Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 8 offers home and office users powerful features to maximize their productivity.

After completing about 5 minutes of training, you can talk to your computer and watch your words instantly appear in virtually any Windows? based application, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Outlook Express, Internet Explorer and Corel WordPerfect.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7 is the most accurate Dragon NaturallySpeaking ever, and the easiest to use.

With Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 8, you can launch programs, create documents and reports, and manage your desktop - all by voice! Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 to increase productivity even when youre on the go! Simply dictate into a ScanSoft certified Pocket PC or handheld digital recorder, and then automatically transcribe your dictated speech when you synch with your PC. Correcting your documents is easier than ever with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8.

Use RealSpeak Proofing to have your documents read back to you in the most natural sounding synthesized voice available, or simply have your own-recorded dictation played back for you.

NEW FEATURES

Dragon NaturallySpeaking is our most accurate, easy-to-use, powerful speech recognition software ever! In addition to assisting users to operate a computer hands-free, the software contains many new features and general improvements.

Accurately turn your voice into text

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 8.0 is up to 15% more accurate than the previous version. Dictate continuously and naturally at up to 160 words per minute. Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition products have won over 160 major awards worldwide for accuracy and ease of use.

Fully integrated with Microsoft? Word, Excel?, Internet Explorer, and Corel?

Wordperfect? Use with virtually any Windows?-based application.

Natural punctuation automatically inserts periods and commas

Ideal for casual writing styles like e-mail, instant messaging and chat rooms, or for novice users who arent accustomed to dictating.

Get started quickly

Create your voice profile in just five minutes, then youre ready to dictate!

Comprehensive vocabulary

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred comes with a vocabulary of over 250,000 standard and business terms. Its easy to add new words.

Insert text and graphics with a spoken word or phrase

Create "Text and Graphics" commands (macros) that enable you to insert blocks of texts or bitmaps-such as your name, title and signature-into documents by voice.

Dictate when you are away from the office

Dictate into any ScanSoft-approved Pocket PC or digital handheld recorder while you are on the road and you-or a transcriptionists-can use Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred to transcribe your documents later.

Listen to your e-mail and other documents read aloud

The award-winning ScanSoft RealSpeak? V2 is text-to-speech technology that reads your documents and e-mail back to you in a human-sounding voice.