check out the following website:
http://www.htctu.fhda.edu
It is the High Tech Center in Cupertino Calif., and they have a wealth of
knowledge and experience to share with you concerning assistive technology.

Laura G. Ingram      mailto:[log in to unmask]
Access Specialist
3600 M Street
Merced CA 95348
(209) 381-6406


-----Original Message-----
From: Kathleen Cahill [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:04 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Dragon Naturally Speaking, Version 4 vs. 5


I believe that if you have a powerful enough computer, Version 5 can be
quite beneficial.  However, users of Version 4 should just retrain the
Version 5 software rather than trying to upgrade their Version 4 voice
files.  Apparently, the recognition that one gets with upgraded voice files
is poor.

Kathy

At 01:41 PM 8/30/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>We have an opportunity to upgrade our Dragon Naturally Speaking
>Preferred from 4.01 to version 5. However,  I recall that someone on
>this list reviewed 5 and recommended against upgrading to it from
>version 4 because (if I remember correctly) it had lost some
>intuitiveness and functionality.  I'd be interested in hearing people's
>opinions of how version 5 compares with 4 now that it has been on the
>market for few months - does 5 have flaws? If so, are they serious?
>Thanks in advance,
>Athol Gow

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