Dragon Naturally Speaking Premium - Voice Recognition Software Test and Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 เม.ย. 2012
- www.tonyleeglenn.com - Here is a detailed test of Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 11.5 software. Here's a link to an updated test of version 12.5 for home: • Dragon NaturallySpeaki...
I have a Southern Appalachian accent, which is a bit strange for voice recognition software to negotiate. This short demo however, shows that Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 11.5 is up to the task of translating the text that I throw at it. So good news hillbillies, you don't have to develop carpal tunnel syndrome. SPECIAL NOTE: As of October 2015 I've also tested Apple's native voice recognition software running on the El Capitan Operating System (decent results) - see the test here: • Apple Voice Recognitio...
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Hi Tony. I searched on "Dragon talk to text" and this youtube video was the first hit. OMG, it was meant for me!! I grew up in Morganton and currently live in Claremont. Like you, I've tried talk to text software in the past with very little luck. Thanks for testing with our unique accent! I ordered it before your video was finished.
This video was exactly what I was looking for. It is amazing how this software understood you as accurately as it did with your accent. I'm completely impressed. Thank you for making this video. I am totally sold.
Thanks for that, Tony. I just bought the latest version, but have not opened it. It's nice to see that the regional dialect selection works pretty well. I'm an Atlanta born southerner who lives in Alabama. Add to that the fact that I'm 65, and you know it's going to be a challenge, but I think it just may work out. A shout out, too, for the Adobe Premier videos. I'm just beginning to us Premier and After Effects, so keep the tutorials coming.
I'm officially stunned. No one has ever complimented my accent. God bless you!
Thanks a lot Tony! I'm just starting out a transcribing business on Fiverr and I have heard a lot about this program and your demonstration just helped me out a lot on deciding on which software to buy. Thanks!
Hello Tony Lee I just want to thank you. After I watched your youtube video I decided by the software, and it works like you said I'm glad I came across your TH-cam channel.
I'm actually using the software now to leave my comment, again I you want to say thank you keep up the good work thumbs-up.
All right. Glad to see a fellow Appalachian colleague on here!! We played Mitchell all the time. I went to Mtn Heritage way back. Bville!! Lived in CA for 23 years and back in Aville. Doing some podcasts and really want something to transcribe but looks like sending the audio's to transcription service will be my best bet. Keep up the good work Tony.
I just thought of let you know I did get the Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 home, it is absolutely amazing I went through one training session and it hardly ever one word, unlike Microsoft speech recognition, I am totally impressed.
Have a good one.
thanks for the video, my daughter and I have dyslexia and this will really help at work and school.
I have to say that he did an excellent job on the way that he introduced Dragon Naturally Speaking to the Medical field on this video. I look forward to seeing more demonstration videos on the product
Wow, great review. Thanks for taking the time
Great to have you back in WNC. I'll google you and check out those podcasts.
Thanks Tony, I just bought the newest 13 version at a discount. So thankful. I need this.
Excellent demonstration. I have a MS southern accent, and it's amazing that there are so many speech recognition software programs unable to transcribe a southern dialect. Normally, I would have to speak like a college professor to be recognized, but that's not my natural speaking tone. But after viewing your video, I feel like it's time to go back to the Dragon Naturally Speaking software. I had no idea this software had improved so much.
It's pretty good Kendrick. I use the home version 12.5 now and it honestly does just as good as the proversion
Actually when I did this video I had only done one 10 minute training session. Now that I've been using it for about 5 months it's pretty much spot-on with my accent. The software watches how you correct it. For instance if you speak a co-worker's name "Kristine Roberts" and it types "Christine Roberts", then you manually type Kristine, the next time you speak her name it types it correctly. I allowed the software to read my emails and contacts, etc. and that greatly helped too.
Luis - that's great news. Glad to have been a bit of help. It really speeds things up doesn't it? I use it every day. Really helps with productivity. Appreciate you watching!
Great demo. Thanks for posting this. You've helped me make up my mind and perhaps the next comment I leave will be dictated. Scott
I have a similar accent (Eastern Georgia) and would love to have a stenographer software program like this that works well with my speech patterns! Looks like it is working well for you, Tony! Thanks for sharing.
I enjoyed this very helpful video and your accent as well. Thanks :-)
Yes. I do a lot of punctuation and numbers by hand and let the VR handle the text. It's getting better and better at following me. Almost flawless now.
Thanks Tony - That has helped me make a decision to purchase.
