• Intel® Pentium® III or higher, or equivalent processor
• Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE, 2000 with Service Pack 4 or higher, Me, XP, or Windows® Server 2003
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
• 128 MB of memory (RAM), 256 MB recommended
• 200 MB of free hard disk space for application files and sample images, plus 40-45 MB working space during installation. Additionally: 20-67 MB per RealSpeak™ speech module (343 MB in total for nine languages)
• 5 MB for Microsoft® Installer (MSI) if not present
• 800 x 600 pixel colour monitor with 16-bit colour or greater video card
• CD-ROM drive for installation
• A compatible scanner with its own scanner driver software if you plan to scan documents. Please see the Scanner Guide at Nuance's web site http://support.scansoft.com/compatibility/ for a list of supported scanners
• Web access is needed for product registration, Scanner Wizard database updating and obtaining live updates for the program

Performance and speed will be enhanced if your computer’s processor, memory, and available disk space exceed the minimum requirements.