Nuance unveils Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13

BANGALORE, INDIA: Nuance Communications has announced Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 - fast and accurate speech recognition software available for the PC.

Dragon transforms the PC experience by turning your voice into text and actionable commands much faster than most people can type. By making navigation and text-entry tasks dramatically faster and easier, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 allows you to reach your full potential by helping you get more done on your computer.

Dragon 13 offers a voice solution by touching on virtually every aspect of the PC experience -making it easy to navigate, command and control your PC by voice, and supporting fast, accurate dictation for both local applications, such as Microsoft Word, and web applications, including email and social media.

And, by leveraging the latest advancements in Nuance speech recognition science and technology, Dragon 13 is faster and more accurate than ever before.

Composing and editing documents, sending emails, searching the Web, updating popular social media sites like Facebook or Twitter - Dragon enables you to use your computer in a comfortable ergonomic way so that you can use your voice to get more done faster than you would using a keyboard and mouse alone. With the help of Dragon, users are able to continue pushing the boundaries of productivity gains and ease of use with the PC.

Dragon 13 offers support for many microphone options, including, for the first time, microphones built-in to many of the latest laptops, offering greater freedom and flexibility - no headset required. Dragon 13 automatically detects which microphones are available to use, so you simply select your preference and start talking.

Dragon 13 now also supports voice commands and Full Text Control (using your voice to perform direct dictation, text selection or correction and cursor movement within text) in web applications such as Gmail, Outlook.com and Yahoo! Mail in Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

The English version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 Premium is available for download immediately and shipping in August, starting at Rs.12,599 of reseller partners, software retailers and professional sales organizations. Special upgrade pricing is available for current Dragon NaturallySpeaking registered users.

The English version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 Home will be available for shipping and download in August 2014, starting at Rs.6,299.

Additional language versions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 Premium and Home will be available later this year.