Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 8

Dragon NaturallySpeaking� Preferred enables small business and advanced PC users to create documents, spreadsheets, and e-mail�all by speaking! Talk to your computer and your words instantly and accurately appear in Microsoft� Word and Excel�, Corel� WordPerfect�, and virtually all Windows�-based applications. Listen to incoming e-mail and documents read aloud. Search the Web by speaking URLs and links. Use dictation shortcuts that enable you to insert blocks of texts or bitmaps�such as your name, title, and signature�with a single voice command. Dictate directly into a PC or any Scansoft-approved handheld digital recorder. A noise canceling microphone is included.

Key Benefits:

FASTER THAN TYPING! Most people speak faster than 120 words per minute, but type less fewer than 40 words a minute. That means you can create letters and e-mail more than three times faster using Dragon NaturallySpeaking!

MORE ACCURATE THAN EVER BEFORE! With a 20% increase in accuracy, Dragon NaturallySpeaking� 8 is up to 99% accurate and frequently more accurate than typing. Dragon NaturallySpeaking never makes a spelling mistake, and it actually gets smarter the more you use it!

EASY TO USE! Simply install the Dragon NaturallySpeaking CD, and in just a few minutes, you�ll be dictating letters, e-mail and surfing the Web by voice! We even include a free noise-canceling microphone.

WORKS WITH ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS! Dictate, edit and control applications all by voice in programs like Microsoft� Word, Microsoft� Outlook� Express, Microsoft� Excel�, Microsoft� Internet Explorer�, America Online�, and Corel� WordPerfect�.

THE WORLD�S BEST SELLING PC DICTATION APPLICATION Dragon products have won over 170 major awards worldwide for accuracy and ease of use.

MOBILE. Be productive on-the-go! Import recordings from any ScanSoft-certified handheld recorder for automatic transcription.

Minimum System Requirements:

Intel� Pentium� III / 500 MHz processor (or equivalent AMD� processor)

256 MB RAM

500 MB free hard disk space

Microsoft� Windows� XP (SP1 or higher) Home and Professional, Millennium, 2000 (SP4 or higher)

Creative� Sound Blaster� 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording

Microsoft� Internet Explorer 5 or higher (free download available at www.microsoft.com)

CD-ROM drive (required for installation)

ScanSoft-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included)

Speakers (required for playback of recorded speech and text-to-speech features)

A Web connection is required for activation