Daily Deal: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 PC Home

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Tue, Jun 16th 2015 10:25am — Daily Deal

Speech-to-text software has come a long way over the years and, while it's not perfect, it can still a great tool for increasing productivity. For 50% off, we're offering Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 PC Home from Nuance. This latest update of Dragon sets up easily and now works with most built-in laptop and some Bluetooth mics for greater flexibility. You can create custom word lists and use an audio playback option to help with proofreading. The license allows you to download Dragon to two computers, and it's offered in American English, UK English, French or German. We're offering Dragon Dictate 4 for Mac at 50% off as well.

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Michael Brutsch, 16 Jun 2015 @ 10:41am

Upgrade policy
What's the upgrade policy with this? Am I paying for Dragon 14 when it comes out?
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Anonymous Coward, 16 Jun 2015 @ 12:21pm

DRM
It uses DRM. Interesting how Techdirt has no problem promoting DRM to make a buck.
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Designerfx (profile), 16 Jun 2015 @ 12:37pm

wait, what?
How is this a deal when it's on amazon for the same price?

I'm all for supporting techdirt deals, but umm...this isn't one.
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Roger Strong (profile), 16 Jun 2015 @ 2:06pm

The Stern Gaze of Rightscorp
Say, this software can't be used to speak trademarked phrases and copyrighted song lyrics, can it?

With YouTube's ContentID system working efficiently and flawlessly, shouldn't this software protect our intellectual property the same way?
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Roger Strong (profile), 16 Jun 2015 @ 2:15pm

Re: DRM
Are you claiming that DRM is applied to user-generated or user-purchased content? The customer's dictated text can't be transferred, copied or format-shifted?

Or do you merely mean that the program uses DRM, in the sense that the iTunes software or a movie player - EXCLUDING the music or movies - is locked down?

Or do you not see the difference?
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Sheogorath (profile), 16 Jun 2015 @ 4:48pm

Screw dat, I can get get Google TTS for free and that's very nearly as good as Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
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