--- title: Dragon Speech Recognition Software Reviews meta_title: 'Dragon Speech Recognition Software Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 54 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Dragon Speech Recognition Software works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 3.9 review_count: 54 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-09' parent_category: name: Collaboration & Productivity url: https://www.g2.com/categories/collaboration-productivity --- # Dragon Speech Recognition Software Reviews **Vendor:** Microsoft **Category:** [Transcription Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/transcription) **Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 54 ## About Dragon Speech Recognition Software Nuance is a leading provider of speech, imaging and customer interaction solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance۪s proven applications and professional services. ## Dragon Speech Recognition Software Reviews ### 1. Best product on the market, but that doesn't say much **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2021 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Ability to edit text and have basic interaction with elements on the screen **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Dragon has not been updated for modern applications. It does not work smoothly or navigate well. That being said, I have yet to find something better. **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** Translate text to speed since I have tendinitis in my hands to reduce stress on them. ### 2. Looking to see what Alternative for Dragon there are out there **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jordan G. | SEO Guru- Getting your site traffic, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 01, 2021 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** the accuracy keeps getting better with each version **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** I find that it's hard to do formatting with the commands, which I forget all the time **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I have a long report or document to produce its a time saver ### 3. Servicable but not incredibly accurate **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** it's great to dictate text and watch it appear onscreen hands-free. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Despite "training" Dragon for quite some time it's not yet as accurate as I'd like. **Recommendations to others considering Dragon Speech Recognition Software:** By all means buy Dragon speech recognition software if you need to dictate text. Just be aware thataccuracy seems to tap out at about 85% and that customer service is almost non-existent. **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Dragon to simplify the process of drafting long documents and reduce strain on my wrists. Using Dragon has made it possible for me to be far more productive in some cases. ### 4. Smart Software **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Medical Practice | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 12, 2018 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** I like that the Dragon software is very smart and eventually adapts to my personal writing / speaking style. I am happy with its usage for my duties as a physical therapist for daily notes and initial evaluations / progress notes. I like that I can immediately see what I am writing vs just speaking into a voice recorder with no visual feedback. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** It seems to be expensive for companies to add users to the system, and takes incr time for training, so our PRN staff are unable to have their own profiles. **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have seen improvements in daily productivity due to using Dragon vs other voice recording measures. It saves on the need to hire transcriptionist. ### 5. Teaching the software can feel like being a parent. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tim S. | Independent Writer and Proofreader, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2017 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** The interface for Nuance's dictation software is simple and it is very easy to get to grips with the software and how to use it. Creating a profile for your language preference and going through voice training helps the system to learn how you pronounce words and is accurate for the majority of the time allowing you to be more productive. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** I am using Dragon Professional Individual for Mac, version 6. The number of applications that the software works well with is pretty small. Nuance's main page states boldly that it the software is great for writing documents, working in spreadsheets, creating emails and surfing the web. It isn't until you get the manual that you discover just which programs it works well with, and Microsofts Excel and Powerpoint aren't two of them. **Recommendations to others considering Dragon Speech Recognition Software:** As with any piece of software, there is a learning curve. The difference here is that using it is simple and straight-forward and the learning curve primarily comes from the software becoming familiar with your writing styles. It also depends on what operating system you are using the Dragon software. Windows based machines have had a versatile interaction with the dictation software for many years and it works with many more programs than it does on Mac systems. So if you are using a Macbook then you need to have the latest version of Nuance's dictation software to have anything near a decent experience. When you choose to buy the software, make sure you also download a copy of the user manual which can be found in the Resource Library as this will provide a valuable aid in how to improve your use of the software and methods of navigating the many commands that it has. While the software does have an inbuilt command list which can be displayed on the screen, there are things in the user guide that make using the software easier and explain what those functions do. The Mac's version of the software does glitch from time to time. Sometimes this is down to pronunciation, and other times the cursor jumps to a different location within the document. According to Nuance, this will happen in programs that don't support both text and voice entry. However, it does also happen in the 'supported' applications as well. Overall, you have to be patient while it learns from you and supplying it other documents that you have produced will aid in its learning. Like anything that learns, it will make mistakes (as do we) but its accuracy does increase with each time that you use it. The initial price tag of £249.99 (Oct-2017) seems high at first but if you make the effort to set up the profile and train the software to your way of writing then the amount of time that can be saved compared to typing is incalcuable. **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am a writer and using Speech recognition software allows me to write that much faster than if I am typing. I also find that sometimes I like to pace when I am thinking and speaking through an idea and not being tied to a keyboard allows me to do this regardless of whether I am using a corded or cordless headset. Another advantage is that I can dictate parts of my book into any recording app on any phone and then have the software listen and convert those recordings to my documents, saving time in having to either listen and repeat them myself or having to type them up at a later date. Overall, I find that I am producing more work efficiently and that it helps me to think proactively about the language I need to use when writing. ### 6. Very helpful for a busy work environment **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2018 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** It’s very accurate at hearing, recognizing, and even learning medical vocabulary. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Sometimes it cute out the first word if I begin speaking too quickly. **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** Dragon has made medical record charting much faster and more thorough with being able to speak text directly into the document. Charts are more detailed. You can be more comprehensive in less time with dictation recognition. ### 7. Works well **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2018 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** After talking very monotone the product works amazing for captioning services **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Sometimes words like uh or nuh uh do not come out **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helps those with hearing problems ### 8. I speak much faster than I type **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 25, 2017 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** DragonDictate allows me to blast through documentation that would otherwise take me hours to type. It's accuracy is fairly good, but becomes better when you work through a training session with the product. