Others say...

"Its cool but you need to work with it."
It is a great program but you have to be willing to spend some time with it. At first I found it somewhat frustrating. But after I wile I got the editing commands down. I still use a keyboard but sometimes I feel like dictating and it fits the bill. So overall I would say be aware that you need to put in a little work to make it work.

"It's old!"
This book was written to help the average user with techniques, hints, etc, for learning to use the Dragon.

However, it was written, in 1999, for Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 4!

The current version is Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8.0, which is quite advanced.

There have been so many improvements in Dragon Naturally Speaking, since the book was written, that much of the information has become quite dated, and much-needed newer information is, of course, not included.

I bought this book unknowingly, when I was using version 7.0, and it did not address my needs.

Until they update this book, or write a new one, I would suggest buying a different book. Spend your $20 on something that will be useful!







"Update to my previous review"
I still consider this book excellent. NaturallySpeaking no matter which version can be challenging. I believe there will be confusion though if this book is used for other then version 4. There are many changes since then.

With all speech recognition failure will happen unless you do the following:

1. Computer specifications about double of what is recommended.
2. Computers have been prepared using original CD's to load the operating system.
3. Vocabularies are pre-populated with words and phrases from previous documents.
4. The starting pace of the person's voice is determined.

If the above is done, the user can enjoy close to 100% accuracy.

"Useful book"
I found some information that I was unable to find in other books on Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It covers a wide range of topics. It has an easy to read style along with a lot of good tips.

"Dragon Has No Fire"
This book is fine but Dragon is not a good product. DRAGON's PRODUCT is USELESS - it did not work after several tries and was a complete failure. I ended up buying IBM's product and had wonderful customer service and the product is very user friendly!