Dragon Medical: Windows vs Mac This resource is intended as a quick-and-dirty list of major and minor features found in Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 (for the Windows platform), but not in its Mac counterpart, Dragon Dictate Medical for Mac. Aside from English, also supports several other major languages: German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Dutch.…
Do I Have 3 Dragon Profiles? This is a familiar scenario. A Dragon user looks at their “Open User Profile” window, sees three line items, and exclaims that they must have three profiles. Now, this could be true—but it’s not always the case. More often than not, I end up pointing out that they…
What’s New in Dragon Naturally Speaking 13 Professional? It’s here. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Pro v13 is the slickest, sexiest version of the voice recognition software yet. And I think I know what your first question is going to be, so let me stop you right there. What follows is a parade of updates that Nuance made…
Dragon and Windows 8 While Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 does not yet fully support the Windows 8.1 operating system, the Dragon Medical team at Nuance is working to validate compatibility with future releases of Dragon Medical Practice Edition and Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition. UPDATE: Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2.3 and higher supports Windows…
What Is the Dragon Microphone? Maybe you’re brand new to this whole “speech recognition” thing. Maybe you just got your first crack at Dragon®, but it’s not doing anything yet. You speak fervently into your headset, but the DragonBar stares back at you like a snack machine that won’t give up the goods. Have you…
Antivirus Exclusions for Philips If you’re running into issues with Philips® SpeechExec Pro on a Windows® computer running TrendMicro®, here is a list of program-related exceptions that need to be added to your antivirus exclusion list. Follow the instructions below to add these exceptions to TrendMicro. 1. Open your Trend Micro software. 2. Go to Virus &…
How Do I Keep This From Happening Again? There are a few things you can do to ensure that this corruption doesn’t keep happening. These all fall under the heading, “Handle your dictations with care.” Make sure you finish dictating before you dock; slide the recorder into stop mode. Don’t undock the recorder in the…
Olympus DSS Player Pro R5 Is No Longer Supported Remember back in April 2014 when Windows XP got the axe? Of course that didn’t mean XP would, all-of-a-sudden, stop functioning. It just meant that Microsoft was no longer providing “security updates or technical support for the Windows XP operating system.” The same thing is…
Configuring the Philips DPM8000 Now, supposing you’ve got a DPM8000 Pocket Memo in hand and Philips® SpeechExec Pro v8 up and running, we’re going to help you get ready to fly. What follows is a basic guide to setting up your digital dictation device using software. Because this is a beginner’s guide, there will be…
Photograph by: Emmanuel Huybrechts Philips Releases SpeechExec Pro 8.5 From what I’ve seen so far, the latest release of Philips SpeechExec Pro is one of the most advanced voice processing solutions available. But don’t worry: it’s only as complicated as we need it to be. Philips is looking out for us, and in SpeechExec…