Very helpful! I'm getting a grant for software to use for University, and this helped me make up my mind which to go with... I only wish that your accent came with it, I'd love for it to speak back to me with your amazing accent!
WOW ~ I just ordered Version 13 Premium right before I saw your video. I'm impressed. I'm a New York girl all my life and if you asked me, I don't think I have an accent, but others who don't live here, say I do ;)
- THANK YOU for doing this!
- I know that the software now transcribes mp3s on the PC, hoping it will do MP4 as well. If not, it's easy enough to pull MP4's into Camtasia and save the Audio to mp3. That's still beats me doing the transcription myself, which would probably never happen!
- THANKS again for taking the time. I was glued to the screen for the entire video! GOOD JOB ~Roz Fruchtman
By the way, I did order the boxed version of Dragon Naturally Speaking Premium 13 from Nuance on deep discount. They told me that the boxed version comes with a mic included, but I also bought a USB mic from them, on sale for $19.99. Thanks again Tony, I'm very grateful for your time and effort! ~Roz Fruchtman
Roz Fruchtman Hope it works well for you Roz. I use version 12.5 all the time to tag my youtube videos. Saves me a lot of time typing. The microphone headset that comes with the software is quite good. Just do a bit of the training so Dragon can thoroughly analyze your voice and it should perform well. Thanks for your comments and for watching my videos! TLG
Roz Fruchtman Nuance also told me that you get 90 days of FREE PHONE tech support. So I plan to use it to let them help me. I added this in case other's don't know that! Thanks again Tony ~Roz Fruchtman
You made my day - I never thought such software existed and, yes, you have a wonderful accent. Although, as I actually do live in Southern England my accemt is rather like Prince Charles - I am not sure that the software would pick it up unless it has a posh setting. Many thanks for an enjoyable demonstration and light-hearted video.
It is the best in industry. You have to use it more often, train it, save the results and run accuracy tuning almost daily so that it understands your accent.
Wow, thanks a lot for your sharing on how you are using it. It seems I must do more training and improve my own pronunciation before I can speak as fast and accurate as you do.
This was a good review. It seems fairly similar to the speech to text software on my phone (android). Which I just so happen to be writing this coming with.
Thank you for sharing this, I'm going to try the dragon naturally speaking 12 home, I have been trying to use the windows voice recognition but it doesn't seem to catch most of what I say very well, I've spent many hours trying to train it, but at last I'm at an end with it, I think it's because of my Texas accent.
I am from New Jersey Tony,and understood every word you said,..so you're accent is not difficult to comprehend at all.
You're the coolest guy from Jersey that I know! Thanks man. Usually people from outside the region tell me I sound like Forrest Gump!
Tony Lee Glenn
Forrest Gump??..not at all.
Hello- thank you for the demo and review. In your experience, how does the Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5 work for dictating code, bulleted notes and mathematical expressions?
Many thanks!
The way it works is it waits for you to pause before using punctuation. For instance, if you say, "during this period I lost 20 pounds" it doesn't type a period. If you say, "during this period I lost 20 pounds (pause about a second) period" then it types your sentence and adds a period at the end. Same holds true for comma, space, question mark, etc. It uses context to know when to allow punctuation. It works well too.
Sure glad it worked for you. Take some time to read those little usage tips that come up when you launch. Really helps you make it more functional. I'm getting better and better with it - you will too.
Thanks Tony! The thing that held me back from completing my memoir is the actual typing so if I can have this machine do it for me, Im excited! Be back with my experience! I did believe you were selling for the company but it doesn't matter, if it works, Im ok with that.
Ha! You thought I was a salesperson! I'm sure Dragon would love that. No, I'm a graphic designer & web developer for a big hospital system based out of Charlotte. I just did this review to show my buddies with thick Appalachian accents that this software could work. Dragon needs to hire me on the side.
You were certainly convincing but a job well done. This should be interesting for me, I live in CT and have a pretty strong thick New York accent (New Yorka) lol! Looking forward to staring my Memoir and thanks again for convincing me this truly works. By the way, I think the company should take a look at the tremendous job you have done for them as well. You truly had nothing to gain, but they sure did! Happy Holidays Tony!
Very helpful, thanks. Now I will have to see if it works with a Scottish accent!
Thanks tony, I'm from the Bronx and people say I have an accent, forgetaboutit. I'm sold.
