Nuance 12.0 Premium K609L-W00-12.0 Data Sheet

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K609L-W00-12.0
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DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING 12 PREMIUM
DATASHEET
Control Your Digital World by Voice
Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® 12 Premium speech 
recognition software ignites new levels of personal 
productivity by letting you interact with your PC by 
voice. Say words and they appear on your computer 
screen—three times faster than typing—with no 
spelling mistakes. Launch applications, select menu 
items, open and close files, or switch from one window 
to another using simple voice commands. With Dragon 
Premium, you can speak your mind to:
  Dictate documents, spreadsheets and 
    presentations
  Compose and send email 
  Search the Web or your desktop
  Post to Facebook and Twitter
  Navigate and control your PC and applications 
  Record notes using a digital voice recorder or 
    a compatible iOS device for later transcription at 
    your PC
Delivering an amazing experience right out of the box, 
Dragon Premium is easy to learn and simple to use. It 
includes everything you need to get started, including 
a step-by-step interactive tutorial and a high-quality 
headset microphone. With Dragon Premium, you’ll be 
able to interact with your PC comfortably to get more 
done faster for work, home, school or wherever life 
takes you.
* This edition of Dragon does not support  dictation directly 
into Electronic Medical  Record (EMR) Systems. For EMR support, 
please use Dragon Medical Edition.
DRAGON
NATURALLYSPEAKING 12
PREMIUM
IGNITE PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY WITH FAST, ACCURATE DICTATION 
Be more productive and creative by transforming ideas into text at the speed of thought. With 
Dragon Premium, you speak and words appear on the computer screen—three times faster than 
typing—with up to 99% accuracy right out of the box. Correcting your dictated text is quick and 
easy, too. 
NEW! Natural-sounding text-to-speech
 reads back editable text for easy proofing or 
multitasking. 
NEW! Smart Format Rules
 allow Dragon to adapt by detecting your format corrections—
abbreviations, numbers, and more—so your dictated text looks the way you want it to 
every time.
Dragon Premium adapts to your voice and writing style to deliver better recognition results over 
time. You can even personalize Dragon with your own custom vocabulary of acronyms, proper 
names, and other unique phrases you frequently use. 
IGNITE PROFICIENCY AND EASE OF USE RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX
NEW! An interactive tutorial 
provides simulations to enable you to learn and practice good 
dictation, correction and editing habits so that you can become more proficient with Dragon 
in record time. 
The Dragon Sidebar puts important voice commands and tips in one convenient desktop location. 
And on-screen help means assistance is always available when you need it. 
IGNITE EFFICIENCY WITH TIME-SAVING VOICE COMMANDS 
Complete multiple steps with a single voice command like “Send email to John Smith and Raphael 
Sanchez” or “Search the Web for financial advisors in Houston, Texas.” Use Dragon Voice Shortcuts™ 
to send email, schedule appointments, post to Facebook or Twitter, or search your desktop instantly. 
Or create custom commands to complete routine PC tasks faster than ever before
IGNITE CONTROL WITH WINDOWS AND WEB APPLICATION SUPPORT 
You can use Dragon Premium with many of your favorite Windows® applications. Dictate, edit 
and format text in Microsoft® Word, Excel®, PowerPoint®, Outlook® OpenOffice™ Writer, Corel® 
WordPerfect® and more. Get information on the Web using Internet Explorer®, Firefox® or Chrome™. 
• NEW! 
Use Dragon with two of the most popular web-based email applications—
Gmail™ and 
Hotmail®/Outlook.com
—with Full Text Control and commands for the most frequent actions 
• NEW!
 Keeping Up with New Releases: 
Windows 8, Office 2013, and Internet Explorer10
 
Support
IGNITE COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE—EVEN ON THE GO
Capture notes and ideas while they’re still fresh in your mind—no matter where you are. Use 
Dragon Premium to dictate content at work, home, school or on the go. For optimal convenience, 
you can: 
 Use a Nuance-approved digital voice recorder or a compatible iOS device to record thoughts 
anywhere, at any time; Dragon automatically transcribes the audio files to text at your PC.
• NEW! 
Use a wireless headset for superior comfort and mobility; wideband Bluetooth 
support delivers exceptional recognition performance.
• NEW! 
Use your iPhone®, iPod® touch (4th gen), iPad® or your compatible Android™ device as 
a remote microphone for greater freedom and flexibility. 
System Requirements - The install process checks that your system meets the minimum requirements; if they are not met, Dragon NaturallySpeaking will not be 
installed.
Note: Supports Microsoft Office 2013. Does not support dictation directly into Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems. For EMR support, please use Dragon Medical Edition.
• RAM: We recommend 2 GB for 32-bit Windows XP, Windows Vista,    Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2008, 4 GB for 64-bit  Windows 7, Windows 8 and 
   Windows Server 2008. (Minimum: 1 GB for    Windows XP and Windows Vista, 2 GB for Windows 7, Windows 8 and    Windows Server 2008)
• CPU: We recommend 2.2 GHz Intel® dual core or equivalent AMD  processor. (Minimum: 1 GHz Intel Pentium® or equivalent AMD processor  or 1.66 GHz Intel Atom® 
   processor). Faster processors yield faster  performance. IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set is required.
• Processor Cache: We recommend 2 MB L2 cache. (Minimum: 512 KB)
• Free Hard Disk Space: 3.2 GB (4 GB for non-English editions)
• Supported Operating Systems:
        Windows 8, 32-bit and 64-bit
        Windows 7 SP1, 32-bit and 64-bit
        Windows Vista SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit
        Windows XP SP3, 32-bit only
        Windows Server 2008 SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit
        Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, 64-bit only
 Internet Explorer 7 or higher for Online Help (free download at  www.microsoft.com). Support for Gmail and Hotmail requires    Internet Explorer 9 or 10, or the currently 
   supported version of Firefox    or Chrome—see support.nuance.com for details
 A sound card supporting 16-bit recording
 A DVD-ROM drive for installation
 A Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included    in purchase). See support.nuance.com/compatibility (includes USB  adapters and digital 
   voice recorders)
 An Internet connection for automatic product activation (a quick  anonymous process)