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Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide

Installation and Training

his chapter describes how to install, set up, and train Dragon Naturally
Speaking.

System requirements

To run Dragon NaturallySpeaking, your system must meet the following
requirements:

■

Intel

Pentium

III 500MHz or greater (or equivalent AMD

processor)

Dragon NaturallySpeaking will not install on machine with a processor of less than

500MHz.

■

128 MB RAM for Essentials, Standard, and Preferred editions
256 MB RAM for Professional edition and Solution series.

■

300 MB free hard disk space for a typical installation; 700 MB for a full
installation.

■

Microsoft

Windows

ME, Windows

98SE, Windows

NT 4.0 with Service

Pack 6 or higher, Windows

2000, or Windows

XP.

■

16-bit Creative

Labs Sound Blaster

, or compatible sound card capable of and

set to 16bit, 11KHz for Audio Recording

■

Microsoft

Internet Explorer

5 or higher (free download available at

www.microsoft.com.

■

CD-ROM drive (8x or faster) required for installation.

■

ScanSoft-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included)

■

Speakers - optional for playback of recorded speech and text-to-speech
features. (Available only in Preferred and higher editions)

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