Fact · Dictation software
A 1997 Boston Globe columnist wrote that older programs, such as DragonDictate, forced users to pause between each spoken word.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“older programs, such as Dragon's DragonDictate, forced the user to pause between each spoken word”
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is at forefront of revolution in speech recognition, Simson L. Garfinkel, The Boston Globe, 1997, Column text, second section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The columnist contrasts the older product with the newer Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
- What it does not show
- One writer's account, not a test of the older product.