Software review: Dragon Professional Individual v15

John Leonard
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Speech recognition has come a long way in the past 20 years, but is it now ready to replace the keyboard?

Back in the late 1990s/early 2000s, there was a lot of excitement about speech recognition. But while the technology largely worked, it wasn't quite right.  You. Had. To. Speak. In. A. Staccato....

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