Overview
What is Dragon Speech Recognition?
Nuance's Dragon Speech Recognition suite are applications for lawyers, medical practitioners, and other professionals, allowing them to dictate and record notes (according to the vendor) faster than typing, accurately.
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Anything else is better--Cortana, Google Assistant, Alexa, or Siri
Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition: could not now live/work without it!
Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition--outstanding accuracy
Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is accurate and easy to use!
Accurate Speech Recognizer
Good product for Windows user. No further support for MacOS.
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$14.99
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$500
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$500
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- No setup fee
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- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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What is Dragon Speech Recognition?
Dragon Speech Recognition Technical Details
Deployment Types | On-premise |
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Operating Systems | Windows |
Mobile Application | No |
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Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition has proven to be a versatile tool across various industries and professions. Users have employed the software for a range of tasks, including data entry, report writing, editing, and email correspondence. Professionals such as lawyers have found the product particularly beneficial as it allows them to quickly and accurately dictate their thoughts and notes without the need for transcription services. This capability enables them to maintain privacy while dictating in the comfort of their own office. Similarly, physicians in office settings have integrated Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition with their electronic medical records system, streamlining documentation by dictating progress and procedure notes following patient visits. This integration has not only reduced reliance on paper charts but also decreased the need for office supplies.
Reviewers have highlighted the impressive accuracy of Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition even when users exhibit low confidence in their spoken words. This reliability makes it a dependable tool for speech recognition across different environments and professions. In addition, staff members who require fast turnaround times for producing meeting minutes have benefited from using this software. Granting access to specific individuals who meet work requirements ensures compliance with statutory deadlines for publishing minutes of public proceedings while enhancing overall efficiency.
It's worth noting that the usage of Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is limited to a single license and is not available campus-wide. However, its versatility in assisting with tasks such as data entry, report writing, note-taking, and transcription has made it an indispensable resource for professionals seeking more efficient ways to complete their work.
Accurate Transcription: Users have found Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition extremely helpful for transcribing recordings of meetings, with some reviewers appreciating the flexibility to determine the level of detail they want in their transcriptions. They have praised its ability to provide near verbatim or summarized versions of proceedings.
Excellent Voice Recognition and Punctuation: Reviewers have consistently mentioned that Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition excels at recognizing their voice and inserting necessary punctuation and correct spelling with minimal intervention required. The software's development of a sophisticated personal profile has been highly valued, leading to accurate understanding of speech patterns and preferences.
Efficient Reproduction of Complex Language: Many users have expressed satisfaction with how quickly and efficiently Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition recognizes and replicates complex technical language once it is entered into the recognized vocabulary. This feature has helped in accurately reproducing specialized terms during transcription tasks.
Challenging Editing Process: Users have reported that editing with Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition has proven to be challenging, requiring multiple attempts to accurately transcribe their intended words. This issue has been mentioned by several reviewers and can lead to frustration and inefficiency during the editing process.
Buffering Issues for Fast Talkers: Some users have experienced buffering issues when dealing with fast talkers, which hampers the accuracy of the software. The buffering problem has been cited by a number of reviewers and can cause interruptions in the transcription process, leading to inaccuracies in the final output.
Resource-Intensive Software: Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition has been described as a resource hog by some users, potentially impacting the overall performance of their systems. Several reviewers have mentioned this concern, highlighting that running the software requires significant system resources which may affect other tasks being performed simultaneously on their devices.
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(1-5 of 5)- Learning inflection in someone's voice
- Learning accents
- Learning punctuation
- Punctuation--commas, periods, etc. are not automatic
- Training takes a long time
- Misunderstanding of common English is common
- Learning inflection
- Learning accents
- Providing clients with what they want
- ROI is low due to the dissatisfaction of clients attempting to teach Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition to understand them
- Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition software is almost always requested by my attorney clients
- Attorneys spend a lot of their valuable time training and using Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition to no avail
- Azure AI (Cortana), Google Cloud AI and Amazon Augmented AI (Amazon A2I)
- Private dictation
- Supplying clients with the product they request
- Making customers happy
- Great for testing microphones on a PC
- Great for testing speaker output on a PC
- Helps adjust the proper gain on a microphone input
- To keep supplying requested software by clients
- To provide the legal field with software that allows them to maintain total privacy (without having to use a transcriptionist)
- Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is not up to par with any of the other AI voice recognition technologies currently available
- The software is also very buggy and crashes frequently
- Punctuation also seems like an afterthought for Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition software--requiring the user to speak out each comma, period, etc.
- Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is extraordinarily helpful when it comes to transcribing recordings of official meetings, allowing the user to determine how much detail they wish to go into when transcribing meetings, veering from near verbatim to a summary of those proceedings.
- Having developed a sophisticated personal profile, Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is extremely good at recognising my voice and inserting the necessary punctuation and appropriate spelling with very little intervention on my part in correcting any errors.
- As I sometimes use complex and technical language, Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is very quick to recognise and replicate terms and technological phrases that I might use once these terms have been entered into my recognised vocabulary
- Very occasionally there are certain words or phrases that Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition consistently fails to recognise despite trying to include these in my vocabulary. However, such instances are rare and are quickly rectified by using the "Spell That" command.
- The repeated appearance of some dialogue boxes (notably the one that says "please say that again") can be somewhat irritating until these are turned off by making adjustments to the necessary settings.
- On a few occasions I have had issues with my microphone not working and Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition becoming unstable because of compatibility issues with Windows 10.
I cannot think of any scenario where it would be less appropriate to use Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition other than in a situation where it is not possible to dictate for whatever reason.
- The ability to turnaround minutes within statutory deadlines and/or performance target deadlines.
- Being able to respond to a plethora of email correspondence in a very quick, timely and accurate fashion.
- Being able to dictate when using other software applications to produce documentation such as meeting agendas for publication on the internet.
- For those members of staff who have been given approval to use Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition, return for the organisation has been significantly improved efficiency in the time taken to turnaround work within very tight timescales.
- It has allowed members of staff more time to proof read and correct documentation prior to publication.
- It has promoted greater consistency in the "in-house" agenda & minute writing styles as it allows members of staff to amend and/or correct documentation quickly and easily to ensure consistency, should this be required.
- Data input to MS Excel--numbers and text
- Allows for hands-free stream-of-thought composition
- Outstanding accuracy--even with a cold
- Editing--sometimes it takes several attempts to get the right word
- Buffering the spoken words for very fast talkers
- System resource hog
- Spell checking
- Accuracy
- Convenience
- Reduces time spent in data entry
- Getting a draft report assembled for review
- Saving time answering correspondence
- Integrates with our EMR system
- Allows for specific profile types
- Ability for "roaming profiles"
- Customer support isn't very helpful
- The cost of the software is a little high
- There are a few bugs that have remained bugs for several years, despite being reported
- Profile options
- Ease of use
- Accuracy
- Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition has made it easier to dictate progress notes
- Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition has made seeing patients more efficient
- Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition was a little expensive for our smaller practice
Accurate Speech Recognizer
- Recognition
- Voice Authentication
- Speech Transcription
- Redundancy
- Latency between listening and recognizing is a pain sometimes.
- Application Stability
- Faster Recognition
- Easy Integration
- Stable Application
- Level of installation complexity is high.
- License sensitive.
- Accuracy levels are higher.