Dragon Naturally Speaking 10.1 is only for Windows 7 and systems running the 64-bit version of Vista. What is Dragon NaturallySpeaking Software? Dragon NaturallySpeaking software is a speech recognition program that allows the user to speak into a microphone on a computer with the software translating the spoken words into text in a text program. The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Help system contains reference information on the scripting language. This document, however, includes significant additional information and corrections not available at the time the online documentation was created. The Dragon NaturallySpeaking SDK Help system, part of the Dragon.
Earlier today, Microsoft announced its plans to purchase Nuance for $56 per share—23 percent above Nuance's closing price last Friday. The deal adds up to a $16 billion cash outlay and a total valuation for Nuance of about $19.7 billion, including that company's assumed debt.
Who is Nuance?
Nuance is a well-known player in the field of natural language recognition. The company's technology is the core of Apple's Siri personal assistant. Nuance also sells well-known personal speech-recognition software Dragon NaturallySpeaking, which is invaluable to many people with a wide range of physical disabilities.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking, originally released in 1997, was one of the first commercially available continuous dictation products—meaning software that did not require the user to pause briefly between words. In 2000, Dragon Systems was acquired by ScanSoft, which acquired Nuance Communications in 2005 and rebranded itself as Nuance.
Earlier versions of Dragon software used hidden Markov models to puzzle out the meaning of human speech, but this method had serious limitations compared to modern AI algorithms. In 2009, Stanford researcher Fei-Fei Li created ImageNet—a massive training data set that spawned a boom in deep-learning algorithms used for modern, core AI tech.
AdvertisementAfter Microsoft researchers Dong Yu and Frank Seide successfully applied deep-learning techniques to real-time automatic speech recognition in 2010, Dragon—now Nuance—applied the same techniques to its own speech-recognition software.
Fast forward to today, and according to both Microsoft and Nuance, medically targeted versions of Dragon are in use by 77 percent of hospitals, 75 percent of radiologists, and 55 percent of physicians in the United States.
Microsoft’s acquisition play
Microsoft and Nuance began a partnership in 2019 to deliver ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) technologies to health care providers. ACI technology is intended to reduce physician burnout and increase efficiency by offloading administrative tasks onto computers. (A 2017 study published in the Annals of Family Medicine documented physicians typically spending two hours of record-keeping for every single hour of actual patient care.)
Acquiring Nuance gives Microsoft direct access to the company's entire health care customer list. It also gives Microsoft the opportunity to push Nuance technology—currently, mostly used in the US—to Microsoft's own large international market. Nuance chief executive Mark Benjamin—who will continue to run Nuance as a Microsoft division after the acquisition—describes it as an opportunity to 'superscale how we change an industry.'
The move doubles Microsoft's total addressable market in the health care vertical to nearly $500 billion. It also marries what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella describes as 'the AI layer at the healthcare point of delivery' with Microsoft's own massive cloud infrastructure, including Azure, Teams, and Dynamics 365.
The acquisition has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both Nuance and Microsoft and it is expected to close by the end of 2021.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 System Requirements
The install process checks that your system meets the minimum requirements; if they are not met, Dragon NaturallySpeaking will not be installed.
