns your voice into text with up to 99% accuracy
New - Up to a 15% improvement to out-of-the-box accuracy compared to Dragon version 12
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| Recognition speed |
Words appear on the screen three times faster than typing
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| System configuration |
Installation automatically detects available PC resources (CPU, Processor Cache, RAM) and configures system for optimal use
Enhanced - On powerful PCs with multi-core processors, Dragon 13 automatically selects its latest and greatest speech model for best performance
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| Accuracy tuning |
"Acoustic and Language Model Optimiser;" ability to analyze sent email and selected text documents; "Nothing But Speech" filter to automatically eliminate um/ah utterances
New - "Learn from Sent Email" now also works with web-based email such as Gmail™ and Yahoo! Mail®, so you have more potential sources from which to let Dragon familiarise itself with the words and phrases you might write
You can launch the analysis of documents and emails at any time and not necessarily at profile creation -- making profile creation even simpler and quicker
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| Help system and tutorials |
Comprehensive Help System includes searchable Help Topics, resisable Learning Center and Interactive Tutorial
New - Redesigned and augmented Interactive Tutorial has short progressive simulations that introduce the DragonBar, the Learning Center, the Vocabulary Editor, as well as basic web navigation and use of web-based email
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| Editing and formatting text |
Format text; "Direct Editing" commands (commands to delete/ bold/underline/italicise/capitalise/copy/cut the specified words). Smart Format Rules allow Dragon to adapt upon detecting formatting changes to abbreviations, numbers and more.
Enhanced - Dragon now generates more hints for alternate word written forms, to make it even quicker and easier to make a change
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| Dictation box |
Ability to create, modify, and correct text within text fields where Dragon does not have Full Text Control including option to automatically open the Dictation Box where there is no Full Text Control |
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| Command and control |
Click/move/drag/position the mouse by voice; press keys or key combinations by voice |
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| Application support - web browsers |
New - The Dragon Web extension now gives Full Text Control in Chrome™ and Firefox® as well as Internet Explorer, in compatible websites. In order to use Dragon in the supported browsers, you must enable this add-on.
Internet Explorer® 9 and up, Chrome and Firefox: Dictation and Full Text Control* in compatible web edit fields. Command and control for all standard web controls, links and buttons, including Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, iCloud and more.
For the latest on supported web browsers, please visit support.nuance.com This is an external link
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| Application support - web mail |
New - Dragon 13 supports Full Text Control and Command and Control, including Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Outlook®.com within Internet Explorer®, Firefox and Chrome. In order to use Dragon in these browsers, you must enable the add-on.
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| Application support - local email |
Outlook 2010 and 2013 (32- and 64-bit): Full Text Control, Menu Tracking, and Natural Language Commands*
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| Application support - word processing |
- Word 2010 and 2013 (32- and 64-bit); NotePad; WordPad, Windows 7 and 8; and DragonPad (word processor included in Dragon): Full Text Control, Menu Tracking, and Natural Language Commands*
- OpenOffice™ Writer 4.1 (Apache™): Full Text Control
- WordPerfect® X6 and X7 (English and French only): Full Text Control, Menu Tracking, and English Natural Language Commands*
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| Application support - spreadsheets |
Excel® 2010 and 2013 (32-bit and 64-bit): Full Text Control, Menu Tracking, and Natural Language Commands* |
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| Application support - presentations |
PowerPoint® 2010 and 2013: Menu Tracking, and English Natural Language Commands.* By default, the Dictation Box opens automatically in Powerpoint because there is no Full Text Control. |
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| Dragon Voice Shortcuts™ for web search, desktop search and Dragon Help search |
Dragon Voice Shortcuts collapse common multi-step tasks into direct voice commands. Search the web for information, products, and more, e.g. "Search news for " or "Search Google® for 57 divided by 3." "Open top site for " command directly opens the top ranked page for keywords. |
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| Dragon Voice Shortcuts for email |
Send emails, schedule appointments or create tasks, e.g. "Create an email about..." |
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| Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Facebook and Twitter |
Quickly update social status with commands, e.g. "post to Facebook..." (does not open the site) |
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| Text to Speech |
A synthesised voice reads out loud editable text you designate |
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| Advanced correction/editing |
Ability to playback your speech in documents |
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| Multiple sources per profile |
Ability to create multiple audio sources (more than one type of audio input device) sharing a vocabulary within the same profile |
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| Mobile dictation |
Allows transcription of recordings spoken by one person |
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| Built-in microphone support |
New - Dragon 13 now supports microphones built into many of the latest laptops for optimal flexibility and convenience. YouÀâ„re now free to dictate documents and speak commands directly into your laptop without using a headset.
Dragon 13 also automatically detects which microphones are available to you. You simply pick the recommended device you want to use.
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| Wireless dictation - Bluetooth® |
Work untethered from your computer using supported Bluetooth microphones
New - Accuracy in Dragon 13 is enhanced when using a Nuance certified wideband (16 kHz) Bluetooth headset
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| Wireless dictation - Dragon remote mic app |
Dictate wirelessly with a mobile device: the free Dragon Remote Mic app works with iPhone®, iPod® touch (4th gen), iPad® or compatible Android™ device |
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| Personal administration |
Ability to import/export custom word lists and user profiles |
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| Text-and-Graphics custom commands |
Easily create commands to insert frequently used text and/or graphics by voice |
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