Fact · Dictation on Windows
3times faster than typing
Nuance says Dragon Professional v16 lets employees dictate documents 3 times faster than typing, with up to 99 percent recognition accuracy.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Empower employees to dictate documents 3 times faster than typing with up to 99% recognition accuracy”
Dragon Professional v16 (Nuance product page), Nuance Communications, 2026, Product page, 'Superior speed and accuracy' section.
Open the original- What it measures
- A vendor marketing claim on the product page for Dragon Professional v16. The page does not say how the speed or accuracy was measured, which audio was used, or how much training or vocabulary work the figures assume.
- What it does not show
- Vendor claim with no published method. Independent tests of Windows dictation software with the same audio were not found, so treat both figures as the vendor's own. A 2000 peer-reviewed comparison of medical dictation software found error rates of 7 to 15 percent, which shows how much results depend on the test.