CPU: We recommend 2.2 GHz Intel® dual core or equivalent AMD processor. (Minimum 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent AMD processor or 1.66 GHz Intel® Atom® processor). NOTE: Faster processors yield faster performance. (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set is required) Processor Cache: We recommend 2 MB L2 cache. (Minimum: 512 KB L2 cache) Free hard disk space: 3.2 GB (4 GB for localized non-English versions) Supported Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 10, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 8, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 and higher, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows XP SP3, 32-bit only Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2, 32-bit and 64-bit RAM: We recommend 2 GB for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 32-bit, 4 GB for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2008 64-bit. 8 GB Windows 10 (Minimum: 1 GB for Windows XP and Windows Vista and 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.) Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher for online help (free download at www.microsoft.com) Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 12 or higher, or Google Chrome 16 or higher are required in order to experience the enhanced capabilities in Gmail and Hotmail Sound card supporting 16-bit recording A DVD-ROM drive for installation A Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included in purchase). See details at support.nuance.com/compatibility/ (includes USB adapters and digital voice recorders).Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 System Requirements
Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: 2.4 GHz Intel Dual Core or equivalent. AMD processor. (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set required) Processor Cache: 2 MB Free hard disk space: 5 GB RAM: 2 GB RAM for XP and Vista, and 4 GB for Windows 7, 8 and 2008 64-bit/2012, 8GB Windows 10 Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10 (free download at www.microsoft.com) Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording USB or DVD-ROM drive required for installationSupported Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows 10, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 8, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows XP SP3, 32-bit only Windows Server 2008, SP1, SP2, and R2, 32-bit and 64-bit (Windows 2008 R2 64 bit SP2 ONLY)Dragon Medical Practice Edition 1 System Requirements
Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: 2.4 GHz Intel Dual Core or equivalent AMD processor. (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set required) Processor Cache: 2 MB Free hard disk space: 5 GB RAM: 2 GB RAM for XP and Vista, and 4 GB for Windows 7 and Server 2003/2008 64-bit Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7, 8, and 9 (free download at www.microsoft.com) Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording. DVD-ROM drive required for installationSupported Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 32-bit only Windows Server 2003 and 2008, SP1, SP2, and R2, 32-bit and 64-bitDragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5 System Requirements
Dragon Systems Naturally Speaking
The install process checks that your system meets the minimum requirements; if they are not met, Dragon NaturallySpeaking will not be installed.
CPU: minimum 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent AMD processor or 1.66 GHz Intel® Atom® processor. We recommend 1.8 GHz Intel Dual Core™ or equivalent AMD processor. (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set required). Processor Cache: minimum 512 KB. We recommend 2 MB. Free hard disk space: 2.5 GB (2.8 GB for localized non-English versions). Supported Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 7, SP1, 32-bit and 64-bit. Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit. Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 32-bit only. Windows Server 2003 and 2008, SP1, SP2 and R2 SP1, 32-bit and 64-bit. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP RAM: minimum 1 GB for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008. We recommend 2 GB RAM for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 4 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008 64-bit. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher (free download at www.microsoft.com). Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording. DVD-ROM drive required for installation. Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included in purchase). See details at support.nuance.com/compatibility/ (includes Bluetooth® microphones, recorders, and Tablet PCs)Previous Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version System Requirements
Intel® Pentium® 4 / 1 GHz processor (or equivalent AMD® processor) RAM: minimum 512 MB (1 GB for Windows Vista, and 2 GB for Windows 7). We recommend 1 GB (2 GB for Windows 7 32-bit, and 4 GB for Windows 7 64-bit) 1 GB free hard disk space (2 GB for localized non-English versions) Dragon Version 7.3 - Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium, Windows XP, or Windows NT® 4.0 (with SP-6 or greater) Dragon Version 8.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), ME and XP Dragon Version 9.X 
- Vista (32-bit versions only - not 64-bit), Microsoft Windows 2000 (4 or higher) XP Home and Professional. Dragon Version 10.0 - Vista (32-bit versions only - not 64-bit), Microsoft Windows 2000 (4 or higher) XP Home and Professional. Dragon Version 10.1 - Vista (32-bit versions and 64-bit versions), Windows 7 (32-bit versions and 64-bit versions), Microsoft Windows 2000 (4 or higher) XP Home and Professional. Supported Operating Systems for Dragon Version 10.1 in-depth: - Windows Server 2000
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows 2000 SP4
- Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 32-bit
- Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit
- Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit
Dragon NaturallySpeaking has been optimized for a variety of popular processors, including the Intel® Pentium 4, Pentium III, Pentium with MMX™, Intel Celeron™, AMD K6-2, AMD K6-III with 3DNow!™, AMD Athlon™, and more.
* Dragon Preferred, Dragon Professional, and Dragon Legal do not support dictation directly into Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems. For EMR support, please use Dragon Medical Edition Full (not Small Practice Edition).
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Version 2.3 (Dragon Medical Build 12.53.350.032) Service Pack
Download it here for Free, directly from us: http://dragon-medical-transcription.com/DMPE2DOT3.exe
What Is Dragon Naturallyspeaking
Support for:
Windows10 Microsoft Office 2016 Nuance Powermic III New edit controls Internet Explorer 11 Citrix XenApp 7.6 and 7.7, Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 and 7.7, and latest Citrix Receiver 4.4xDragon Naturallyspeaking 16
Order Dragon Naturally SpeakingDragon Naturallyspeaking 13 Free Download
Schedule your FREE Medical Transcription Software Demo today.