Voice-Users: at my wit's end

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I've done everything I can do ... and I'm ready to give it all up. I =
don't know what else to do anymore. I'm beyond frustrated.

As a refresher, I intalled v3.0 Preferred on a "pure" system. There was =
no previous version of Dragon on my system at all. I chose New User and =
BestMatch, with total certainty. After training I was using the =
Vocabulary Builder and out an ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY message. The reseller =
had no idea what the problem was, and neither did Dragon tech support. I =
followed their suggestions and the problem did not go away. So I did the =
following:

1. Deleted NatSpeak totally and cleaned up the Registry, removing all =
pointers to NatSpeak.=20
2. Reinstalled Win98.
3. Reintalled NatSpeak v3.0. and again chose New User and BestMatch.
4. Did General Training as I was required.
5. Spent the last 6+ hours using the Vocabulary Builder (file was =
slowly increased to 1918K, as I kept adding more and more files to it) =
and also manually adding hundreds of entries into the Vocabulary Editor.

Spent an hour this morning adding another few hundred entries into the =
Vocabulary Editor. One thing that puzzled me was the hourglass appearing =
about 6 different times during this process. I waited patiently until it =
disappeared and continued.

Next, I took the 1918K file (about 1000 pages) from last night, and =
added another 1000 pages to it. Saved the file. Went into Dragon and =
tried to use the Vocabulary Builder. Got the same error message. Tried =
again to read the file and same problem.

Exited Dragon and reduced the size of the file (elminated 800 pages). =
Saved it. Rebooted. Entered Dragon. Tried Vocabulary Builder again ... =
same error message.=20

Did a search on the Microsoft web site, and I found a solution ... but =
it's a Developer's problem and I have to get the Win98 DDK kit in =
addition to a compiler like C++ ... oh this is getting interesting. =
Wonderful. Peachy keen. .... I'll let my programmer husband handle it.

Okay ... let me just try the program talking regular English. How's =
about I quote Lincoln.=20

And *this* is what I said, around 160 wpm, 140 wpm and 120 wpm, =
respectively:
Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this =
continent a new nation. Conceived in liberty and dedicated to the =
proposition that all men are created equal.

160 wpm: For store in seven years ago our phones brought forth on this =
continent indignation. Conceived a liberty and dedicated to the =
proposition Orman created equal.

140 wpm: For score in seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon =
this continent animation. Conceived and liberty and dedicated to the =
proposition that Orman created equal.

120 wpm: For score in seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon =
this continent a new nation. Conceived and liberty and dedicated to the =
proposition that Orman are created equal.

Where is that fantastic recognition? This is plain English. I should =
have had diamond-cutting precision accuracy ... what I got was the need =
to talk slower. What's next, 100 wpm, 95 wpm ...???

Somebody out there PLEASE (groveling, on knees) tell me what to do. =
Right now I'm completely tapped out.=20

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I've done everything I can do ... and I'm ready to give it all up. I = don't=20 know what else to do anymore. I'm beyond frustrated.

As a refresher, I intalled v3.0 Preferred on a "pure" = system. There=20 was no previous version of Dragon on my system at all. I chose New User = and=20 BestMatch, with total certainty. After training I was using the = Vocabulary=20 Builder and out an ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY message. The reseller had no idea = what the=20 problem was, and neither did Dragon tech support. I followed their = suggestions=20 and the problem did not go away. So I did the following:

1. Deleted NatSpeak totally and cleaned up the Registry, = removing all=20 pointers to NatSpeak.
2. Reinstalled Win98.
3. = Reintalled=20 NatSpeak v3.0. and again chose New User and BestMatch.
4. Did = General=20 Training as I was required.
5. Spent the last 6+ hours using = the=20 Vocabulary Builder (file was slowly increased to 1918K, as I kept adding = more=20 and more files to it) and also manually adding hundreds of entries into = the=20 Vocabulary Editor.

Everything went well through last night ... until now ...

Spent an hour this morning adding another few hundred entries into = the=20 Vocabulary Editor. One thing that puzzled me was the hourglass appearing = about 6=20 different times during this process. I waited patiently until it = disappeared and=20 continued.

Next, I took the 1918K file (about 1000 pages) from last night, and = added=20 another 1000 pages to it. Saved the file. Went into Dragon and tried to = use the=20 Vocabulary Builder. Got the same error message. Tried again to read the = file and=20 same problem.

Exited Dragon and reduced the size of the file (elminated 800 pages). = Saved=20 it. Rebooted. Entered Dragon. Tried Vocabulary Builder again ... same = error=20 message.

COM returned an unexpected error code. Details are = ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY

Did a search on the Microsoft web site, and I found a solution ... = but it's a=20 Developer's problem and I have to get the Win98 DDK kit in addition to a = compiler like C++ ... oh this is getting interesting. Wonderful. Peachy = keen.=20 .... I'll let my programmer husband handle it.

Okay ... let me just try the program talking regular English. How's = about I=20 quote Lincoln.

And *this* is what I said, around 160 wpm, 140 wpm and 120 wpm,=20 respectively:
Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought = forth upon=20 this continent a new nation. Conceived in liberty and dedicated to the=20 proposition that all men are created equal.

And the following is what I got:

160 wpm: For store in seven years ago = our=20 phones brought forth on this continent = indignation. Conceived a liberty and = dedicated=20 to the proposition Orman created equal.

140 wpm: For score in = seven=20 years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent=20 animation. Conceived and liberty and = dedicated=20 to the proposition that Orman created equal.

120 wpm: For score in = seven=20 years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation. = Conceived=20 and liberty and dedicated to the proposition that Orman = are=20 created equal.

Where is that fantastic recognition? This is plain English. I should = have had=20 diamond-cutting precision accuracy ... what I got was the need to talk = slower.=20 What's next, 100 wpm, 95 wpm ...???

Somebody out there PLEASE (groveling, on knees) tell me what to do. = Right now=20 I'm completely tapped out.