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Dragon Dictate 2.5 announced.
Now, NT Compatible, faster, more accurate and a slew of other features.
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DragonEXTRA! transforms DragonDictate for Windows into the most comprehensive
PC dictation system ever offered to writers.

Improve recognition performance

Add 60,000 terms, phrases, names, and abbreviations covering a broad range of current issues and events to the standard 120,000-word pronunciation dictionary, for the most extensive contemporary vocabulary available today. With so many words built in, you save time and effort.

Reduce repetitive keyboard and mouse motions

Prevent or relieve the effects of Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI).

Become more productive and self-sufficient

Create polished, accurately spelled documents immediately without administrative costs, errors, and delays.

Reduce document turnaround time

Dictate directly into your final document to eliminate the lengthy "dictate-transcribe-edit-approve" cycle.

Streamline document creation and revision

Use custom macros to automate your work; insert boilerplate, format, edit, or print your documents, or perform other routine tasks using simple speech commands.

Journalists, writers, and other well-educated professionals who use exceptionally broad, contemporary vocabularies across diverse topics can now enjoy the benefits of a speech recognition system tailored to their unique needs. With Dragon EXTRA! and DragonDictate for Windows, you can dictate and edit documents using the contemporary terms, phrases, names, and abbreviations your profession requires.

DragonDictate for Windows instantly converts what you say into text. You can edit and format text directly in your Windows or Windows 95 applications, as you dictate or during any subsequent editing sessions. You can even use the keyboard and mouse while dictating to perform formatting and other tasks more efficiently. With DragonDictate, you can:

Speak rather than type
Spell correctly every time
Enter text and data while using your hands for another task
Reduce repetitive keyboard and mouse motions
Compute totally hands-free

DragonEXTRA! for Windows customizes DragonDictate to include carefully selected terminology relating to current issues and events. It adds 60,000 terms, phrases, names, and abbreviations to the standard dictionary, and analyzes your speec h using spelling, acoustic, and language models optimized for the communication and analysis of contemporary topics.

These models are based on over six years of extensive feedback from DragonDictate users in a variety of professions, consultation with industry specialists, and analysis of contemporary newspapers, journals, magazines, and other sources covering a broad r ange of professional disciplines.

Together, DragonDictate and DragonEXTRA! provide the most comprehensive speech solution available today for all your demanding writing tasks.

Adds contemporary terms, phrases, names, and abbreviations

Incorporates the broadest range of contemporary terminology available into the customizable active vocabulary of DragonDictate for Windows Classic Edition (30,000 words) or Power Edition (60,000 words).
Provides a comprehensive 180,000-word backup dictionary, including 60,000 additional terms, phrases, names, and abbreviations (see examples below).

Language models optimized for current issues and events

More than just a word list, the specialized language models reflect how contemporary terminology is actually used. Recognition speed and accuracy are optimized using context and frequency information derived from a broad range of newspapers, magazines , journals, and other current sources.

Examples of contemporary terms, phrases, names, and abbreviations

Politics: Attorney General, Bill Clinton, Democratic, fund-raising, front-runner, Gov., Gramm-Rudman, Newt, Parliamentary, Pataki, policy-making, right-wing, Republican
Names in the news: Boutros-Ghali, Chechen, Cobain, Gerstner, Iraqis, Kerkorian, O.J., McVeigh, Milosevic, Rather, Rifkind, Slobodan, Somalis, Unabomber
Places in the news: Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chechnya, Chunnel, Cyberspace, Ebola, Grozny, Pinatubo, Tinseltown
Celebrities:Beavis, Boyz, Carrey, Cybill, Deion, DeVito, Gere, Gower, Hootie, Ice-T, Indurain, Koontz, Leeson, Lindros, Morissette, Ovitz, Raitt, Sampras, Scotty, U2, Wogan
Sports: 10k, Aggies, All-Star, at-bats, changeup, FG, Fenway, homestand, Iditarod, luge, phenom, Rockets, skybox, snowboarding, TDs, three-point, ticketholders, UNLV
Government affairs: AFDC, airstrikes, AK-47, Chief Justice, EFTA, free-trade, GSA, inner-city, NEA, NIH, NLRB, RICO, Secretary-General, state-controlled, surface-to-air
Religion: Assembly of God, Bulgarian Orthodox, Church of England, Confucianist, Evangelical Protestant, Jehovah's Witnesses, Shia Muslim, Society of Friends
Media and entertainment: ABC-TV, co-starring, C-SPAN, docudrama, infotainment, Miramax, moviemaking, Newsday, newsmagazines, off-Broadway, Pinewood, PG-13
Companies: Activision, Amgen, Broderbund, Cablevision, EDS, Genentech, Hoechst, Hewlett-Packard, Kyocera, Matsushita, Mercedes-Benz, Netscape, Nokia, Symantec
Brands: Infiniti, M&M, Plexiglas, Rolls Royce, Sensor, Snapple, Starbucks, Wheaties
Common phrases: bite-size, blood-alcohol, burned-out, best-selling, de facto, do-it-yourself, energy-efficient, long-term, rush-hour, self-addressed, state-of-the-art
Current interest: anti-abortion, Arab-Israeli, arugula, AZT, bloodstains, carjackings, cease-fire, gun-control, hantavirus, intifadah, low-fat, malathion, multiculturalism, overfishing, pro-choice, victimhood, Whaling Commission
Jargon, slang, and new words: biotech, bloop, bluesy, blurted, bummed, clockers, deadheads, dissing, fellas, gonna, goo, homeboys, hmmm, hyped, in-line, kinda, Luv, minivan, nerd, newsgroups, nope, Prez, schmooze, skinhead, tagger, te chies, T-shirt, twentysomething, VCRs, vibe, wahoo, wannabe, y'all, zap

Minimum 486 / 66 MHz Processor
16 MB of RAM | 24 MB suggested for NT
Industry-standard 16-bit sound card or built-in certified audio systems on desktops and portables, including the SoundBlaster® 16.
40 MB dedicated hard disk space
Windows 3.1/3.11 or later running in enhanced mode. | Dos 5.2 | Dos 6.1 for laptop. | Windows '95
DragonDictate for Windows 1.3 or 2.x, Classic or Power Edition (US English)
A 3.5" high-density diskette drive and 15MB of (additional) hard disk space

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