Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 13 Including McAfee Total Protection US $39.99 (Was US $140) (~AU $66 Delivered) @ Amazon US

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Just spotted best price on Camelx3. This bundle is US$39.99 dropped from USD$140. Dragon premium 13 on its own is US$84.96.

Use McAfee on your PC or not.

Version 15 seems to be buggy from the reviews. I think they skipped 14. A good price for some handy software.

Premium works has these features over home edition:
✓ Voice commands and Full Text Control in Excel 2010 and 2013. Voice commands in PowerPoint 2010 and 2013
✓ Transcription of recordings of your voice.
✓ Playback of your own speech in dictated documents
✓ Import/export custom word lists
✓ Creation of custom voice commands to insert frequently used text and graphics

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  ca6leguy on 22/04/2017 - 11:32

  I thought this was free last time.

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    ShipShapeRC on 22/04/2017 - 11:44

    Not according to camel. Do you have a link? I can't see that searching OzB either.

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    twocsies on 22/04/2017 - 12:30

    +1

    Dragon NaturallySpeaking is seldom offered for free.

    Are you talking about McAfee Total Protection being free? I think it was more like a one year free deal to entice paying customers (it's a subscription service).
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/144772

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  whyisave on 22/04/2017 - 13:16

  +1

  thanks for the post.
  this is good software, but i wonder if it will eventually be replaced by bots such as Siri / Cortana / Google voice-assist / Bixby / etc….

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  [Deactivated] on 22/04/2017 - 14:05

  +4

  You had me with Dragon, but lost me with McAfee.

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    ShipShapeRC on 22/04/2017 - 17:50

    Then use it to make your garbage can colourful!

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      [Deactivated] on 22/04/2017 - 17:51

      yes I can give it to my neighbours to hang on their fruit trees.

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        ShipShapeRC on 22/04/2017 - 17:52

        or they could use it as compost? Or you could just get the stand alone at US$85?

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    paddy567 on 22/04/2017 - 18:06

    I would pay more not to have macaffee lol

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      [Deactivated] on 22/04/2017 - 18:56

      Yes its so anti-virus that its done a 180° and become one. Or as they say, the cure is worse then the disease.

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        ShipShapeRC on 22/04/2017 - 21:05

        A true ozbargainer would get both at the cheap price and sell the unwanted title on ebay.

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        [Deactivated] on 22/04/2017 - 21:37

        +2

        @ShipShapeRC: no i can't inflict McAfee on the stupid..as Mrs Lovejoy said won't someone think of the children

        Its founder is great at exploiting diseases :)

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  BluBoy on 22/04/2017 - 14:44

  Has anyone used this recently?

  I tried Dragon Dictate about 10 years ago, and it was inaccurate and slow.
  Would . Speak . Like . This . And . It . Still . Stuffed . It . Up.

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    ShipShapeRC on 22/04/2017 - 17:50

    Yes I did a whole book with this once. I think it was V12.

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      BluBoy on 22/04/2017 - 18:30

      … Was it good?

      Could you speak at a normal speed? How easy is it to learn slang/names/etc?

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    [Deactivated] on 22/04/2017 - 19:16

    +1

    I've been using v12 Pro for a few years now.

    You need to train it, and that takes time.
    Best to voice full sentences - 1x word at a time won't fly bro.
    PC has a ~10yo E8400 in it, but i'm looking at upgrading the whole system.

    The version i'm using was very very very cheap.
    I'm looking for v13 or v15 when it's very very very cheap on torrent.

    But the price of this is good - i'd be buying it except the limitations will bug me.
    But what will bug me may not matter to many of you.

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      damnable on 23/04/2017 - 10:02

      What are the limitations for you, if you don't mind me asking?

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        [Deactivated] on 23/04/2017 - 13:46

        Here's a comparison chart. Here's stuff.

        There's custom commands, but i don't think i've ever actually used them, but i might want to.

        The main problem for me is i think the Premium allows a single installation only, when i'll want it on the main PC and i'm trying to establish a totally independent installation on a laptop for when disaster strikes and the PC dies.
        I think the Pro might allow 5x distinct installations.

        I'm also unsure as to the extent i can backup user profiles etc - probably no difference, but i just don't want to be knee deep in Premium and then realise i can't do something. That will make me cranky, and i don't want to be cranky.

        Dats all i know.

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  CH on 22/04/2017 - 18:29

  I'm getting US$7.89 shipping charge.

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    shmahoo on 22/04/2017 - 19:06

    I smell a rat!

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  shmahoo on 22/04/2017 - 19:50

  I'm finding Siri and Samsung voice recognition is fantastic these days. Do users of Dragon Dictate find it's (after training it) up to the task these days?

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  ShipShapeRC on 22/04/2017 - 21:02

  +1

  I found the previous version great at recognition. Saying full sentences. The beauty is things like highlighting, making heading 1, bold italics etc. The menu commands can be spoken too.

  I usually stood up and walked around the room while dictating. It can learn custom words etc. It will even scan your emails for words not in the dictionary and get you to teach it.

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  ShipShapeRC on 02/05/2017 - 08:41

  Mine arrived today, came with a nice wired headset. It's heavier and feels nicer than a cheapie headset. Some metal in it rather than all plastic as most are. I did not see that in the listing! Great bonus.