What is Dragon Naturally Speaking (DNS)?Dragon NaturallySpeaking: You dictate & the software types! This is precisely what Dragon NaturallySpeaking (DNS) software does for you. DNS converts your spoken words into text at an amazing speed of upto 160 words per minute, and that too with much more accuracy and speed than your most efficient stenographer. As you speak, you see your words appear on the screen-almost magically! It is one of those things that makes you wonder “why didn’t I come across this before.”

 

Essentially, there are three functions that the software performs:Dictate: You can dictate in any windows application, in any word-processer (MS Word, WordPad, Corel Word Perfect, Open Office etc.) or spreadsheet (MS Excel etc.), E-mail software (MS Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora etc.) with the same ease and accuracy. Since the software understands the Indian accent of English speaking, therefore it provides more than 99% accuracy of converting speech into text. In fact, DNS is the only speech recognition software available that has been customized for Indian accent of English speaking!! The software already contains the names of prominent Indian personalities and cities thus making it easier to use. Command: This function of DNS lets you use the computer without even touching the keyboard or the mouse! You can give a command to open, close or switch between windows applications. For example, a simple command like “Open Microsoft Word” will open the application for you to begin dictating. Not only this, you can give commands to edit, format, save or print the documents. What more, you can switch off a computer simply by a voice command! Proof-Reading: You can even listen back to whatever you have said, and hence can proof-read your document. This allows you to correct any little mistakes that have been made during the transcription of your voice.

WHY USE SPEECH RECOGNITION?

Why not? When, Dragon NaturallySpeaking is able to transcribe speech so very accurately, with minimal user correction. Speech recognition is being experienced in daily lives, without knowing it – for example, in automated telephone response systems and in-car satellite navigation systems. However, the main benefits are freedom from PC hardware and no need to learn to touch type! Moreover with more & more people suffering from repetitive strain injuries and dry eyes owing to prolonged use of computers, why not adopt a technology which helps prevent these disorders all together!!

DNS Preferred