I actually bought Dragon naturally speaking 9 about a week ago, and have been using it in the evenings at home since. Of course I was sceptical about how accurate the software would be but I thought it was worth a gamble for the £40 asking price for the Standard Edition. I have since dictated only around 3000 words using the software and already I can dictate faster than I can type (50 words per minute typing) and the accuracy seems to be around 97% on sample articles. What also encourages me is that the accuracy has already increased and seems to continue to be increasing, so on that basis and having only dictated a short document's worth of words, I expect this software be very useful to me.
I don't have any disabilities, but thought dictating would be more comfortable than typing for extended periods. However I can already imagine that for people with disabilities, RSI or sight problems this software would be extremely useful to them. While it isn't perfect I would argue that it is of production quality.
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I actually bought Dragon naturally speaking 9 about a week ago, and have been using it in the evenings at home since. Of course I was sceptical about how accurate the software would be but I thought it was worth a gamble for the £40 asking price for the Standard Edition. I have since dictated only around 3000 words using the software and already I can dictate faster than I can type (50 words per minute typing) and the accuracy seems to be around 97% on sample articles. What also encourages me is that the accuracy has already increased and seems to continue to be increasing, so on that basis and having only dictated a short document's worth of words, I expect this software be very useful to me. I don't have any disabilities, but thought dictating would be more comfortable than typing for extended periods. However I can already imagine that for people with disabilities, RSI or sight problems this software would be extremely useful to them. While it isn't perfect I would argue that it is of production quality.