Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional Version 9 What's New

What's New

New! AutoTranscribe Folder
The option to create a desktop folder to place digital dictations from a handheld device and have them transcribed automatically to streamline the dictation workflow.
Improved! Unprecedented Speech Recognition Accuracy
The new Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 speech engine is up to 20% more accurate than version 8.
New! No Script Reading Required
Get started instantly with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 without having to read any scripts or training text.
New! Expanded Support for New Applications
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 now supports Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird.
New! New Tutorials
New tutorials simplify the training process, so you can be an expert Dragon NaturallySpeaking user right away.
New! Support for Non-standard Edit Controls
Support for Non-standard Edit Controls means you get full Dragon functionally, such as "Select-And-Say" in more applications than ever before. New supported edit controls include Borland’s TMemo, TEdit & TRichEdit controls as well as TE Edit from SubSystems and TX Text from TX Text Control.
New! Select-And-Say Indicator
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 includes a new indicator that lets you know when you have "Select-And-Say" functionality available.
Improved! Dragon NaturallySpeaking Command Browser
The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Command Browser is faster and easier to use than ever before.
New! Bluetooth Wireless Microphone Support
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 now supports certain Bluetooth wireless microphones as an input device, empowering you to dictate without being tethered to your PC.
Improved! Higher Accuracy
Although all editions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking use the same core engine, the ability to create multiple custom vocabularies in Professional, Medical and Legal can increase accuracy by as much as 5%.
Improved! User Profile Available Anywhere on the Network
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 makes your user profile available anywhere on the network, via mapped drive, UNC Path or http, and automatically synchronizes updates and adaptations centrally.
New! Citrix Support
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 supports Citrix deployments, giving users access from thin client workstations.
New! Voice Notations
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 includes a new "Voice Notations" feature for Microsoft Word, which allows users to include untranscribed instructions for third-party editors.
Improved! Tools for Network Management
Manage user profiles, vocabularies and installations of Dragon NaturallySpeaking over a network with a new GUI.
Improved! Dictate Into More Handheld Devices
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 also supports handheld digital recorders and other PDAs that record in .wma and .mp3 format for deferred transcription.
Improved! DNS Administrator
Use DNS Administrator to manage vocabularies and commands from a central network location.