What’s New in Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® 12

Summary of New Features:

  • Even More Accurate
  • Faster Than Ever
  • Enhanced Web Mail
  • Interactive Tutorial
  • Wideband Bluetooth Support
  • Smart Format Rules
  • More Natural Text-to-Speech
  • Faster Correction
  • Dragon Remote Mic – Now for Android


  • There are over 100 new features, improvements and enhancements in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12, including the following:

    Even More Accurate

  • Improved Accuracy: Dragon 12 delivers up to a 20% improvement in out-of-box accuracy compared to Dragon 11. This means that Dragon gets you, and you get things done, faster than ever. And when you do need to make a correction, Dragon learns, making it more accurate the more that you use it.


  • Faster Than Ever

  • Faster Processors Yield Faster Performance: If you use Dragon on a computer with multi-core processors and more than 4 GB of RAM, Dragon 12 automatically selects the BestMatch V speech model for you when you create your user profile in order to deliver faster performance.
  • Better performance : Dragon 12 boosts performance by delivering easier correction and editing options, and giving you more control over your command preferences, letting you get things done faster than ever before.


  • Enhanced Web Mail

  • Enhanced Experience with Gmail and Hotmail: Dragon 12 enhances the experience of using your voice with two of the most popular web-based email applications — Gmail and Hotmail — offering Full Text Control and commands for the most frequent actions in Internet Explorer 9, Mozilla Firefox 12 or higher, and Google Chrome 16 or higher.


  • Interactive Tutorial

  • Interactive Tutorial: Proposed at the end of profile creation and available any time from the Help menu, the Interactive Tutorial in Dragon 12 offers short progressive simulations to help you practice good dictation, correction and editing habits so that you can create text efficiently within just a few minutes. Even experienced Dragon users can benefit from the Interactive Tutorial.


  • Wideband Bluetooth Support

  • Enhanced Bluetooth Support: Dragon 12 adds support for wideband Bluetooth wireless headset microphones, and you can get up and running quickly. When it detects that the USB dongle of a certified microphone is plugged into the PC, Dragon 12 offers “Enhanced Bluetooth” as an audio source type and does not require a script reading to get started. (Available in Premium Edition and above).


  • Smart Format Rules

  • Smart Format Rules : Dragon now reaches out to you to adapt upon detecting your format corrections – abbreviations, numbers, and more — so your dictated text looks the way you want it to every time.


  • More Natural Text-to-Speech

  • More Natural Text-to-Speech Voice : Dragon 12’s natural-sounding Text-To-Speech reads editable text—with fast-forward, rewind and speed and volume control—for easy proofing and multi-tasking. (Available in Home Edition and Above).


  • Faster Correction

  • Correction: When it comes to correcting a word or phrase, Dragon now includes more choices to make it quicker and easier to make a change.


  • Remote Mic – Now for Android

  • Dragon Remote Microphone App for iOS and now Android : Dragon 12 lets you go wireless with an iOS or Android device and the free Dragon Remote Microphone App. Turn your compatible iPhone, iPod touch (4th gen), iPad or Android device into a wireless microphone for use with Dragon over a WiFi network. And it’s easier than ever to get started – simply use the camera on your device to scan the barcode that Dragon 12 provides on-screen. (Now available in Dragon Home Edition).


  • And More…

  • Make Dragon Smarter:
  • Analyze sent emails and documents – Dragon can now help you remember to take advantage of an efficient way to boost accuracy: a new reminder window prompts you to have Dragon adapt your profile’s vocabulary based on documents of your choice and on your sent emails.
  • Optimize the Dragon Language Model –When you save your user profile, Dragon may offer to save important language model information based on your previous dictations. This allows Dragon to increase accuracy even further.


  • Enriched Performance Assistant : The Performance Assistant gives you even more ways to boost speed (and is now accessible from Dragon’s Accuracy Center as well as from the Help menu).