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** It needs more contextual based translation, for example he should know went to capitalize certain words. It seems to have a hard time with that. **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm looking for speed and efficiency in creating client ready documents based on speech to text. So far Dragon has help me do that. ### 9. Able to change the way we work **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alex K. | Southern Haemophilia Network I.T, Audit and Data Manager, Hospital & Health Care, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2016 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Dragon is easy to train and easy to use. The translation is great and it picks up new words quite quickly. We link it with our dictation devices within the office and it works very well with the system. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Some users take more time to train their voice then other users, and it can take some persistence. You need to stick with it because there are some great benefits but some users will become frustrated. **Recommendations to others considering Dragon Speech Recognition Software:** Make sure you have the proper support and training resources for staff and colleagues in place as it will take some time in the short term, but ultimately it will save time in the medium/long term. **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** Administration time is cut down as the healthcare team can directly dictate themselves. The process used to be as follows: doctor dictates>admin types up>doctor checks. Now the process is as follows: doctor dictates and letter is complete. ### 10. Nuance Products **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ariel C. | Customer Success Account Manager, GAMD, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 08, 2016 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Nuance as a whole offers many different useful products. They offer software around document workflow, document design and functionality, and software pertinent to different professional fields. From my experience, everything has been easy to use after you pass the learning curve and establish consistent use. The solutions are priced rather competitively too. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Learning tutorials aren't great and it can be trial and error. Some functions within software are buried and cumbersome to find and use. **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** Workflow automation and processing are what I used some of the products for. The products work across different platforms and common office technology, and work somewhat seemlessly. The benefits include time savings and accuracy with data input, as well having a reliable audit trail. ### 11. Nuance Speech attendant is very convenient to use for our client **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 24, 2016 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Nuance Speech attendant can simply speak the name of a person, department, service or location and be immediately transferred to the right destination – without the hassle of navigating menu options or waiting to waiting to speak with an operator. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** didn't sync with LDAP server properly sometime. **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** Deployed Nuance speech attendance for our client. it is simply to deploy in customer's existing voice PBX system ### 12. Good Adobe PDF Alternative **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 18, 2016 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** I like that is has the ribbon in Outlook for an easy 1-click solution. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** I haven't figured out how to use it when I'm not in outlook. I.e. switching a word doc to a PDF. **What problems is Dragon Speech Recognition Software solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't have a license to use Adobe so it's cost-conscious solution to converting things to PDF. ### 13. dont expect instant results **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David S. | Senior Sales Representative - Service Management, Computer Software, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2013 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** very good voice recognition when used over time. Various solutions are available for various industries, proving itself to be a reliable and functional tool for many given situations. Dragon is a very convenient method of transcribing your work (for example when driving, but i dont recommend it!). The mobile application is available for free and can work with twitter and facebook, as well as email and texting. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** A user can become too reliant and complacent using such a solution, to the extent of failing to proof read any work done via Dragon. It can be unreliable due to varied speech patterns, accents and background noise. **Recommendations to others considering Dragon Speech Recognition Software:** Dragon are a proven provider of voice recognition software, and thats proven with their wide range of offerings for multiple industries including education, healthcare and professional business. Speech recognition will improve over time as it adjusts to the user so dont expect instant results. The price for individual users can be off-putting however the free application for the iPhone is worth consideration if you dont like Apples Siri. ### 14. Wish I had this when I was in school. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 19, 2013 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** This is an awesome tool to use if you have anything to write that iks long in length and doesnt require many clicks. It is great for writing reports or anything of that nature. I have occasionaly used it for excel spreadsheets and it actualyl very fluent. All you need to do is click into the sqaure you would like to input into and talk away. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Like most verbal recognition tools, it doesn't always work. Some people pronounce things differnt ways and making numerous corrections can get more annoying than just typing things out manually. Other than errors there is really nothing to dislike. **Recommendations to others considering Dragon Speech Recognition Software:** While I was typing this review I was thinking to myself. Maybe I should install Dragon here at home so I can just speak out my reviews! If you find yourself typing numerous long reports daily give Dragon a try! ### 15. NUance is a great product for dictation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alex W. | CEO, Co-Owner, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2012 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** I love the ease of composing messages with the Nuance Dragon products. Whether it is writing an email to a customer or writing notes for later use it offers an easy way to keep track of your thoughts. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** I don't like the amount of functions that a person needs to memorize initially, but once you get used to it everything flows nicely **Recommendations to others considering Dragon Speech Recognition Software:** I suggest this product for anyone that composes a lot of emails. ### 16. Don't Give Up On It **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael F. | Senior Technical Account Manager, Team Lead, Computer Software, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 30, 2012 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** It works great after it has been trained, and you are using a decent microphone. this works just fine. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** At first it does not seem to work well, but I have found with time it works out great. **Recommendations to others considering Dragon Speech Recognition Software:** Dragon Naturally Speaking has been around forever and is my favorite tool for dictation. I also know that this is the standard software used for disabled individuals for dictation. ### 17. Not many options out there **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 19, 2012 **What do you like best about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Very accurate. Works well with microphones including Bluetooth but you do need a quiet environment. Pretty affordable but make sure you buy the right version. Probably not worth upgrading from version 10. **What do you dislike about Dragon Speech Recognition Software?** Slow and buggy. **Recommendations to others considering Dragon Speech Recognition Software:** Don't upgrade from version 10 to version 11 or 12. ## Dragon Speech Recognition Software Discussions - [Dragon Speech Recognition - Does it work (on Mac silicon) under Parallels?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/dragon-speech-recognition-does-it-work-on-mac-silicon-under-parallels) - 1 comment, 3 upvotes - [Why do they offer so little support? 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