I have used both the Medical version and the version bundled with Corel
Office.   If you decide to purchase, get the medical version otherwise
you'll spend more time inputting words into the system than actually using
it.  Training it for my voice and speech patterns took a total of about 4
hours spread over a couple of days with additional training (when I got
irritated ), for about a month or so.  For gross description it works quite
well once trained, bearing in mind Joe's comments.  For my microscopic
dictation I don't use it as a lot of the appropriate words are not in it's
vocabulary and I don't want to spend the time to input them.

BTW if you get a cold it won't recognize your voice

Regards,
Robert Schoonhoven

"D. Mayhew" wrote:

> Dear Histonetters,
>
> Does anybody have any experience with Dragon voice recognition software
> for
> gross and/or microscopic dictation ?   If so,  could I have your opinion
> re
> its pros and cons, and how long it takes to train the system to
> recognize
> each voice, etc.  Is there  any advantage to using the Medical vs. the
> Standard version?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Lee Mayhew  MLT
> Niagara Health System
> St. Catharines, Ontario