Model
Price
System Requirements Headset/Microphone
Use
Notes
Windows Speech
Recognition
Free with Vista and
Windows 7
Windows 7, Vista,
Office 2002 and 2003
in Windows XP
Not included
Home, office, classroom
Manufacturer suggests
dual-core processor with
at least 1GB RAM for best
performance
Dragon Naturally
Speaking 11
Home Edition
$75
Windows 7, Vista SP1
or SP2, XP SP2 or SP3
Headset microphone
Home, office, classroom
Text-to-speech
component, Dragon
Voice Shortcuts
Dragon Dictate
for Mac 2.0
Speak & See
Accessibility suite
Talk It Type It 2 Ultra
$200 shipped, $180
downloaded, $300
shipped with
Bluetooth headset
$250
$60
Intel-based Macintosh
running Mac OS X 10. 6
Snow Leopard or later
Windows XP/Vista,
Intel Pentium 4 or later
Windows XP/
Millennium/2000/98/NT
4.0, Intel Pentium III/500
Mhz processor
Headset microphone
included, Bluetooth
headset microphone
available
Noise-canceling headset
microphone
Stereo headset,
noise-canceling USB
microphone
Home, office, classroom
Specifically designed for
children with physical
disabilities, or learning
challenges and ELL
students
Home, office, classroom
Works with Apple Mail,
iChat, and iPhoto
Speech recognition,
screen reader and
magnifier, reading
and writing toolbar,
and language learning
assistant included
Works with any Windows
application