I love the Bronx - truly. I used to work for a tour company and we were doing a tour that went from Manhattan up to Hyde Park. The crazy bus driver I had thought he figured out a shortcut that didn't go across the bridge to get up there. He took us straight up through the Bronx till we encountered an overpass the bus couldn't pass beneath. I was the tour director and had to walk behind the bus to beg cars to move aside while we backed the bus up for two blocks to turn around. I was called many many things that day. It was terrible during the ordeal, but I laugh my tail off everytime I think of it now. Also got to see a few awesome Yankee's games up your way too. Hope the Dragon works for you brother! Thanks for watching my vids.
Good job.
How do I know whether I need the Premium or the Home version?
nice information sir...
Yes. It works really well if the person doesn't have a pronounced accent. I used the audio from a video recording of my CEO to create a news article several months ago. Dragon recognized probably 90% of her words - event though it had not been trained to understand her voice.
It's nice to see this video. I am young Electrical and Electronics Engineer who was thinking this morning of doing a project of voice recognition. I searched in TH-cam that there must be some developments done previously by someone. For my surprise, this voice recognition thing has already developed so much!! What improvements do this need? Any improvements that I can contribute? Can we add artificial intelligence to the system so that it recognizes all of the accents?
I just thought I'd let you know, I got and installed my Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12, and I'm very amazed, unlike Microsoft speech recognition Dragon rarely ever misses a word.
Have a good day.
I am now using dragon 13. I also up graded to windows 10 "WoW", What a difference!.
I need it for navigating webpages, scrolling up and down a page and selecting a hyperlink within a page. For example newspaper article with lots of links, how do you tell it to go to that link? There are links embedded in the article, there are ads, there are sidebars with links and icons which link to other sites/articles, there are lists of links down below the article, right down to small font links at the very bottom and there are menus with sub menus leading to different sections of the newsite and a searchbar for searching the site. There may be 50+ links on one page. How do you tell it to go to a particular link? (it may just be an image that is a link with no verbal description).
I like your demonstration. love your accent :)
+Lindsay Ann Waistell Thanks Lindsay. Cool to hear a nice comment about the Appalachian Highland accent. Many people hate it. TLG
I am English but my accent is Pitmatic commonly known as a Pit "yakka" - great word. lol I was wondering if the Dragon would understand my accent when I came across your useful demo. Thanks.
Tony Lee Glenn,
I want to take a voice recording and turn it into text.
Would that be possible using Dragon software ?
I am using a small Sony voice recorder.
I like Dragon on my PC, having purchased it maybe three years ago. I bought a SamsungTabPro and don't understand how to install it. The Tablet is hard for me to use w/o Dragon, but so far, getting it installed is a mystery. Do I need to make a new purchase? Thank you.
This makes it so much easier to do my high school papers.
this is tight!
Thank you amaya
I was wondering the same thing! :)
And to answer Chris Thomas' question...I spoke "during the Jurassic period" and it did pick up on spelling out "period" and then I ended the sentence with "period" and it got that. But, you can't say "new paragraph" without getting a new paragraph. I guess you would have to type that in, manually, which is always an option. I can't think of a time that I would need to dictate "new paragraph", but that's just my line of work.
You're right - there are always going to be limitations. There are certain words and phrases/commands that still baffle DNS when I use it. It's the 95% of the time that it gets it right that make me happy!
Thank you very much, I went ahead and ordered it yesterday, I'm looking forward to trying to work with it.
Have a good day
And again thank you
Unfortunately you are absolutely right. It's a memory hog. This demo was on a 6-core Xeon with 24 Gigs of RAM. I can't imagine how it would run on a laptop. Thanks for bringing this up. People need to know it requires some stout processing.
Believe me - Dragon will understand you. Just be sure to give it a training session. The installation process will walk you through all of it. I've tried the Windows voice recognition and it's as bad as Dragon used to be for southern inflection. Dragon has just recently "gotten it right" for folks who talk the right way - ha!
Amazing
Dictalogic is also very good - it's got very good coverage for end to end work flow.
Actually you may consider it as the third input device apart from your mice and keyboards; the software will not affect the use of them at all.
wow this was funny :) thanks, im dling the software right now
Great video of showing the uses , i was wondering cause i used a friends before or similar program. Is there an option where it puts the punctuation's on its own?
Lets say if u were making a sentence like. ( I want pizza (then pause for a second) pop (pause again ) and chips.) The if it did it would come out like this? ( I want pizza, pop, and chips. ) maybe, i dunno i want this program tho.
There's now an open source GNU/Linux speech recognition program that uses Google's voice APIs on the back-end called Palaver.
i have the version number 10 of the software
" Dragon naturally speaking "is it possible to record an audio file via a tape recorder , for instance,and then transcribe it via the "dragon" software ??