  • Richer Help Menu : Dragon 12 makes it easy to find detailed information when you need it. The DragonBar’s Help menu provides access to many resources, including the Accuracy Center, the Performance Assistant, Dragon's Help, the Tip of the Day, the Sidebar, Tutorial and Interactive Tutorial, and a link to printable documentation. You'll also find Web links for software updates, Dragon resources on the Web, Technical Support and online registration. You get help at any time by saying "Give me help."


  • Full Text Control with Dictation Box : Dragon automatically displays the Dictation Box when you dictate into a text field for which it does not have Full Text Control. After you finish dictating, you can transfer the text from the Dictation Box to the desired application quickly and easily by voice. (This option can be turned on or off based on your preference).


  • More Ways to Customize Dragon: Dragon 12 lets you personalize your experience even more by allowing you to specify preferences for commands within Dragon. By giving you the option to disable certain commands, Dragon can boost performance. In Dragon 12, you can set preferences for the following:
  • Twitter/Facebook commands – Dragon allows you to post an update to Facebook or Twitter with simple voice commands such as “Post to Facebook.” You can now turn this feature off.
  • Start Menu/Desktop Tracking – Dragon allows you to open by name, at any time, anything that’s in the Start Menu or on the desktop, whether it is visible or not. You can now turn off voice control of Start Menu and Desktop items.
  • UI Tracking– Dragon allows you to “voice click” menus, buttons, or other controls. You can now turn off this capability for all programs or just selected programs.
  • Multiple Match – Dragon's multiple text matching feature enables you to apply changes to multiple instances of matching text in your documents. Dragon now includes an option to turn this feature off if you prefer.
  • Require ‘Click’ to select menus and controls – In order to avoid unintended actions, Dragon now, by default, requires you to say “Click” before the name of a menu, button, check box, or other interface control. (Similarly, by default Dragon requires “click” for hyperlinks). You can now turn this requirement on or off for menus separately from other controls.


  • Open Top Web Site: The new command "Open Top Website for " directly opens the top-ranked page for the keywords you include when you dictate the command. You can say this command at any time, whether or not a Web browser is currently open. This is a convenient way to quickly open the website of a company or institution.


  • New Command to Right-Click Tray Icon :If you like to set the DragonBar to display as a Tray Icon only, now you can display it by voice as well as by right-clicking it. Just say "Open Dragon’s tray menu.”


  • Refined “List All Windows” Command: Dragon's "List All Windows" command now includes Dragon applications in the list. And if you want to see just the Dragon applications, say "List windows for Dragon."


  • Readability:
  • DragonPad – Larger default font size makes it easier to read
  • Accuracy Center – Easier to read with darker colors.
  • Sidebar– Now you can change the size of text in Dragon's Sidebar – make the text smaller if you want to make the Sidebar thinner and prevent the text for the commands from wrapping, or larger if you want to reduce eye strain.
  • Tip of the Day – The Tip of the Day window contains many new tips. Also, it is now more readable and its redesigned window adds a Back button so that you can browse through the tips in either direction.


  • Exclusive to Professional and Legal Editions
  • Recognition Log : Administrators can obtain a recognition log file for each end-user, to easily and quickly gather rich, objective usage information which can be used to give users targeted advice and measure return on investment.
  • Transcription, Streamlined: Dragon’s Auto-Transcribe Folder Agent (ATFA) manages the flow of transcribed text and synchronized audio of digital voice recordings to streamline third-party review and correction. In version 12, Dragon’s ATFA:
  • Supports .DOC and .RTF as output formats, in addition to .TXT
  • Can run a script (such as an email notification) when a transcription is complete
  • * Note: The “Roaming” configuration allows dictation and third-party correction from different network locations and computing devices while ensuring centralized management of master user profiles.
  • Export Custom Words : You can choose to export word properties in XML format when you export custom word lists for reuse in other user profiles.
  • Remote Desktop Connection: Use Dragon Without Installing It Locally. Dragon now supports remote use on a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 Ultimate. With Microsoft’s free Remote Desktop Connection software (formerly called Terminal Services Client), you can use Dragon from a local Windows computer on which Dragon itself is not installed.