• Multitask in light speed. Say commands like open email or search computer for pictures. Search online without having to type a single word. Instantly open Facebook and speak your post.
• Let your ideas just flow right out of your head. It’s much easier to dream and be creative speaking naturally then is to have to type it all out of your head.
• Type And Speak. Just say the words and the computer types. Use Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Get 99% voice recognition right out of the box.
• Rest your fingers and just sit back and relax.

This software works with PC or Mac so need to worry about what system you are running. They also make an iPhone or Android app as well so you can turn your text to speech. Here are the system requirements you will need for PC.

• CPU: minimum 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent AMD processor or 1.66 GHz Intel® Atom® processor. We recommend 1.8 GHz Intel Dual Core or equivalent AMD processor. (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set required)
• Processor Cache: minimum 512 KB. We recommend 2 MB.
• Free hard disk space: 2.5 GB (2.8 GB for localized non-English versions)

Supported Operating Systems:

• Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 32-bit only
• Windows Server 2003 and 2008, SP1, SP2 and R2, 32-bit and 64-bit
• RAM: minimum 1 GB for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008. We recommend 2 GB RAM for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and 4 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003/2008 64-bit.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer(R) 6 or higher (free download at www.microsoft.com)
• Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording
• DVD-ROM drive required for installation
• Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included in purchase).

Minimum System Requirements for Mac

• Intel-based Mac
• Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
• Internet connection required for product registration.
• Nuance-certified USB microphone for Mac (included, except for upgrades).

Don’t Make Me Repeat Myself!

As a parent of 2 young boys, I find myself constantly saying the same things over and over. I don’t want to have to do this with my computer also! Type and speak with Windows 7 Speech Recognition is awesome for one reason… I already have it. It does a fairly good job at understanding any of the limited commands that it knows (as far as controlling my computer) but when it comes to dictation, it is a little sloppy and requires a lot of training. After hours of tweaking audio settings and training exercises, it still had trouble writing a full paragraph without stumbling over my words. I honestly felt like telling my computer “Don’t make me come over there!” as I do with my kids.

Type and speak to your computer the easy way! Dragon Naturally Speaking is 99% accurate without any training. Right out of the box you’ll get a program that understands your commands and dictation. Type and speak with Dragon Naturally Speaking is more like having a grown-up conversation. Of course, training your voice is still a good idea. With very little practice, you can keep your hands completely off the keyboard and mouse.

No Computer? Pen out of Ink? No Notepad? No Problem!

Type and speak with Dragon Naturally Speaking lets you break free from the shackle that keeps you at your desk… your computer! Using a voice recorder from the compatible hardware list, you can leave your desk and type and speak on your lounge chair, in your car, or at the table while you have your morning coffee. For someone like me, this is an incredible feature! A feature (if I may add) that Windows 7 Speech Recognition lacks.

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Speech recognition is a good option if you:

• dictate letters and just fired your secretary.
• rather sit back and talk instead of hunching over a keyboard.
• think better on your feet and like to pace around the room while you talk.
• don’t have the patience to learn how to type.
• want to command your computer with your voice.

There are plenty of options and different software for different type and speak needs.

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The Microsoft Speech API is what is used for the Narrative accessibility feature built into Windows. You can also write programs that call the API, which would allow you to let your applications speak.

But making your computer say what you want is pretty easy actually! Here’s how you do it:

Step 1: Open Notepad and paste the following text into a new document:

Dim message, sapi
message=InputBox(“Enter the text you want
spoken”,”Speak This”)
Set sapi=CreateObject(“sapi.spvoice”)
sapi.Speak
message

It should basically look something like this:

Now when you go to save the file, give it any name, but make sure you also type .VBS after the name. Also, for theSave as type box, choose All files instead of the default Text Documents.

Now double-click on the VBS file and you should see a input box where you can type in the text you want spoken! Go ahead and type something and click OK.

That’s it! Your computer will speak to you in the default voice, which for me was some scary seductive male type of voice! What about yours? Enjoy (This would be fun to do on someone else’s computer as a joke.)