Hi Carol, Thank you for the information. I don't have Windows Vista, so I guess I'm " of luck". I'm surprised that Vista has "voice recognition" capability included...!!! I'll look further into that I've used two earlier versions of "Dragon Naturally Speaking", and I'm tempted to try "Dragon...., version 10" which seems to get high praise, and which is now available for $50, i.e., 50% of the regular price. Supposedly version 10 is as good as Dragon's commercial software. Have you tried voice recognition using a "voice recording", from, say, a tape or digital recorder? The higher-end SONY digital voice recorders come with Dragon software, but I've had difficulty learning how well they work with that software. "Spelling corrections" are required with the two versions of Dragon that I have used, but, surprisingly, once I make the spelling correction, and save it, the program is quite good at remembering not only Polish family names, but also names of Polish cities, as well, except all letters must be from the Latin alphabet, rather than Polish letters with diacritical marks. Thanks for your help. Andy **************Stay up-to-date on the latest news - from fashion trends to celebrity break-ups and everything in between. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000024)

I'm sorry you don't have windows vista because I think the system is excellent. It sounds as if you have tried different configurations and have had some luck. You'll probably have to eventually-to change to the new version of windows so you might Consider the difference in price from the new dragon. My experience with dragon has been frustrating most of the time that's why I can't say enough about vistas word recognition. I'm not crazy about the operating system per say, however, I really can't put up with it with the gains in the speech. In fact, rather than install a new system I would consider it already installed on a laptop or perhaps one of those new mini laptops. Do you know someone who has vist already installed? Maybe you can try it on their system first before you buy it then just taken off or just close it. By all means let me know when you try it. Carol ---- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [PBS] Born? > Hi Carol, > > Thank you for the information. I don't have Windows Vista, so I guess > I'm " > of luck". I'm surprised that Vista has "voice recognition" capability > included...!!! I'll look further into that > > I've used two earlier versions of "Dragon Naturally Speaking", and I'm > tempted to try "Dragon...., version 10" which seems to get high praise, > and which > is now available for $50, i.e., 50% of the regular price. Supposedly > version > 10 is as good as Dragon's commercial software. > > Have you tried voice recognition using a "voice recording", from, say, a > tape or digital recorder? The higher-end SONY digital voice recorders > come with > Dragon software, but I've had difficulty learning how well they work with > that software. > > "Spelling corrections" are required with the two versions of Dragon that I > have used, but, surprisingly, once I make the spelling correction, and > save it, > the program is quite good at remembering not only Polish family names, > but > also names of Polish cities, as well, except all letters must be from the > Latin alphabet, rather than Polish letters with diacritical marks. > > Thanks for your help. > > Andy > **************Stay up-to-date on the latest news - from fashion trends to > celebrity break-ups and everything in between. > (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000024) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >