I am wanting to use this for transcibing medical records from recordings from home, will this work well for this or am I better off with Dragon 11?
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You can use both to transcribe. You just need to know how to use it properly and it works wanders.
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I am using the free microphone that comes with Dragon Home 12. The free one was better than Plantronics Audio 628 listed in Dragon website. Perhaps the quality of the free microphones have improved
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I have only used it with audio recording programs. In theory, it should work, but I wil want to see other responses.
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I use this device for medical transcription. It is so helpful for deciphering dictation with background noises interfering with doctors' dictations, and doctors who hold the recorder too far away while dictating. A+++++++++
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I am sorry, but I used it with Windows. I can tell you that since it was not compatible with my version, it directed me to the website to download the appropriate version and had no problems afterwards. Sorry I can't help you with the Mac OS, since I do not have it. I can tell you that if it were to work with the Mac OS, it is worth it. I must tell you, quality of sound recorded will depend upon the quality of your cassette tape sound, which is almost obvious, but I thought I should mention it. Good luck in finding your answer :-)
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I have recently purchased Dragon Naturally Speaking Premium 12, latest version. I am testing it at this time, so cannot give you a yes or no. It might depend on your version of Dragon and if for a Mac or PC. Mine is for PC. If you search Google for Dragon and what recorders are compatible you will find a list. I believe this recorder was on the list. I will post again soon once I test it further.
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This is an actual voice recorder, great for college lectures and memo taking. The voice to print feature works through the Dragon software, which is included with the recorder but is only compatible with Windows, which is a mistake on the part of Sony. I bought this for my son when he was going through his architecture program in college and although the spelling of some of the extremely technical terms were sometimes phonetically spelled, they were easily recognizable and marked as unrecognized words. The things that makes this recorder really great are the moveable-omnidirectional mikes and the recording environment settings that allow you to change the way the recorder records, whether it be lecture hall, small classroom or as a hand-held memo taker, which allow you to optimize voice quality and subsequently transcription accuracy. With a little practice you'll know the best settings for your purposes. An finally, I have friends who speak English as a second language. Since Dragon is only English-to English transcription software, you can actually get rough translations in a native language using Babylon or Google translator. Sorry for the long winded response but I hope this helps.
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I think it will work, but it is not user friendly.You need to go through set up, choose the right screnn resolution and learn how to set up recording.
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I have no idea. We use this unit at church to record the worship services and that's it. We don't use any of it's dubbing features. However, for it to do what you want it to do, I believe it would need either some sort of internal hard drive or multiple drive bays; neither of which this unit has. Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance.
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You should, provided the connections are right. The microphone can be positioned directly in front of one's mouth, so clarity can be assured. Keep in mind that with almost anyspeech recognition system there will be a learning period both on your part and the machine's part. Since it works with my Dragon(r) speech-ware, it should work with Win 8 just fine.
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I just didn't hear enough about the technology to know how well it would work (as you can see, no one besides you responded)--so my husband and I are still stuck in analog-ville. We bought two new cassette recorders at Best Buy (which still carries full-size cassette recorders) and use one for recording and one for transcribing. Clunky and time-consuming but it works. One day we'll switch over...but not quite yet!
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I use it with Win-7 for phone calls at work. I've had zero negative reports from those I talk with - all say it has excellent volume and voice quality and clarity.... should work well for reading/recording books. My wife bought one also for her online teaching work... uses it daily - loves it.
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I use to use Dragon 8 Medical, then upgraded to Dragon 9 preferred, and with a little training, then upgrade to Dragon 9.5, it handles my medical terminology well. Not worth the additional $1000 to get the Dragon 9.5 Medical.
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this isn't a digital recording system so you would still need a recording device. I don't think this is a good choice if you're trying to set up a recording system from scratch.
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I'm not sure one can import files into Dragon.This model provides an audio file that you can import into a computer. The question remains, Can Dragon do anything more than create text from and audio file. You should contact Dragon support. This is a great recorder for the price. I use it to record backup audio for 2 hour video captures and Depositions.
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You can do this two ways. Get this and use a pre with a digital interface to send to usb. I use the ART Dual Tube Pre which sounds nicer than anything else anywhere near the price, especially since this is for voc work 95% of the time, and just project music stuff otherwise. The other approach, if you aren't ever going to interview or do any dual mic recording (which is part of the other 5% for me), is to buy the "same" thing from Rode as the PODCASTER which has an A2D to USB output with far better sampling than voc work needs and has a little headphone monitoring output, too. It's made for high-quality podcasting and decent, let's say, more than serviceable voc work for basic tasks. You would want to go with separates to do voicing for a major studio film or major agency ad, but for telephone voc work (on hold, directory, etc), the Podcaster is more than good enough, and certainly for primarily AM work and pretty much anything online except full bandwidth and rate MP3s. I already owned the ART Dual Tube Pre, so I didn't need any electronics in the mic. I prefer the look of the Procaster, too. Make sure you use a shock mount. It picks up LF mechanical/handling noise easily like any large diaphragm mic will.
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I a very non-techy person; so here is all that I can tell you. I use it with Express Scribe. I get many questions about te USB Digital foot petal (which puts the voice forward/backward, stop, go, and speed choices. I feel that perhaps Amazon needs to now more about it so that they can answer all the questions. Sorry, just don't know what or how the digital recorder works.