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>> I seem to be missing something here. As long as a computer has enough CPU
>> power and has a good sound card, how can it NOT be compatible with DD or
>> Nat Spk??? Surely a P-II 233 (all P-IIs have MMX) is not only adequate,
>> but overkill?
>
>On what basis would you consider this overkill? Do you dictate more than an
>hour per day as many professionals do? I've seen several people able to
>dictate fast enough that a P-II 233 lags several seconds behind after a
minute
>or so of dictation. If you are a doctor, see something that needs
>correction, have an emergency coming in, are you happy about waiting an extra
>10 seconds because your "computer guy" told you a P-166MMX would be fast
>enough? Speed requirements vary by application.
I said "overkill" on the basis of Dragon's published system requirements
for Nat Spk, a Pentium 166 MMX with 48MB RAM. No, I don't use voice input
yet; I am waiting for V-3 of Nat Spk to purchase. (BTW, I just upgraded to
a P-II 400 with 128MB so I could run Nat Spk.)
If you find a P-II 233 to be marginal for Nat Spk, it looks like Dragon has
published overly optimistic minimum system requirements, and not by just a
little. A P-II 233 is about 3X-4X the CPU of a P166 MMX. (I assume you
have 64MB RAM or greater.) If Nat Spk requires a P-II 350 with 100MHz
frontside bus and 128 MB of P-100 SDRAM to work satisfactorily, maybe this
list should put that out to the list members so they won't purchase a P166
MMX and be disappointed?
Another unspoken issue may be whether Dragon's "minimum" system had a PCI
or ISA sound card. ISA sound cards are notorious for consuming large
amounts of CPU to operate a microphone, while PCI sound cards don't. Does
your P-II 233 have a PCI or ISA sound card?
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