Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 8 Mobile [Includes Recorder] review:5 stars (STUDENT PRODUCT ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!) - I bought this product as a student who needed to EXCEL in school! This product helped me like no other! It is amazing! I have a small problem with the recorder being slightly below what I wanted but the product proved it's worth OVER AND OVER AGAIN! I was able to record lectures and have my computer do all the translation! What an amazing product! It helped me in ways that I cannot explain! I looked on Scansoft's website WWW.SCANSOFT.COM and upgrade to a compatible recorder that was much higher quality. This product is defintely worth the $200 I spent on it. The recorder is great for the first couple classes! It got me thru some serious lectures that I was able to download to my Mp3 and listen to while I worked out! Saves me more time than any other software program out there! Yeah, there is gliches in the verbage, but if you listen to you class AT ALL - you will be impressed with the mobility, the ease and the free use of this product! Highly recommend for STUDENTS in need of some extra time!5 stars (Perfect for the disabled my review of version 8 preferred) - This is my review of version 8 preferred edition and its accuracy and dictation. I don't have the mobile recorder so I can review that at this time.

If you're reading this, You are interested in buying Dragon NaturallySpeaking version eight. I highly recommend it! I had versions of Dragon software, dating back to 1995. Let me tell you the software was clunky back then, being a quadriplegic, I used it to type and move the mouse. But as soon as I got a touchpad mouse. I dropped Dragon altogether. Step forward almost 10 years, I decided that I needed to send longer e-mails than two sentences (because that's all I could type, it gets tiring using only one hand and one knuckle on that hand). So I took the plunge drop the cash on Dragon, and after three days am totally satisfied.

I added up and running and dictating in less than 20 minutes. The accuracy is amazing I'm actually typing this by voice. Since I can use a touchpad, I do not use the Dragon NaturallySpeaking for mouse commands. But for dictating it is perfect and quick!!!

I'm using it with a 2 GHz processor, and it is fine. Getting it set up was a little quirky with my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS. I'm actually using it with a tabletop condenser microphone, not the headset that they came with it (which I found to be quite uncomfortable). Since I'm unable to get the headset on my head, but a tabletop mike is working perfect.

So I recommend this product anyone who has a disability that makes typing difficult. Anybody who doesn't want to learn to type (though I think he would be lazy, just suck it up and learn) will find this are useful, actually quicker than typing. Almost hundred words a minute! The software is leaps and bounds above previous versions go for it! Enjoy! 3 stars (Not there yet...) - As a newbie to voice recognition software, I was initially very impressed by Dragon NaturallySpeaking preferred mobile 8.0. I have now had the program for several weeks and can say unequivocally that I would not recommend it to someone who wishes to use voice recognition to create perfect documents. The amount of time and effort required to train the program -- to make the requisite corrections -- is quite significant. I would however recommend the program to anybody who would like to use voice recognition to create rough notes that do not require correction. In addition, I have found the included mobile recorder, almost useless. Finally, I would join the cacophony of disappointment over the pretty much nonexistent technical support.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 8 Mobile [Includes Recorder] Features:
Portable Digital Voice Recorder (Personal)
Computer software (programs)
Utilities
Voice Command (Recognition)
Certified digital recorder, special linking software, and headset microphone included
Speech recognition software for dictating, editing, and controlling applications
Listen to incoming e-mail read aloud; search the Web by speaking URLs and links
Use dictation shortcuts to insert text or bitmaps with a single voice command
Dictate directly into a PC or any Scansoft-approved handheld digital recorder

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 8 Mobile [Includes Recorder] is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 209.99USD.