I hope they paid you for this...because if I buy it...it will be because of your demo! I love Spruce Pine!
I like the idea of this software because it seems like you could create a long-drawn out paper in no time just by speaking it. But as robust as this software is, it seems like you have to go over the finished product with a fine tooth comb to find all the misinterpreted sentences it put together.
Does anyone know if this thing does a northeastern united states accent or should I use the australian version for best results? I really don't want to waste a ton of money on this thing if it's going to screw me over every chance it can get like my phone does.
can you show me tell me were to download then put it on start it and how to put word up to.
Haven't tried it, but I don't see why not. It will type into virtually any text box - at least it does for these TH-cam boxes.
Thanks for the demo. Have you tried the free Microsoft Speech recognition software? A comparison would be nice. Cheers.
Hey - I have tried it, but it's been a long time, so maybe I should see if it's progressed. I'll try it and post some results. When I tried the MS Voice recognition it was maybe 70% accurate, but then again Dragon was about 75% accurate before the new Southern English module was added. Good suggestion. TLG
I have used tried every version from #4 ( including their .5 versions). I brought, but haven't installed version 12. I too am using 11.5. The differences in the later version, from about #8 is that it will allow you to use without going thru the long raining sessions. I've found, if I go thru ALL of the training videos and upload docs based on how you think/compose
There were a lot of competitors in the early days...but haven't seen many lately. As Tony stated, the more you train it the better it gets.
Does anyone know of some one who have used/tried the pro version that a designed for career ( i.e. Medical, Legal, etc.)
Thanks for the video.
11.5 and 12 really are much better than older versions - especially if you are from the south. I hated my copy of version 8. Dragon has greatly stepped up!
Yes they have stepped up, like I said I haven't loaded my ver #12 yet. And 4-7 had a lot of competition. Can we use one of our versions on smartphones...I really miss "CAP THAT", etc. on the adroid and/pr google talks. The remind me of version #4 :)
RickyP033 It appears that you are the guru of Dragon versions, in going forward, which one would you suggest to me for use as a writer?
The home version of 12.5 is what I'm using now and it's just great. Gets about 98% of what I'm saying - better than any other voice recognition that I've used. Hope this helps Linda!
Tony Lee Glenn Yes it did thank you...But.... I have the 12.5 and I am having the problem of making corrections and having to repeat what I'm saying. Born and lived in IL, College at MN and now in GA. I have change it several times. I'm tired! Would upgrading to the 13 or a premium help? One more question I have the App and the headset.
I use Dragon natural speaking Premium version 12, I do copy and paste into Microsoft notepad from websites or other documents that I want read. Being that I am dyslexic, Dragon is beneficial in that way. My question is I don't like the female voice that Dragon reads with. Can I get a male voice. The next question is there a way to record the read back voice?
It looks as if you are using a PC. I loaded it on a MacBook and it seemed to be the culprit in causing a significant number of conflicts with Premiere Pro CS5. Do you have any idea if that has been addressed by any chance?
I did find that it worked very well until the issue with PremierePro. I made a transcript of a CME program I did with 4 speakers from around the country and it was very good. I used the audio from the mixing board to train the softwarre for each speaker. BTW, I am from GA .
Seems like it helps to have a good multi-core system.
I find it very hard to speak numbers on to wordpad.. I keep getting the literal number instead of the number "7," for example I keep getting seven..
how can i do this with the the version i already have ?the problem is that i've already seen inetrent and normally i have to find a tab called "sound "on the menu bar yet i didn't find the word "transcribe" and so i couldn't achieve the
transcription of the the file needed
Like you, i am a graphic artist. I'm considering Dragon Premium. A question i have not found answered anywhere is: Can you call a command from the menu of the active application? So for example, in Photoshop i want to adjust Levels: Can i just say: "Image-Adjust-Levels"? Or "Control-L"? Also, can it invoke commands with more than one modifier key? Such as "Control-Alt-Z" to step back in history? Thanks, Tony!
Hey Kevin - sadly I have to admit I've never tried it with Photoshop. Mostly I use it for typing lists of keywords and text for web sites. I'll give it a try and report back to you.
Tony Lee Glenn
Seriously, Tony, if you would i'd really appreciate it. Just to know if there is a straight-forward way to access menu commands. I have a Cintiq, and it only has so many assignable buttons. It would really help out to have that extra help. Merry Christmas!
What is the difference between Basic vs Premium then Mobile and Wireless versions? there are too many confusing packages with a significant price difference.
