What is Dragon NaturallySpeaking Software?

Dragon NaturallySpeaking software is a speech recognition program that allows the user to speak into a microphone on a computer with the software translating the spoken words into text in a text program. With a software program such as this, typing isn't necessary and the user can do away with a keyboard. The user just plugs a microphone headset into the appropriate microphone jack, starts DragonNaturally Speaking on his or her computer, and speaks the necessary words and the program will translate it into text. With the appropriate microphone, the user can get a high degree of accuracy with speech-to-text translation. Dragon NaturallySpeaking is great for those who may be unable to type or who just don't want to.

To use Dragon NaturallySpeaking, a user must first train the headset so that the program can know the way the user talks and whether the headset is able to score to a high level. During this training, the user just reads a few paragraphs while the computer understands the way the user talks. Once training is complete, the user can begin talking and the program will translate the words into text. Beware, though, that talking with Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a little different than your normal talking. For the program to work, you have to get used to a few conventions. In order for the program to do the punctuation that is required, such as end a sentence with a period, put in commas, and start new paragraphs, you have to speak them in your sentences. For example, to end a sentence, at the end of the sentence, you have to say the word, "period." To place a comma in a sentence, you have to say the word, "comma." To start a new paragraph, you have to say, "New Paragraph." This may seem awkward at first, but after you've used the program for a while, you do get used to it.

In all, Dragon NaturallySpeaking is great for those who want to do away with typing and just want to sit on a desk, maybe with their feet up on it, and just talk into a microphone and have whole documents written up. This software is created by a company named Nuance and is currently up to version 11.