What would I miss in Basic as opposed to Premium that seem is ten times more in price?
With the Premium you can save a voice recording on your phone or other device and then at a later time, load the files and have Dragon transcribe them. With Basic, you cannot do this.
CAN I USE NATURALLY SPEAK OR DO I HAVE TO BUY $1800 MEDICAL TO WORK WITH PRACTICE FUSION EMR
You'll be getting version 12 which is actually noticeably better than the version 11.5 that I review here. Be patient with it and train it up and you'll love it. I tried it back at version 8 and it was just awful. I'm guessing it didn't get 75% of what I said. Let it read your emails and documents (not a security issue) and it will recognize proper names and places that you are associated with too. It's cool. I use it every day. Still not perfect though. For me I'm guessing about 95% there!
im using it on a laptop with i7 4700QM with 24GB RAM and it runs perfect.
Can you work the keyboard while using the speech recognition?
can you use a web camera mic for your mic?
Is this software compatible with the Sony tx50 digital recorder?
What if I want it to show the southern accent? Can it be trained to type it to sound like I speak?
En fait, je sais pas si vous comprenez en français ou pas, moi aussi j'ai vu sur internet que cette fonctionnalité est possible avec la version 10 mais normalement je dois trouver sur la barre de menus de logiciel l'onglet "son" et la je fais ,transcrire ou importer un fichier a transcrire mais le problème ce que j'ai rien trouvé
Not being a native speaker, I actually found this software quite hard to use, at least to begin with.
I wonder if you get this wonderful smoothness right from the beginning, or after lots of teaching?
You have to avoid um eh and those other thinking word place holders. The program does awesome. its and is was the only problem I saw, and where it completely ignored "um" Thanks for the review.
Hmm - I guess you'd want to do that if you were like writing a book about how people in the south talk. You can easily create a custom library and add words, then associate them with your speech, so I guess yes. Post a video somewhere with the words or phrases you're considering and I'll do a video to test it.
Im looking to integrate this software into some computer program that interacts with a mechanical machine, or some form of small network such as a house lights, TV, etc... Has anyone done anything like this.
There is meant to be a new premium 13 which is accurate straight out of the box, is that only if you keep using it online? I mean does it need the web to update it so it will be able to keep accurate or can you use it at 99% accurates straight from the box without being online or use by the web? also I see it asks you to register online. and how much of a difference is the accent list going to help us, should i stick to a standard english?
I haven't tried 13, but have the 12.5 home version in my home studio. It works just great. You can download updates from online, but I don't think you HAVE to. Mine steadily improves its-self by analyzing my recordings and the way I correct it. I still don't know that it's 99 % accurate - more like 95%, but that still saves you a lot of time typing. No clue about an accent list. All I know is that the Southern English module did vastly improve my results. TLG
OK THANKS
Hi can is it possible to record lecture on my phone(android) and then convert them into text on my pc?
Thank you
Almas - It might be sort of hit and miss. I've tried doing the same thing before by putting our CEO's voice from a video speech into Dragon. I'd say it was about 80% accurate, mostly missing because of wind, additional noise, and the fact that the software had not been trained to recognize her voice. Still, it got enough of it right to really help with the transcription.
Actually the headset that cam with this software did go bad on me. I bought another headset from Walmart for about $16 that works just great. I don't know about another mic, like an SM58 for instance. In theory I think it should work. Just whatever gets a good quality vocal signal to the soundcard should work.
if I cannot read how do I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking
just got the software myself becouse i have joint pain it needs to be trained for my voice
if I bought the one for 80 dollars would it work like this? I have many documents to write up. please check the link. Thank You.
Can I use the product in spanish?
Would you please like to tell me how much does it cost?
How do you think it will fare when using medical terms/ lingo, since you are working at the hospital?
There is a medical version of Dragon that we used to use at Blue Ridge Healthcare. It was much more expensive than the package I'm using in this video. I'm not sure what the docs are using now. We still have a crew of transcriptionists who probably polish up anything the voice recognition misses. I have no clue how the VR can handle all the accents, foreign and domestic. I'll ask what they use next time I'm over in Medical records.
do you know if it works with Spanish language?
can anyone tell me if this program transcribes in other languages such as Portuguese in Brazil or only English ?
?
Thanks for help !
Other languages as well.
can you use dragon for chat rooms
i wonder what i sound like and i am australian but sydney old settlers have a more heavy accent.
what if u have to use the word PEROID, or COMA,or SPACE??
What if you actually want to say/type "period"?